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This section discusses the concepts behind microwave
cooking.
It also shows the basics that you need to know in
order to operate your microwave
oven. Please read this information
before using your oven.
HOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN WORKS
Microwave
ovens are safe. Microwave
energy is not hot. it
causes food to make its own heat, and it is this heat that cooks
the food.
Microwaves
are like TV waves, radio waves, or light waves. You
cannot see them, but you can see the results of what they do.
A magnetron
in the microwave
oven produces microwaves.
The
microwaves
move into the oven where they contact
food as it
turns on the turntable.
The glass turntable
of your microwave
oven lets microwaves
pass through. The microwaves
then bounce off a metal floor,
back through the glass turntable,
and are absorbed
by the food.
Microwaves
pass through most glass, paper, and plastics
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lass turntable
without
heating them, so food absorbs the energy. Microwaves
bounce off metal containers
so food does
not absorb the energy.
RADIO INTERFERENCE
Using your microwave
oven may cause interference
to your radio, TV, or similar equipment.
When there is
interference,
you can reduce it or remove it by:
*Cleanlng
the door and sealing surfaces of the oven.
*Adjusting the receiving antenna
of the radio or television.
*Moving the receiver away from the microwave
oven.
*Plug the microwave
oven into a different
outlet so that the microwave
oven and receiver are on different
branch circuits.
FOR THE BESTCOOKING RESULTS
*Always
cook food for the shortest cooking time recommended.
Check to see how the food is cooking.
If
needed, touch Add 30 Sec while the oven is operating,
or after the cooking cycle is over (see the "Add
30 Sec" section).
*Stir, turn over, or rearrange
the food being cooked about
halfway
through the cooking time for all
recipes. This will help ensure that the food is evenly cooked.
*if you do not have a cover for a dish, use wax paper, or microwave-approved
paper towels or plastic
wrap. Remember to turn back a corner of the plastic wrap to vent steam during cooking.
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