Multiple Microwave Massacres for Peeps!
Feb. 26th, 2004 02:59 am![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
I need to get one. For Microwave Massacres! How did the MMM start? Well....
Once upon a time, long ago (actually, March of 2003) I had 5 elementary school kids and a sleeping 2 year old in my house. Important phone call comes in, kids are screaming and yelling. Feeding them candy was out of the question, because I only had two peeps left! Inspiration struck!
Putting my caller on hold, I gathered the children in front of the microwave. I placed one peep in the microwave, set it for 10 minutes and told the kids to watch the peep and scream when it explodes. Hurrying back to the phone, I continued the call.
After about 5 minutes, my call was finished, but no scream had come from the kitchen. Wandering in, I find them all watching the microwave intently.
Have you ever put a peep in the microwave? Well, apparently as it expands (like marshmallows do) the sugar melts and carmelizing, keeping the peep from exploding. Eventually, it collapses in on itself and turns into a nasty, smelly black lump of...something.
I ended throwing the plate away. But hey! The kids had something to discuss in science class the next day!