Thread: Microwave Ovens
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Old 05-12-2010, 11:28 AM   #12
Undertoad
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Microwaves work by spinning water molecules around; the molecules heat up from all the moving around. In defrosting, the ice is slowly changed to water, but then once it becomes water, the waves heat it really fast. So wherever the meat changed from ice to water first, gets superheated, while the rest of the meat remains ice.
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