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stoneware.microwave, hot - conclusion.

updated tue 11 sep 01

 

Kurt Wild on fri 7 sep 01


I appreciate the responses to my question and I think that quite possibly
the plate (with juicy sliced beef on it) that I was heating in the
microwave got hot (on the bottom) because:

1. The body may not be vitrified enough; or
2. The body is iron bearing (only 1%); or
3. Decorative lines on the plate are unglazed and allowed moisture to
penetrate; or
4. The foot rim is unglazed and possibly due to the plate not being
vitrified enough it could have absorbed
some water from being in the dish washer; or
5. Too much time in the microwave oven (3minutes); or
6. Just a bad plate - my mugs don't heat up like that; or
7. None of the above and who knows - maybe I'll really never know or come
to a satisfactory conclusion.

Maybe I'll use a commercial plate another time. :)

Kurt
phone: 715-425-5715
email: kurt.l.wild@uwrf.edu
web site: http://wwwpp.uwrf.edu/~kw77/

Richard Jeffery on sun 9 sep 01


actually, as an omnivore, I find this post upsetting, and it might still
make me sick.

meat. microwave?

you see? sickening.

Richard
Bournemouth UK
www.TheEleventhHour.co.uk



-----Original Message-----
From: Ceramic Arts Discussion List [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG]On
Behalf Of Janet Kaiser
Sent: 09 September 2001 00:59
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Re: Stoneware.microwave, hot - conclusion.


Martin H. and other vegetarians, please delete
immediately! This is about non-vegan food consumption
which may upset you and make you feel sick...

Good grief Kurt! Three minutes to reheat a slice of
beef? No wonder the plate was hot! I am surprised you
are worrying about your plate, whilst you are probably
still chewing on the beef!!! Three minutes in a
microwave was enough to reduce it to the consistency of
a leather shoe sole! Even using Yankee half power 110
Volt, in a 500-600 Watt microwave, that is at least
three times as long as it should have taken to heat.
The moisture - all that "juice" - would have been
enough to create enough steam to make the plate jolly
hot.

Janet Kaiser
The Chapel of Art . Capel Celfyddyd
HOME OF THE INTERNATIONAL POTTERS' PATH
Criccieth LL52 0EA, GB-Wales Tel: (01766) 523570
E-mail: postbox@the-coa.org.uk
WEBSITE: http://www.the-coa.org.uk


> I appreciate the responses to my question and I think
that quite possibly
> the plate (with juicy sliced beef on it) that I was
heating in the
> microwave got hot (on the bottom) because:

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Janet Kaiser on sun 9 sep 01


Martin H. and other vegetarians, please delete
immediately! This is about non-vegan food consumption
which may upset you and make you feel sick...

Good grief Kurt! Three minutes to reheat a slice of
beef? No wonder the plate was hot! I am surprised you
are worrying about your plate, whilst you are probably
still chewing on the beef!!! Three minutes in a
microwave was enough to reduce it to the consistency of
a leather shoe sole! Even using Yankee half power 110
Volt, in a 500-600 Watt microwave, that is at least
three times as long as it should have taken to heat.
The moisture - all that "juice" - would have been
enough to create enough steam to make the plate jolly
hot.

Janet Kaiser
The Chapel of Art . Capel Celfyddyd
HOME OF THE INTERNATIONAL POTTERS' PATH
Criccieth LL52 0EA, GB-Wales Tel: (01766) 523570
E-mail: postbox@the-coa.org.uk
WEBSITE: http://www.the-coa.org.uk


> I appreciate the responses to my question and I think
that quite possibly
> the plate (with juicy sliced beef on it) that I was
heating in the
> microwave got hot (on the bottom) because: