# Kitchen fun

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-fun/652527>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 10, 2013, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-fun/652527 "2013-03-10T03:55:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![applebetty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4af34b/32.png) [@applebetty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/applebetty)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-fun/652527/1 "2013-03-10T03:55:19Z")

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I keep hearing a loud clicking sound from the kitchen. It sounds like metal, like after you turn a heater off the cooling metal pings. Somewhat like an unpopped kernel of popcorn thrown into an empty pot. So I’m standing in the kitchen awaiting the next click. The culprit? The soaking garbanzo beans have been underwater about three hours. Who knew?

Did you know green olives spark in the microwave?

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-fun/652527/2 "2013-03-10T04:28:00Z")

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> [@applebetty](#):
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> Did you know green olives spark in the microwave?

I did not know that. I did, however, know that a grape will do that.

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**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-fun/652527/3 "2013-03-10T04:39:16Z")

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if you watched enough cartoons you would know what food and utensils do when you aren’t around.