TOT: one for you scientists

[Gib Bogle]

No, he specified that the water is at boiling temperature when added, therefore it requires no heat to reach boiling. Effectively the amount of heat needed is just what it takes to heat the peas. Of course this is all simplified, since in fact there will be a loss of heat from the hot water. A thorough treatment would need detailed calculations of heat loss through evaporation, convection and radiation, calculations that cannot be made from the information available. But I don't think the OP intended that.

[Max Demian]

Peas are so quick to cook, why use a microwave at all? Boiling or steaming only takes five minutes from frozen.

[John Williamson]

Am I the only one that puts a cup of water into a pan, brings it to the boil, adds frozen peas, then empties the pan as soon as the water's boiling again? It saves all the faffing about with the microwave and boiling a kettle and leaves it free to cook other stuff. I will admit it's a lot quicker to do now I've gone back to cooking on gas....

[polygonum]

To pick up on threads passim, I doubt it is quicker than induction on super-charge setting ... :-)

Mostly I do microwave with no added water, but occasionally heat in pan with a little water. It is so much easier to microwave, IMHO, guess time, zap, done, ignore until needed. On hob requires an eye open and stopping it when done to avoid overcooking - which is often when several other things are happening at once.

[Dave Liquorice]

Cause you have to heat the water to boil/steam 'em.

Some one else has already pointed oout there is enough water on frozen peas to just bung 'em in a bowl, cover an nuke for a few minutes. No need for any additional energy absorbing water that you pour down the drain.

[Norman Wells]

Exactly. Just shove them in the kettle.

[John Williamson]

They won't fit through the filter on mine.

[Norman Wells]

No, you take the lid off, put the peas and water in, boil it up, strain the peas on the filter as you pour the water out into your teapot, then transfer peas direct to plate.

What could be nicer than a cup of tea and a plate of peas?

[polygonum]

Best for green tea.

[Simon Brown]

Unlikely.

There is a lot less faffing about to tip as many frozen peas as you need into a cup and zapping that in the microwave.

It doesn't need to be free to cook other stuff, you just put the cup of frozen peas into the microwave with the other stuff.

Still takes longer than the microwave does.

Particularly when you just put the cup of frozen peas into the microwave with everything else being cooked.

[Bill Wright]

No I use it for the gravy.

Bill

[Huge]

The instructions on frozen peas say to add a little water to them before microwaving ...

[Huge]

Yes.

And replaces it with even more faffing about.

[Steve Firth]

Yebbut but the instructions on how to make packet soup, custard and gravy from powder are also wrong.

[Huge]

Yebbut they should say "throw them away and make some proper soup/custard/ gravy."

[Steve Firth]

[snip]

I am rendering down a cow for gravy over the next several days in time for Sunday lunch.

[John Williamson]

A plate of peas *without* the cup of tea. The smell of most tea makes me feel mauseous.

[Norman Wells]

How mouselike?

[Bill Wright]

Help is at hand

Bill

[The Natural Philosopher]

experiment /experience proves you wrong.