# Peanut butter microwave diamonds? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 2, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-microwave-diamonds/158483 "2003-03-02T00:06:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-microwave-diamonds/158483/21 "2003-03-02T23:11:50Z")
Isn’t somebody going to try it? I thought many of you were scientists. I would, buy I don’t have any pb or briquettes. If I did, I’d look on the bag and see how to spell it. I’m gonna keep this and think about it. I’m dying to know. I need a joint. Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-microwave-diamonds/158483/22 "2003-03-02T23:14:53Z")
I’d try it. I’m moving soon, and the microwave is an old piece of crap. I was planning on leaving it behind anyway. Unfortunately, I don’t have any charcoal. It’s kind of hard to come by this time of year. Can I substitute something else, like used socks or styrofoam coffee cups? I have lots of those. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![XJETGIRLX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9fc29f/32.png) [@XJETGIRLX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XJETGIRLX)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-microwave-diamonds/158483/23 "2003-03-02T23:17:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Derleth \* > **XJETGIRLX** can pick up her gilded `two lemons and a dachshund’ trophy in the vestibule. > > 😃 I’ve got just the space on my mantle for it! It’ll go great right next to the midget field hockey championship trophy! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-microwave-diamonds/158483/24 "2003-03-02T23:19:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Q.E.D. \* > \*\*Can I substitute something else, like used socks or styrofoam coffee cups? I have lots of those. 😛 \*\* I’m pretty sure those would produce similar\* diamonds, yes. [sub]\*(similarly non-existent)[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-microwave-diamonds/158483/25 "2003-03-02T23:56:23Z")
I don’t have a cite, but I read somewhere that eveytime one uses an acetylene torch, they create tiny diamonds. (google results) [http://www.stw.nl/projecten/N/nns2373.html](http://www.stw.nl/projecten/N/nns2373.html) > **[error404](https://www.mrs.org/error-pages/error404?=404%3Bhttps:%2F%2Fwww.mrs.org:443%2Fpublications%2Fjmr%2Fjmra%2F1992%2Fjun%2FP01427.PDF)** > > 347.72 KB > **[error404](https://www.mrs.org/error-pages/error404?=404%3Bhttps:%2F%2Fwww.mrs.org:443%2Fpublications%2Fjmr%2Fjmra%2F1990%2Fnov%2FP02313.PDF)** > > 347.72 KB Brian ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-microwave-diamonds/158483/26 "2003-03-16T10:45:19Z")
[Charlton Heston] **Diamonds are _[people](http://www.lifegem.com/)_!! They’re _people_!!** [/Charlton Heston] ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-microwave-diamonds/158483/27 "2003-03-16T10:57:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jr8 \* > \*\*Maybe it’s just because it’s late here, but this just _floored_ me. > > 😃 \*\* No, it’s early now and I’m crying laughing too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-microwave-diamonds/158483/28 "2003-03-16T11:25:31Z")
Ok, the question of having a Microwave running with nothing in it has been answered. My ex-wife would use the microwave as a timer for my daughters math homework. I told her, I said “Thou shalt not run your micorwave, thou shalt verily maketh the micorwave go _foomph_ and great havoc and bewailing shall be incurred!” She didn’t listen. She ran it several times, for 7 minutes each time. About the 5th or 6th time, apparently it arced like a _Mother F\*\*ker_, and made a cool Zzzzt sound. She had fried it. The beast was dead, Jim. ---
**Author:** ![kp\_72110](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e68b1a/32.png) [@kp\_72110](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kp_72110)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-microwave-diamonds/158483/29 "2003-03-16T12:03:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jr8 \* > \*\*[Charlton Heston] > > **Diamonds are _[people](http://www.lifegem.com/)_!! They’re _people_!!** > > [/Charlton Heston] \*\* Dammnit jr8. I wasn’t even drinking milk! \ ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-microwave-diamonds/158483/30 "2003-03-16T13:59:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zoe \* > \*\*Hmmm. I must have done something wrong when I tried it. I got two lemons and a dachshund. \*\* When I opened this thread, I knew I would find some good comments. I actually thought I may try to make a funny. I’d never be able to beat that line though. Thanks:) ---
**Author:** ![troub](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troub/32/14802_2.png) [@troub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troub)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-microwave-diamonds/158483/31 "2003-03-17T16:48:36Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Tristan \* > **Ok, the question of having a Microwave running with nothing in it has been answered. > . . . > She didn’t listen. She ran it several times, for 7 minutes each time. About the 5th or 6th time, apparently it arced like a \*Mother F**ker_, and made a cool Zzzzt sound. > > She had fried it. The beast was dead, Jim. \*\* Ok, cool. But, since it apparently took a rather long time (what, like 35 minutes? 7 min. x 5 times?), it might be that accidentally letting it run for a few minutes (such as after forgetting to clear the timer when taking something out early) won’t blow up your kitchen. However it could be that it could happen at any time, and I was just extremely lucky. Interesting. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-microwave-diamonds/158483/32 "2003-03-17T23:31:03Z")
I particularly like this detail: > [@](#): > > Carefully scrape this soot into a dark colored dish [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-microwave-diamonds/158483.md?page=1)