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Farm Kitchen:  metal or iron in butter!  |
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westernhorse51
True Blue Farmgirl
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michele
farmingdale
n.j.
USA
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 Posted - Mar 21 2007 : 05:21:56 AM
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I have a microwave I rarely use. I just heat stuff sometimes in it. This morning my daughter wanted toast & the butter was hard. I put a little bit of Land of Lakes butter in a small GLASS dish like I've done many times before w/ other butter just to soften it a bit. I turned on the MW & sparks flew everywhere! I couldn't believe it. I was glued to watching this in unbelief. At first I thought it was the glass or something, it wasn't. No matter what we put the butter in it did the samre thing. We used the same glass after taking out the butter & washing the dish & it didnt do it. We used other glass dishes, it didnt do it but it did w/ every dish we put the butter in. What in the H...?? Did they feed the cows extra iron or s/thing. I know they have 4 stomachs. What could it be? Im writing Land of Lakes this morning. That was too weird.
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
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Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Mar 21 2007 : 05:44:38 AM
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That's scary, Michele. I've softened/melted butter in the microwave countless times. Please let us know what the Land o'Lakes people have to say about this. It isn't something in the microwave itself, is it? Did you try to heat something else?
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Edited by - Miss Bee Haven on Mar 21 2007 05:45:58 AM |
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westernhorse51
True Blue Farmgirl
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michele
farmingdale
n.j.
USA
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Posted - Mar 21 2007 : 05:55:52 AM
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yes, we heated alot of things to make sure it wasnt the microwave. It only did it w/ the butter. Too weird.
she selects wool and flax and works with eager hands Prov.31:13 |
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Kim
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kim
Pflugerville
Texas
USA
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
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Posted - Mar 21 2007 : 07:50:56 AM
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Ewww. Let us know what they say. I'm glad I make my butter. :)
Karin
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Edited by - Mumof3 on Mar 21 2007 07:51:32 AM |
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westernhorse51
True Blue Farmgirl
1681 Posts
michele
farmingdale
n.j.
USA
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Posted - Mar 21 2007 : 08:01:33 AM
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Im waiting to hear from them. I just dont know what else it could be. I dont want to accuse, I just want to know something.
she selects wool and flax and works with eager hands Prov.31:13 |
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Horseyrider
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mary Ann
Illinois
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Posted - Mar 21 2007 : 08:20:28 AM
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I don't think you'll hear from them.
Sometimes the density of the food helps to avoid the sparks if there is metal in a dish. More food equals less sparks. Your butter might have been too little to stop it.
I wonder if there are contaminants in the glass of the dish? |
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Mikki
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mikki
Austin
Indiana
USA
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westernhorse51
True Blue Farmgirl
1681 Posts
michele
farmingdale
n.j.
USA
1681 Posts |
Posted - Mar 21 2007 : 09:59:29 AM
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we put other food in the same dish, it didnt happen. When we put the butter in other glass dishes it did it every time, no matter what we used. It's just so weird. I've been using this brand forever along w/ other brands & I don't use the microwave that much at all.
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FlipFlopFarmer
True Blue Farmgirl
198 Posts
Carla
Molalla
Oregon
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Posted - Mar 21 2007 : 10:11:18 AM
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We had this very same thing happen too and I thought it was the microwave. Wondered why it does this?
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westernhorse51
True Blue Farmgirl
1681 Posts
michele
farmingdale
n.j.
USA
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Posted - Mar 21 2007 : 11:07:48 AM
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Carla, isn't it weird. Im glad Im not alone here. I've done it many times w/ other butter, even LOL but it never did this before.
she selects wool and flax and works with eager hands Prov.31:13 |
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blueroses
True Blue Farmgirl
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Debbie
in the Pandhandle of
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Mar 21 2007 : 11:14:33 AM
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I just heated some up in the microwave last night and nothing... I've never had anything like that happen either. Yikes - another recall, perhaps? Let us know when you hear something. Thanks.
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primjillie
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jill
Antelope
CA
USA
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Posted - Mar 21 2007 : 11:44:52 AM
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| Are you sure it wasn't just popping and spitting? My butter can make a lot of noise while melting if it gets too hot, but I've never had sparks and I use the same brand as you all the time. Could it be your microwave? Maybe try melting it in a little pan on the stove. |
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FlipFlopFarmer
True Blue Farmgirl
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Carla
Molalla
Oregon
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Posted - Mar 21 2007 : 12:36:36 PM
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TOTALLY SURE it wasn't just popping...It made a terrible sound and there were flashes of light inside the microwave.
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primjillie
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jill
Antelope
CA
USA
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Posted - Mar 21 2007 : 3:29:00 PM
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| That is really strange! I don't think I would use that cube. Did you try another cube in the package? Makes you wonder what that cow ate! |
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shelle
True Blue Farmgirl
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Shelle
oklahoma
USA
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
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Michelle
Rosalia
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Posted - Mar 21 2007 : 3:56:51 PM
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My goodness! I'm glad the microwave didn't misbehave (explode) while you were watching it. Sure makes a convincing argument for making your own butter...a skill I'd love to have. Cows will eat anything...I've heard of dairy farmers who fed their cows magnets so they would collect and pass all the odd bits of metal they ate. My husband says he's seen it himself. We were already planning on running a metal detector around the farm we just bought to make sure we collect up all the odd bits before they hurt someone or some critter.
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westernhorse51
True Blue Farmgirl
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michele
farmingdale
n.j.
USA
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Posted - Mar 21 2007 : 4:30:38 PM
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I just came back from the store w/ shop-rite & hotel bar butter. We put both in the microwave and NOTHING. We put the LOL on a paper towel & in another glass dish & sparks flew everywhere. Its NOT the microwave it's the butter.
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westernhorse51
True Blue Farmgirl
1681 Posts
michele
farmingdale
n.j.
USA
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Posted - Mar 21 2007 : 5:12:23 PM
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land of lakes just contacted me & asked for all POP no.'s & dates on the box of butter. I told them it didnt happen w/ the other 2 we just bought & please figure it out because I dont know what we ingested. Hopefully they will figure it out soon.
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Mikki
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mikki
Austin
Indiana
USA
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
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Julie
Russell
AR
USA
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Posted - Mar 22 2007 : 12:21:26 PM
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I had this happen to me before but it turned out to be my microwave. I usually us LOL cause it is my only choice. Sine I got a new microwave I haven't had this problem.
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Horseyrider
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mary Ann
Illinois
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Posted - Mar 23 2007 : 05:12:11 AM
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Michelle, cows generally do have magnets placed in their stomachs. If they don't and the metal bits they accidentally ingest go further, they can get what's called Hardward Disease, a sort of colicky matrix of things that can be deadly. But I don't think the metal could ever go into the butter after being ingested by the cow. Milk and butter are products of the mammary glands, not the digestive system. The metal would have to reach the mammaries via the blood. I would think it more likely to be from manufacturing processes in the plants.
Which is a creepy thought--- metal so fine it'd set off the microwave, but you can't see it or taste it? Soon we'll be setting off metal detectors at the airports.... |
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bramble
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - Mar 23 2007 : 07:52:06 AM
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Michele- This happened to us about a year ago and I just threw away that butter. Usually I would do what you did contacting the company but was in a hurry. Let us all know what you find out. I don't usually buy LOL (it must have been on sale), but have not had the same results with store brand or other brands since then. I just thought that it was the cheapo brand of paper towels I was using!
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westernhorse51
True Blue Farmgirl
1681 Posts
michele
farmingdale
n.j.
USA
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Posted - Mar 23 2007 : 1:49:11 PM
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Bramble, yes, thats what happened w/ us. LOL WAS on sale otherwise I use Shop-rite or another store brand. It didnt happen w/ the store brand or hotel bar (on sale also) & it NEVER happened before. Im waiting for them again ti get back to me. Im very curious & I just put the LOL in the freezer, were not using it jusy waiting to hear.
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MulberryMama
Farmgirl in Training
37 Posts
Jill
Prospect Heights
IL
USA
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Posted - Mar 23 2007 : 2:21:55 PM
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| I've had vegetables arc in the microwave if there is a small bit of dirt on them, namely celery or potatoes if they don't get washed completely. Perhaps that's the foreign matter in the butter. |
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