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About microwave cooking
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Arrange food carefully: Place thickest areas
towards outside of dish.
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Watch cooking time. Cook for the shortest
amount of time indicated and add more as
needed
Food severely overcooked can smoke
or ignite.
o Cover foods while cooking. Check recipe or
cookbook for suggestions:
paper towels, wax
paper, microwave plastic wrap or a lid. Covers
prevent spattering and help foods to cook
evenly.
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Shield with small flat pieces of aluminum foil
any thin areas of meat or poultry to prevent
overcooking
before dense, thick areas are
cooked thoroughly.
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Stir foods from outside to center of dish once or
twice during cooking, if possible.
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Turn foods over once during microwaving to
speed cooking of such foods as chicken and
hamburgers.
Large items like roasts must be
turned over at least once.
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Rearrange foods such as meatballs halfway
through cooking both from top to bottom and
from the center of the dish to the outside.
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Add standing time. Remove food from oven
and stir, if possible. Cover for standing time
which allows the food to finish cooking without
overcooki rig.
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Check for doneness. Look for signs indicating
that cooking temperatures
have been reached.
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Doneness signs include:
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Food steams throughout,
not just at edge.
Center bottom of dish is very hot to the
touch.
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Poultry thigh joints move easily.
Meat and poultry show no pinkness.
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Fish is opaque and flakes easily with a fork.
About food
Eggs,
sausages,
nuts, seeds,
fru its &
vegetables
Popcorn
Baby food
General
Puncture egg yolks before cooking to
prevent "explosion".
Pierce skins of potatoes, apples, squash,
hot dogs and sausages so that steam
escapes.
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Use specially bagged popcorn for
microwave cooking.
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Listen while popping corn for the
popping to slow to 1 or 2 seconds or use
special popcorn
pad.
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Transfer baby food to small dish and heat
carefully, stirring often. Check temperature
before serving.
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Put nipples on bottles after heating and
shake thoroughly.
"Wrist" test before
feeding.
Cut baked goods with filling after heating
to release steam and avoid burns.
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Stir liquids briskly before and after heating
to avoid "eruption".
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Use deep bowl, when cooking liquids or
cereals, to prevent boilovers.
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Cookeggs
in shells.
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Reheat whole eggs.
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Dry nuts or seeds in shells.
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Pop popcorn in regular brown bags
or glass bowls.
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Exceed maximum time on popcorn
package.
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Heat disposable
bottles.
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Heat bottles with nipples on.
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Heat baby food in original jars.
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Heat or cook in closed glass jars or air
tight containers.
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Can in the microwave as harmful
bacteria may not be destroyed.
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Deep fat fry.
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Dry wood, gourds, herbs or wet papers.