Aluminum Foil - GE JE692T Use And Care & Cooking Manual

damage to the oven and the danger of fire. If
by accident the oven should run empty a minute
or two, no harm is done. However, try to avoid
operating the oven empty at all times—it saves
energy and prolongs the life of the oven.
—Do not use the oven for storage purposes. Do
not leave paper products, cooking utensils or
food in the oven when not in use.
—If materials inside oven should ignite, keep
oven door closed, turn oven off, and disconnect
power cord, or shut off power at the fuse or
circuit breaker panel.
Some
. products such as whole eggs and sealed
containers—for example, closed jars-will
explode and should not be heated in this
microwave oven. Such use of the microwave
oven could result in injury.
Avoid heating baby food in glass jars, even
without their lids; especially meat and egg
mixtures.
Don't defrost frozen beverages in narrow
necked bottles (especially carbonated beverages).
Even if the container is opened, pressure can buiId
up. ~is can cause the container to burst, possibly
resulting in injury.
Use metal only as directed in this book. TV
dinners may be microwaved in foil trays less than
3/4" high; remove top foil cover and return tray
to box. When using metal in the microwave oven,
keep metal at least 1 inch away from sides
of oven.
Cookware may become hot
because of heat transferred from
the heated food. Pot holders may
be needed to handle the
cookware.
Sometimes, the turntable can become too hot
to touch. Be careful touching the turntable during
and after cooking.
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tend to boil over more rapidly Man foods
containing less moisture. Should this occur,
refer to the Care and Cleaning section(s) for
instructions on how to clean the inside of
the oven.
Thermometer-Do not use a thermometer in
food you are microwaving unless the thermometer
is designed or recommended for use in the
microwave oven.
Plastic cookwar&Plastic cookware designed for
microwave cooking is very useful, but should be
used carefully. Even microwave-safe plastic may
not be as tolerant of overcooking conditions as are
glass or ceramic materials and may soften or char
if subjected to short periods of overcooking, In
longer exposures to overcooking, the food and
cookware could ignite. For these reasons: 1) Use
microwave-safe plastics only and use them in
strict compliance with the cookware
manufacturer's recommendations. 2) Do not
subject empty cookware to microwaving. 3) Do
not permit children to use plastic cookware
without complete supervision.
cooking pork,
When
exactly and always cook the meat to an internal
temperature of at least 170°F. This assures that, in
in the meat, it will be killed and meat will be safe
to eat.
not boil eggs in a microwave oven.
Do
will build up inside egg yolk and will cause it to
burst, possibly resulting in injury.
follow the directions
Pressure
Foods with unbroken outer
sausages, tomatoes, apples,
chicken livers and other giblets,
and egg yolks (see previous
caution) should be pierced to
allow steam to escape during
cooking.