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I don't know about leaks and whatnot... but I can tell you that 3 minutes is too long to cook your iPhone.

As a reformed programmer but current geek cook might I suggest getting him a homebrewing starter kit. Homebrewing beer combines cooking and science.

I recently had my first few red bananas. I must say that I agree with you.. they are delicious. I really had a hard time describing the flavor. I used the word mango... but I don't know. I just know I like em.

The rule of thumb is not to preheat the oven if the bake time is longer than the preheat time. The logic is that the food put into a cold oven will heat in tandem with the oven preheating.

There are exceptions: there are times when you'd want the heat from the a preheated oven to "set" the proteins (e.g. souffles) or to quickly brown skin of chicken or such.

But, otherwise, if you have a longer cook time than preheat time you won't have any problems.

The buckling can cause problems with overfilled pies and such, as noted above... but the bigger issue for me is that it scares me to death. It's loud and rattles the entire oven rack it sits on.

@LitNerd:
beatcha by *puts fingers close* that much!

My mom recognized it immediately as a 1970's henway.

David,

Thanks for the info... one last question. Are the lids, by chance, attracted to the magnets?

Oh great. I've never had a problem with my silicone cups sticking. But now that I've read that it's a problem... I'm convinced I'll have nothing but problems from now on.

Generally I cook my beans with a can opener...