Saturday, August 23, 2008
You'll think I'm getting weird in my old age..
... because I've decided that when our nearly-ancient microwave oven dies (which I'm not entirely sure it ever will!), I'm not going to replace it because microwaves are evil. As are their ovens. In fact, I'm not even sure that microwave ovens should qualify as ovens.
Now, hear me out -- I try very hard to put very high-quality food into my body. Do I really want to molecularly rearrange that food before I eat it? I don't really even use the microwave very often anymore. I might boil water for tea in it once in a while, and I've been known to eat an Amy's frozen dinner here and there, but I can just as easily use my electric tea kettle and toaster oven, respectively. Those appliances actually cook food. With real heat! I know -- it just may be crazy enough to work.
I've decided that the only thing a microwave is good for is turning innocent little bars of soap (this chunk is a little smaller than a domino):
Into foamy piles of ooze:
(I know... the exposure levels aren't even close... it's late... I really don't care that much.)
It was considerably more dramatic on TV with a big bar of evil over-the-counter soap, but this was pretty entertaining, too. =)
