Last weekend, we had some ice cream. As we had some leftover yummy blackberry sauce that Sara had previously made to accompany a tasty chocolate cake she made, I suggested using it as a topping for the ice cream. So I popped the sauce's container in the microwave to warm it up, not actually aware of how long I should put it in for, but I figured if it was less than a minute, it couldn't do much harm.
A few seconds before the countdown finished, a "Pow!" was heard from within the appliance. And this was no small "poof!" like when the pressure inside a container rises high enough and lifts a corner of the lid to let the steam evacuate. This was a bigger "Pow," so I stopped the machine as quickly as I could and opened the door...
Oops!
Fortunately there was enough of the sauce still in the container to pour on the ice cream bowls. And it was luscious!!
Now we know to let food breathe when heating up in the microwave. Especially when using small, solid containers.
On the plus side, the inside of our microwave is quite clean now.
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