GE JVM1660 Owner's Manual page 7

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Make sure all cook_al:e
used ill Your microwave
oven is suitable tor
n/i(rowaving. Most glass
casseroles, cooking dishes,
l//easlll?il/g ClltlS , Cllsiar(t
CUllS, potter}
or china
dinnerware which does not
have metallic u:im or glaze
with a metallic sheen call
be used. Some cookware is
labeled "suitable lot
microwaving."
How to test for a microwave-
safe dlSn
• I|vou
are uol s/Ire ila
dish is/llicrowa\e-s;ll('.
use lifts test: Place il lh(
oven 1)oth the dish you
are testing
aud a glass
uleasln'iug cup/+l|ed with
1 ell t)
of water--set the
uleasuril+g cup either
in or next to the dish.
Microwa+e 1 l//illtlte ;tt
high./f the dish he;+ts.
it shouht not be tl+ed
{or lnicrowa_illg.
If die dish remains cool
and only the water ill the
cup heats, then the dish
is microwa_ e-sati'.
• If VO/l /lse a l/lear
dlermometer while
cooking, make sm:e
it is sale {or use ill
microwave ovens.
• Do not use recycled
llaller tlroducts. Recycled
llaller towels, napkins
;-in(t waxe(t
t)a])er
can
contain metal flecks
which may cause arcing
or ignite. Pal/er products
containing nylon or
talon/ilaments should
be avoided, as they may
also ignite.
• Sol//e stvl'o{()_ll// tr_lvs
(like those that meat is
tlackaged on) haxe a thin
stlJ t1 of metal embedded
ill the bottom. When
lllierowa_._'d, the lllet:al call
burn tile floor
of tile oven
or ignhe a tlaller towel.
• Do not use the
microwave
to dry
newstmpers.
• Not all plastic wrap
is suitable/or use ill
nficrowave ovens.
Check the package
tor t)rot/er use.
• Pat)er towels, waxed
t)at/er and t/lastic wrap
call tie used to (over
dishes ill order to retain
l/loistllre and llrevent
stmttering. Be sure to
vent l/lasdc wrap so
steal// can
eseal)e.
• Cookware lilav becollle
hot because of heal
transti'rred/i'om the
heawd/ood. Pot holders
may be needed to handle
the cookware.
• "Boilable" cooking
pouches and lightly
closed t/lasdc bags should
be slit, pierced or vented
as direcwd by package.
If they are not, t)lastic
could burst during or
immediately alter
cooking, l)ossibly resuhing
ill ill jury. Also, t)lastic
storage containers should
be at least partially
uncovered because they
/orn/ a tight seal. When
cooking with containers
tightly covered with
plastic wrap, remove
co_ering carefllllv and
direct
s{eal// aw_lv ]i'Ol//
hands and {hce.