Yet another thing I didn’t notice
A warning label on a pack of paper napkins.
It goes like this:
CAUTION: USING PAPER PRODUCTS IMPROPERLY IN A MICROWAVE OR CONVENTIONAL OVEN COULD CAUSE THE PAPER TO BURN.
Paper napkins are not recommended for use in microwaves, conventional ovens or on stove tops. Follow precautions in Microwave Owner’s Manual. If fire starts, turn microwave off and leave door closed.
This is the brand in question, though I suspect that some variation on this theme appears on every brand nowadays.
But does anyone actually know where the manual for the microwave oven is?
Addendum: In lieu of said manual, try Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451.
Charles Pergiel »
27 December 2009 · 6:20 pm
We got a batch of paper plates a while back that caught fire in the microwave pretty regularly. Hasn’t happened lately.