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Another Disaster!!
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Daughter gave us a home made Christmas pudding. I cut it up into portions no froze it. Decided to have some tonight. Thawed out two portions. Remembered daughter said cook it in the micro for ten minutes. So. I put them in a plastic box with a lid. Set for 5 mins.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.From memory (which doesn't need to go that far back, as Christmas was only a few months ago), I'd guess at around 45 seconds being the correct time to microwave a single portion of Christmas pud.
Looking at the instructions for an Asda single-serving pud says "Microwave - From Ambient: 700W 50 Secs, 900W 40 Secs"
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which seems to confirm my estimate.
With the high sugar content in a Christmas pud, I'd expect it to catch fire if it was microwaved for 10 minutes!
Looking at the instructions for an Asda single-serving pud says "Microwave - From Ambient: 700W 50 Secs, 900W 40 Secs"
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which seems to confirm my estimate.
With the high sugar content in a Christmas pud, I'd expect it to catch fire if it was microwaved for 10 minutes!