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Subject: Green Beans Burning in the Microwave

Date: Fri Oct 2 18:16:33 1998
Posted by Lisa Norman
Grade level: nonaligned
School: None
City: Buffalo State/Province: NY
Country: USA
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 907370193.Ch
Message:

I have been having a problem with frozen green beans burning in m 
microwave.  They are Green Giant frozen mixed vegetables and I 
recently determined the salt to be the problem.  They spark and catch 
fire but it's only the beans that do it and it's only if they've been 
ssalted.  They turn black and if covered with a papertowel it too 
will catch on fire.  I am cooking them in a microwave safe custard 
cup and am cooking them in such a small amount (they are for my 1 
year old)that I usually don't cover them or add any water.  I'm 
adding only a minute amount of salt and they start burning in less 
than 6 sec.  I wind up throwing the bean out.

Just wondering if there is some kind of chemical interaction between 
the beans and the salt that I should be aware of?


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