[Deepsycher]

Other than gas appliances, I do not like the idea of microwaving my food, but another solution I thought is to make use out of the microwaves to generate heat on metal to transfer the energy thermally inside the oven. So my beans won't taste like grass.

Another issue on cheap toasters:
Their idea of economics here is to turn on the coils at full blast heat using a timed on/off setting, without any controls on the level of heat output. So instead of nicely cooked toast, it burns the edges of the toast. I use to waste four toasts a day for not watching until I brought a quality toaster for myself. Again the cheap product looked more "pretty" than the performance.

I remember seeing a talking toaster from Crapola featured in a television series, but cannot find where they are sold:

http://crapolainc.co...alkie/index.php

Oh and I know the intelligence would be fake with using random voices on functions.

This post has been edited by Deepsycher: 25 February 2006 - 01:59 PM

[Chyld]

Of course, microwaves can be dangerous. If you put water in the microwave and boil it, the microwave might decide to make an attempt on your life. Nothing compares to having 6 oz of superheated water leaping out of a coffee mug at your face at 7:00 AM.

That'd be because boiling water can't bubble in a microwave for some reason, so if you move it, it starts boiling all over again. The solution is to leave something in the water (I swear that my source said a spoon, but not sure how that'd work), so the water has something to boil around. Or, y'know, get a kettle.

[Zewb]

That'd be because boiling water can't bubble in a microwave for some reason, so if you move it, it starts boiling all over again. The solution is to leave something in the water (I swear that my source said a spoon, but not sure how that'd work), so the water has something to boil around. Or, y'know, get a kettle.

Yeah, I think a spoon in the microwave might not be a great idea.

[Deepsycher]

Is it possible that it could be related to how the heat is conducted from the reaction of the water, so there is nowhere for the heat to go or the rays reflect back?

Anything cooked in a microwave oven appears to taste horrible to me compared to gas cookers. As for the rays going through the food, I am wondering if some of the qualities in the food are destroyed in the process.

Ah, I am having problems looking for an industrial grade coffee maker, only for coffee but (not an espresso maker) with features that includes:

Internal ground coffee grinder.
At least a litre or over for the water storage tank.
Metal built construction.
Large and long bay size for cups and coffee pots.
Triggered mechanism for water flow.
Bottom heated plates.
Fast boiling and coffee filtering.

Do you know of any type with these features?

This post has been edited by Deepsycher: 26 February 2006 - 08:34 PM

[Gobbler]

Try going without coffee, it's healthier.

[Deepsycher]

Yes I also go for tea; recently I had problems with pressure build up at the back of my head by consuming three long cups of coffee a day. I never knew the causes until consuming less and now it is a shame that I never knew before. I think the excess of coffee caused problems in the vitamin levels, but this was healthy expensive coffee without using a coffee maker.

How is it healthier not to consume coffee?

[Gobbler]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't you just give the answer to that question?

[Deepsycher]

There could be many answers and I did not know that was one of yours. I was asking why you thought or said coffee was healthy not to consume?
(Not consuming as to going without coffee.)

I hear there are some health benefits to coffee and tea such as preventing some strokes and cancer but I have to "see it to believe it" or in this case of causes, "not seeing it to believe it.”

This post has been edited by Deepsycher: 27 February 2006 - 10:43 AM

[Gobbler]

Sure. But they won't apply to all those coffee-junkies out there. It's all a matter of the consumed quantity, while tea is the lesser evil.

[Deepsycher]

Well I could buy diluted coffee or go more on the tea, as for learning an unpleasant lesson on quantity; it is another disappointment that I did not see the warnings before through sense as for getting carried away. I suppose the side effects could be similar for any product rich enough in concentrate or quantity.

This post has been edited by Deepsycher: 27 February 2006 - 10:51 AM

[Chyld]

Is it possible that it could be related to how the heat is conducted from the reaction of the water, so there is nowhere for the heat to go or the rays reflect back?

No, its definatly about how the water can't form bubbles and cool itself, therefore causing massive bubbleage when its moved slightly. The explanations on Snopes, I think, try there.

[Deepsycher]

So the water heated in that way becomes senstive to movements, or in the form of a lighter weight due to faster movements of all the molecules?

This post has been edited by Deepsycher: 28 February 2006 - 12:18 PM

[Mirithorn]

Proud sister of the child who has tried to boil an egg in the microwave...three times.

[Deepsycher]

Yes, I remembered at some institute when a health and safety executive tried to ban organic eggs as for claiming she got food poisoning after cracking one down a toaster. Even a child would know it does fit by the size.

[looktothesky]

I have a BagelMaster. I love it.