00:003, 2, 1, BAM!
00:03Instead of savouring a good movie,
00:05you are now cleaning your microwave
00:07after a real popcorn apocalypse.
00:09All this because you have given
00:11an excessive confidence to the popcorn buttons.
00:14It turns out that a good number of these buttons
00:16are only minutes,
00:17and not chefs hidden in your microwave.
00:20The different types of popcorn,
00:22and even the different batches of your favourite variety,
00:24have varying cooking times.
00:26It depends on the weight and humidity of the corn,
00:29and there is no universal cooking mode
00:31that suits everyone.
00:33If you count on this popcorn button without adjusting the time,
00:36your corn will not be cooked enough,
00:38and full of unburst grains.
00:40Conversely, if you let the corn burst for too long,
00:43it will burn,
00:44and the persistent smell will accompany you
00:46longer than you would have liked.
00:48Some recent models of more sophisticated microwaves
00:51are equipped with humidity sensors
00:53that take into account all the parameters
00:55to cook your popcorn in an optimal way.
00:57All you have to do is adjust this in the controls.
00:59Check the manual of your microwave
01:01to check if your device has this feature.
01:04Otherwise,
01:05you will have to follow the instructions
01:07of your popcorn bag,
01:09which often recommends
01:10not to use the button created for this purpose.
01:12A 700-watt microwave
01:14works slower than a 1000-watt model.
01:17Even if you have made calculations
01:19and followed the manual to the letter,
01:21never leave your popcorn unattended.
01:24Dedicate a few minutes to it
01:26and stay close to it
01:27to monitor its cooking.
01:29Listen to the symphony of the blown corn.
01:31When the interval between each pop
01:33passes two or three seconds,
01:35turn it off,
01:36because excessive cooking
01:38can cause burns.
01:40And even if you follow all the recommendations,
01:42do not blame only the microwave.
01:44Check the expiration date of your popcorn,
01:47make sure your oven is clean,
01:49always remove the plastic packaging
01:51and unfold the paper bag before cooking.
01:53With these precautions,
01:54you should be able to get by.
01:57If you want to explore more
01:59the possibilities of your microwave,
02:01you can try to dry herbs in it.
02:03Arrange some fresh herbs
02:04between two paper towels
02:06and heat them for 30 seconds
02:09until they are as dry as you want them to be.
02:12You can also grill nuts in the same way,
02:14placing them in a single layer
02:16on a plate
02:18and heating them for 30 seconds.
02:20In addition,
02:21your microwave can facilitate
02:23the peeling of garlic.
02:24Place the whole head of garlic
02:26in the microwave for about 20 seconds
02:28and the shells should easily detach
02:30from their skin
02:31without leaving a smell on your fingers.
02:33Popcorns are not the ingredients
02:35that are most often imagined
02:36to be heated in the microwave,
02:37but this trick has become very popular
02:39on TikTok.
02:40A vlogger tried to heat
02:42salmon and rice in the microwave
02:44with a popcorn
02:45and a sheet of sulfurized paper on top.
02:47She added other ingredients
02:49such as kimchi,
02:51mayonnaise,
02:52soy sauce,
02:53avocado
02:54and dried seaweed.
02:55Sublimating the ice cream
02:56for a recipe is nothing new,
02:58but putting it in the microwave
02:59is still quite surprising.
03:01A cooking teacher explained
03:02that the popsicle provided
03:03an element to heat up
03:05for the microwave
03:06and that the steam resulting from it
03:07was uniformly distributed
03:09in the food.
03:10This would avoid the discomfort
03:12of heating up only half of your meal.
03:14Sulfurized paper also helps
03:16to keep the heat.
03:18The steam rises,
03:19meets the paper,
03:20and the hot liquid goes down
03:21to heat up the food.
03:23It takes some time
03:24for an ice cream to melt
03:25completely in the oven,
03:27because the water molecules
03:28it contains
03:29are held together
03:30by strong hydrogen bonds,
03:32requiring a lot of energy
03:34to be broken.
03:37Did you know that heating up
03:38your tea in the microwave
03:40was the most effective
03:41and healthy method
03:42to prepare it?
03:44Australian researchers
03:45have proven that this method
03:46allowed them to extract
03:47all the benefits,
03:48catechins and caffeine,
03:49from your tea.
03:51All you have to do
03:52is put a sachet in a cup
03:53of freshly boiled water
03:54for half a minute.
03:55Then,
03:56put the cup in the microwave
03:57with the tea sachet
03:58still in it,
03:59and let it infuse
04:00for one minute
04:01at 500 watts.
04:03Finally,
04:04remove the tea sachet
04:05and savour your drink.
04:07A cup of green or white tea
04:08offers more antioxidant benefits
04:10than a portion of broccoli,
04:12spinach,
04:13carrot or strawberry.
04:14And now,
04:15all these benefits
04:16are yours.
04:18Preparing tea in the microwave
04:20is an excellent alternative
04:21to an electric kettle.
04:23An appliance
04:24that is rarely found
04:25in American homes,
04:26but which is very common
04:27in our country.
04:28The main difference
04:29lies in the efficiency
04:30of the appliances.
04:32American homes
04:33most often operate
04:34with a voltage
04:35of about 120 volts,
04:37while many European countries
04:38use between 220 and 240 volts.
04:42The lower the voltage,
04:43the slower the appliance
04:44operates.
04:45Thus,
04:46by performing
04:47some simple calculations,
04:48we can see
04:49that it would take
04:50about one and a half minutes
04:51more for a kettle
04:52to reach the boiling point
04:53in the United States
04:54compared to Europe.
05:00The microwave oven,
05:01which simplified
05:02the life of so many people,
05:03was invented by accident
05:05in the 1940s.
05:07Its creator,
05:08Percy Spencer,
05:09sought to design
05:10a more efficient way
05:11to produce
05:12mass-produced
05:13radar magnetrons.
05:15These devices
05:16create electromagnetic waves
05:17that vibrate.
05:18While testing
05:19one of these magnetrons,
05:20he put his hand
05:21in his pocket
05:22to take out a nanka.
05:23The peanut bar
05:24he had in his pocket
05:25had melted
05:26and turned
05:27into a sticky paste.
05:28Although he could not
05:29taste his 4 hours,
05:30he realized
05:31that something unusual
05:32had just happened.
05:34He then carried out
05:35another test
05:36of his magnetron,
05:37this time
05:38with an egg
05:39placed under a tube.
05:40The egg exploded
05:41shortly afterwards.
05:43The next day,
05:44he tested
05:45the cooking of corn grains
05:46with his new invention.
05:48This is how
05:49the first prototype
05:50of a microwave oven
05:51was born.
05:52This device
05:53is one of the many
05:54inventions of the 1940s
05:55that we use
05:56and still appreciate
05:57today.
06:01The official year
06:02of the birth
06:03of the concept
06:04of a mobile phone
06:05is 1947.
06:06It was not a
06:07flappy phone
06:08that everyone
06:09secretly hid
06:10from the public.
06:11At this time,
06:12AT&T proposed
06:13to the Federal
06:14Communications Commission
06:15to distribute
06:16a wide range
06:17of radio-electric frequencies
06:18to realize
06:19the dream
06:20of a generalized
06:21mobile telephone service.
06:22The same year,
06:23Bell Laboratories
06:24introduced
06:25the idea
06:26of cellular communications.
06:27However,
06:28the FCC
06:29did not support
06:30this initiative
06:31and limited
06:32the number
06:33of frequencies
06:34to 23 simultaneous
06:35telephone conversations
06:36in the same service area.
06:37The first call
06:38made
06:39to the FCC
06:40was made
06:41in 1973.
06:42It was then
06:43a 780-gram
06:44prototype.
06:45In the 1920s,
06:46visionary engineers
06:47had already
06:48started
06:49designing
06:50the idea
06:51of a colored
06:52television.
06:53However,
06:54it was only
06:55in the 1940s
06:56that CBS,
06:57in collaboration
06:58with engineer
06:59Peter Goldmark,
07:00developed
07:01a system
07:02capable of
07:03broadcasting
07:04images
07:05in the three
07:06primary colors.
07:07In the 1950s,
07:08this system
07:09was introduced
07:10in the West.
07:11Without
07:12the technology
07:13of aerosols,
07:14it would be
07:15difficult
07:16to protect
07:17your hair
07:18against
07:19bad weather
07:20or make
07:21graffiti
07:22so quickly.
07:23The aerosol
07:24was invented
07:25by researchers
07:26from the Department
07:27of Agriculture
07:28who created it
07:29to spray poison
07:30on harmful
07:31insects.
07:32Aerosol bombs,
07:33mainly filled
07:34with insecticide,
07:35quickly became
07:36available
07:37to the American
07:38inventor and
07:39engineer
07:40Robert Henry
07:41at Planalp,
07:42who created
07:43a vacuum pump.
07:44This light
07:45aluminum design
07:46made the bombs
07:47practical
07:48to spray
07:49liquid,
07:50foam,
07:51powder
07:52and other
07:53creams.
07:54In the 1940s,
07:55the Swiss engineer
07:56Georges de Mestral
07:57was walking
07:58in the woods
07:59with his dog
08:00when,
08:01all of a sudden,
08:02his clothes
08:03and the fur
08:04of his animal
08:05were covered
08:06with a thin layer
08:07of animal hair.
08:08Intrigued,
08:09he examined
08:10his clothes
08:11with a microscope
08:12to discover
08:13their secret.
08:14He discovered
08:15that the
08:16clothes
08:17had tiny
08:18hooks,
08:19similar
08:20to the
08:21hook
08:22of a
08:23monster
08:24and
08:25could
08:26hang
08:27on
08:28anything
08:29that
08:30had
08:31a loop,
08:32textile
08:33fibers,
08:34animal
08:35hair.
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