Micro Mishaps!

I was just reading my brother-in-law's blog, and it reminded me of an experience I once had. So I figured I'd share it here, although his is much funnier, so you should read it first.

This happened several years ago. I tried to reheat a Wendy's burger in its wrapper in the microwave once. If you recall, the wrappers have a light foil lining--foil, which should not go in the microwave. Duh, Tami. (I was just thinking of it as paper, not realizing it was actually foil.) Needless to say, it sparked and zapped, and it scared me half to death that I was going to burn the place down. (This was also at work, mind you, while working for the Dept. of Corrections in Utah.) I don't remember for sure, but it seems like it actually did catch fire momentarily, which is why it scared me so much, but it burned right out. (Don't quote me on that, though, because I don't remember for certain.) I think the microwave had issues after that, too. Anyway, I learned my lesson from that one! Word for the wise: When reheating burgers from Wendy's (or anywhere else that has foil on its wrappers), remove sandwich from wrapper prior to placing in microwave, and put it on something that is microwave-safe. Key word: microwave-safe!!! Just a thought! If you don't believe me, you could always do like Smokey and "experiment" and find out for yourself! But I wouldn't recommend it. To quote Monk, "I could be wrong, but I'm not." ;-)