Quote Originally Posted by frugal-one View Post
Years ago when I got the first microwave they had classes on how to use them. It was invaluable. It showed me everything that could be done in a microwave and how to use it. Did the same when we got our first Apple computer. Again, invaluable.
I remember when my aunt and uncle got their first microwave back in the 80's. My cousin wanted a mid-afternoon snack of a dinner roll so he thought he would just cook it in the new-fangled microwave. He kept starting it and opening the door to check every 30 seconds or so but the roll just wasn't browning. So after 5 or 6 minutes of microwaving this one roll he finally took it out and found that he had turned it into something incredibly hot and with the firmness of a hockey puck...