Special Notes About Microwaving - GE SpacemakerXL JVM1640 Owner's Manual

SPECIAL NOTES ABOUT MICRO WAVING
Make sure all cookware
used in your microwave
oven is suitable lot
microwaving. Most glass
casseroles, cooking dishes,
measuring cups, custard
cups, pottery or china
dinnerware which does not
have metallic trim or glaze
with a metallic sheen can
be used. Some cookware
is labeled "suitable lot
microwaving."
microwave-safe dish.
• If you are not sure if a
dish is microwave-sate,
use this test: Place in the
oven both the dish you
are testing and a glass
measuring cup filled with
1 cup of water--set the
measuring cup either in
or next to the dish.
Microwave 30-45 seconds
at high. If the dish lmats,
it should not be used
Jot microwaving.
If the dish remains cool
and only the water in the
cup heats, then the dish
is microwave-sale.
If you use a meat thet=
mometer while cooking,
make sure it is sale for
rise ill microwave O_llS.
• Do not use recycled
paper products. Recycled
paper towels, napkins
and waxed paper can
contain metal flecks
which may cause arcing
or ignite. Paper products
containing nylon or
nylon filaments should
be aw)ided, as they may
also ignite.
• Some styrofoam trays
(like those that meat is
packaged on) have a thin
strip of metal embedded
in the bottom. YVhen
microwaved, the metal
can burn the floor of the
oven or ignite a paper
towel.
Do not use the microwave
to dry newspapers.
Not all plastic wrap is
suitable for use in micro-
wave ovens. Check the
package tor proper use.
• Paper towels, waxed
paper and plastic wrap
can be used to cover
dishes in order to retain
moisture and prevent
spattering. Be sure to
vent plastic wrap so steam
can escape.
• Cookware may become
hot 1)ecause of heat
transJcrred tiom the
heated tood. Pot holders
m_ V be needed to handle
the cookware.
• "Boilable" cooking
pouches and tightly
closed plastic bags should
be slit, pierced or vented
as directed by package. If
they are not, plastic could
burst during or immed-
iately after cooking,
possil)ly resulting in iqiury.
Also, plastic storage
containers should be at
least partially uncovered
because they form a tight
seal. ¼_hen cooking with
containers tightly covered
with plastic wrap, remove
covering carefiflly and
direct steam away tiom
hands and lace.