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Hello,
This is my first post, so please forgive me if this has been covered before. In my searches I was unable to find any previous threads specifically about this question. I made a statement in a link sharing forum that was immediately disputed. I'm not interested in winning an argument so much as clarifying or revising my post. Any links shared here may be posted in my response.
Here's the story:
I chopped up and microwaved a green pepper, from my garden. An impressive display of sparks ensued. After much Googling, I found that most explanations (including the http://www.scribd.com/doc/1697458/USDA-Microwave-Ovens-and-Food-Safety"
I also learned that grapes create plasma in the microwave due to circumstances having to do with the fact that they are round and juicy (which my pepper was not).
My post in the aforementioned thread simply stated:
I did not expect this to be such a controversial statement (especially considering the other things I say there), but apparently I am an idiot for accepting this explanation for the lighting storm in my microwave.
No one who attacked my assertion has offered any alternative explanation, only that there is not enough metal in a pepper to cause this or that iron in food is not metallic.
Can anyone help me understand what is really going on? Thanks!
This is my first post, so please forgive me if this has been covered before. In my searches I was unable to find any previous threads specifically about this question. I made a statement in a link sharing forum that was immediately disputed. I'm not interested in winning an argument so much as clarifying or revising my post. Any links shared here may be posted in my response.
Here's the story:
I chopped up and microwaved a green pepper, from my garden. An impressive display of sparks ensued. After much Googling, I found that most explanations (including the http://www.scribd.com/doc/1697458/USDA-Microwave-Ovens-and-Food-Safety"
I also learned that grapes create plasma in the microwave due to circumstances having to do with the fact that they are round and juicy (which my pepper was not).
My post in the aforementioned thread simply stated:
I recently got a visual on this.
I sometimes saute green peppers in the microwave when I'm in a hurry. Last year I grew my own for the first time. When I chopped one up and popped it into the nuker it caused a storm of sparks and a small fire. I guess it was full of iron.
I did not expect this to be such a controversial statement (especially considering the other things I say there), but apparently I am an idiot for accepting this explanation for the lighting storm in my microwave.
No one who attacked my assertion has offered any alternative explanation, only that there is not enough metal in a pepper to cause this or that iron in food is not metallic.
Can anyone help me understand what is really going on? Thanks!
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