Only potatoes....been a long time but that "thump" is a sickening sound!

The oven is not a good place to hide fireworks. See link below.

Jim

Here is a link that might be useful: Fireworks in Oven

This is a case on how knowledge in science can definitely be a problem.

I told a friend that I alway heat cans of food in boiling water without opening the can first because the water cannot be hotter then 212 F and the presure inside the can never be that great.

My friend followed my theory for a while until one day I got a call from him.

" DC, like you, I have been heating up my canned food without opening the can first. All is well until yesterday, I was not paying attention, the pot ran out of water, and the can of spaghetti overheated and exploded. You need to come and help me repaint the kitchen"

dcarch

dcarch - Do you call him when the biscuits exploded? LOL

Sweet potatoes have been about the only exploding food that I can remember.....sticky, sweet mess all over the oven.

Teresa

Posted by soonergrandmom "dcarch - Do you call him when the biscuits exploded? LOL "

I have my share of explosions in the kitchen. LOL!

My latest:

I discover a great way to save money turning the heat for the house way down. I use those thermal gel packs that come with ordering frozen food ( you can also buy them from drug stores). Microwave them in the microwave for about three minutes and wear them inside your clothing. They will keep you toasty wram for an hour.

So I had the gel packs in the microwave one day, and set the timer for 3.33 minutes, but in a hury, I pushed the button too quickly and the timer was set to 33.33 minutes.

What a gluey sticky mess all over the inside of the microwave!

dcarch

A can of apricots got shoved way to the back of the pantry,
Where they languished for a few years.

A very loud 'bang' one night,
Had me checking all the cabinets, etc.
But it was several days before I discovered the mess.
(Shows you are far back it was!)
A good reminder to check the entire pantry often!

Oh, and when I first got my first microwave,
Years ago, when they were first introduced,
One of our boys decided to 'boil' an egg,
In the shell,
Not in water.
And no, he didn't read any directions first, either.
What a mess! ! !

Rusty

Will never forget. I was about 12. Making spaghetti sauce in the Mirro-matic pressure cooker. Luckily it was summer, so we were using the canning stove downstairs where it was cooler to cook. While I was upstairs setting the table, I heard a huge bang.
Yep--- sauce everywhere, the little cylinder pressure gauge was across the room.

I've never had a pressure canner since.

Here is a link that might be useful: Mirro-matic

When our kids were little, years ago, we took them and some neighborhood kids fishing.
They caught lots of little blue gills and DH was so soft-hearted (or soft headed) he didn't make them release them.
We brought them home and decided to use them for cat food. I had read somewhere not to give cats uncooked fish so we put them in our brand new microwave.
The eyes exploded!
The kids thought that was the funniest thing they had ever seen.

re: decarch 'This is a case on how knowledge in science can definitely be a problem.'
This is how having no sense in science can definitely be a problem.

We had a utility lab oven in our utility/lunch room in our research laboratory and clinical labs. Some poor soul was heating up a can of Campbells bean & bacon soup. Unfortunately, he had forgotten to open it; and for the first (and last) time in lab memory, the Chief of Service had come to the lunch room to interact with the regular folks. The can exploded blowing the latched oven door open, and depositing most of the contents on the black suited visitor. The oven door was damaged beyond repair. The culprit was never identified.

chaso, was the black suited visitor ok? Not burned were they? ugh.

Nope, but bean with bacon looks better on a brown suit.

No explosion, but once found a can of sauerkraut... WAY in the back of a pantry shelve... while doing a little organizing. I picked it up and it felt EMPTY!?! Sauerkraut apparently ate THRU the can. I'm sure it took quite a while and NO tell-tale smell?!?

I was looking for an online coupon at my local car wash and they had this photo under their Detailing services. It used to be a can of beans!
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Not my exploding food (though I've blown up a few potatoes)...We had neighbors who kept chickens. They kept their eggs in a basket in the kitchen, contending that unwashed eggs stored well at room temp. Fortunately I was out of range when she reached for the last egg while making chile rellenos. She cracked it...pop!...blue sulfurous goo everywhere. Don't even want to think about how long that egg sat in that basket.