>>Did you know, BTW, that using a microwave you can have something coated in ice-cream, but hot pastry on the inside, sort of a reverse baked Alaska. This is cos microwaves cook from the inside out.
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>Naw, microwave ovens do not cook from the inside out. Just a myth.
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I saw this demo'd on TV years ago - piping hot inside but cool ice-cream outside.

PLUS I remember years ago getting a jam-filled pastry (turnover - like a Kelloggs Pop-tart) at a confectioners (back when microwaves were rare) and the shop assistant asked me if I wanted it warmed. I don't like food too hot and she left it in the micro while she served another cust. When I eventually caught her attention and got it back - nice and warm on the outside - bit into it, but God! That jam was like molten lava, and burned a neat channel through my bottom lip (I guess over your side one would have sued)