does your microwave spit at you?

I thought it was usual to cover things in the microwave especially liquids. I always use dishes/bowls with lids. I’m glad you solved your problem.

You are winding us up infoman aren’t you?

Covering food in the microwave is a given.

Duh!,!!!!!!!!!

Yes, and.........

Get one of these. It has a vent to let steam out. My microwaved soup has never spat at me.

Surely, thats what microwave pans are for …. ?

Don't give it quite as long? You can't eat it anyway when it is boiling up and spitting, so it has to cool down a little.

Stirring it well just BEFORE you heat it up helps. It makes it a bit less dense, so less likely to heat up unevenly and boil in "lumps".

Thanks for all your replys.
Life is a learning curve,
and I didn't know about covering the item.
Is that my fault for not finding out OR that some one has never told me?
For all the comments about I should have known,I bet there must be thousands on here thinking I'm glad I know that now.

Well we can only know what we know, as they say. I was lucky, my first microwave came with a set of splatter lids with steam vents, that have come in handy ever since.

growstuff

Get one of these. It has a vent to let steam out. My microwaved soup has never spat at me.

Thank you for that recommendation I always have problems when heating my soup.

These are what I have. Useful for all sorts, but especially for soup and porridge.

You’re not called Infoman for no reason, are you.
Any more gems you’d like to offer up for us poor simpletons.

MerylStreep

You’re not called Infoman for no reason, are you.
Any more gems you’d like to offer up for us poor simpletons.

😂

It would have told you this in the information that came with the microwave infoman

Blossoming

It would have told you this in the information that came with the microwave infoman

You would think do, wouldnt you, but out of curiosity, I have just looked through the booklet that came with my newest microwave, and couldn't find any suggestion/ instruction that food should be covered to prevent splattering.

I am going to assume that because microwaves have been around so long now, it is taken for granted that everyone already knows this.

Whether it came with instructions or not.
Who recalls the gas advert
"do any of us read the instructions?"
I'll sleep peacefully in the bed thats thousands of Gransnet posters/viewers who have not made comments have said.
I'm glad I know that info now,and past this info onto non Gransnet subscribers.

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I don't use a microwave but was aware of covering foods especially liquids during heating - however there will be people who hadn't thought of it.
...They just aren't posting here.

Very public spirited. Thank you.

Anything thick like soup or sauces is likely to splatter as bubbles of steam will build up in the middle, rise to the top and burst, causing splattering. "Thin" liquids like water or milk don't need covering as they heat more evenly.

I invariably forget to cover the dish when melting butter. It always spits and I have a mess to clean up.

Years ago I bought a pyrex jug which has a separate lid. It is solid, but does not cover the spout so provides ventilation while preventing splashing. I have never seen one on sale since.
I have bought ventilated plastic covers since then, but for some items eg reheating a portion of stew, a casserole dish with its own glass lid is fine.

This?
Does look useful.

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