Funny enough we were discussing baked potatoes yesterday in this thread starting a few posts above this one of mine:
And in fact last night I made 5 using that recipe: 3 russets & 2 sweets. Each poked about 4 times with a fork. No explosions. But …
To melt the butter for the mid-bake baste I put about 1/3stick of sorta-soft butter in a ramekin in the microwave. I melt butter in there all the time & know how to modulate things so I don’t boil the butter or get a mess. Normalement.
After just 15 seconds I hear a loud PLORP!! from the microwave. About 90% of the butter is liquid and dripping off the oven ceiling, door, walls, etc. There’s a big puddle under the turntable and both top & bottom of the turntable itself is dripping butter.
It made the kitchen smell wonderful. It didn’t help my morale a bit. :smack: