Set the microwave on fire this evening, exploding a perfectly good glass casserole dish and completely carbonizing the beet greens I was steaming inside it.
When your 3-year-old says "Fire?" from the kitchen, take my advice: Check on it. Like, don't wait to finish sweeping the dustpile into the dustpan. Just go look.
Also don't go "Aack!" and open the door right away. Even though the flames self-extinguished when I did it, you might not be so lucky. In retrospect that was a very dumb thing to do.
OK, so I microwaved the beet greens a little long, but I didn't think it was THAT long. 5 minutes tops, for about a cup of chopped fresh greens and a little water. Now they're charcoal.
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