Don't put pickles in the microwave and forget about them. They blow up and catch on fire.
I actually didn't make this masterpiece, my best friend did. She loves pickles, but she likes them warm
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)so she puts it in the microwave and just turns the dial, prepared to watch it and open it when she thinks it is warm enough.
the phone rang and she forgot about it. About five minutes later she hears a sonic boom come from the kitchen. As do I. (I called her
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what happened next can only be explained scientifically. The pickle had water/juice in it and on it. When that water reached boiling point, it did what all liquid will do. It expanded. very much so. the pickle went "boom" and then somehow. (we've still not figured this one out) it caught on fire.
so now there is a splatted pickle all over the inside of the microwave and it was burning. some how she managed to clean up the mess and put out the pickle without burning the house down. Much to my amusement.
My guess would be that the microwave excited the molecules of the pickle enough that the friction caused a spark and the acid in the pickle (that vinegar that pickles a cucumber) ignited.
) so maybe it's second nature. Anyway, she bought an old microwave at a garage sale and set it up on her parent's back porch one night. We, ahem SHE, microwaved grapes (they sorta bubble and spin), CDs (they spark more than aluminum), light bulbs (what a show!) and a couple other things (with a fire extinguisher right by -- it was a controlled environment). I still don't know WHY she did it, but it was a riot. Don't try this at home though! We got lucky that nothing caught fire!
