Microwave Oven Tips
Practically everyone uses the microwave these days. Its speed fits perfectly with today's busy life-style.
And the frozen food department in your supermarket has kept pace with the times by providing an unlimited variety of frozen foods you can microwave, from breakfast to dessert.
Frozen foods and the microwave offer delicious and nutritious meals in minutes.
- Do read recipes ahead of time. If you plan to use frozen food as an ingredient, the recipe may call for a thawed product.
- Do be aware of whether your microwave oven has a longer or shorter cooking time than the average.
- Do buy frozen foods in dual oven trays and cooking bags so they can be cooked easily in the microwave.
- Do place cooking bags on a microwave-safe plate and cut a slit in the bag's center, or pressure will build-up and the bag may burst.
- Do keep your microwave oven clean, since any drippings affect the efficient operation of microwave energy. A messy microwave oven will cook more slowly and unevenly.
- Don't use plastic wrappings from purchased refrigerated foods in a microwave oven since they may melt.
- Don't use unsafe/non-microwaveable containers. Either the containers or the microwave itself may be damaged. To test, fill the container with water and heat for 1 minute. If the container is hot, it’s not microwave safe.
Source: U.S. Cold Storage
Published 12/05/08
