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Food
Question
Answer
What is wrong when baked foods have a
A hard, dry, brown spot indicates overcooking.
Shorten the cooking
hard, dry, brown spot?
or reheating time.
Why do eggs sometimes pop?
When baking, frying or poaching eggs, the yolk may pop due to
steam bultd-up inside the yolk membrane.
To prevent this, simply
pierce the yolk with a wooden pick before cooking.
CAUTION;
Never microwave
eggs in the shell
Why are scrambled eggs sometimes
a little
dry after cooking?
Is it possible to pop popcorn in a microwave
/
convection
even?
Why do baked apples sometimes
burst
during cooking ?
Why do baked potatoes sometimes
burn
during cooking?
Why is a standing time recommended
after
microwave
cooking time is over?
Why is additional time required for cooking
food stored in the refrigerator?
Eggs dry out if they are overcooked
even if the same recipe is used
each time. The cooking time may need to be varied for one of
these reasons:
®Eggs vary in size,
• Eggs are at room temperature
one time and at refrigerator
temperature
another time.
= Eggs continue cooking during standing time.
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(1) Microwave-popping
devices designed specifica!ly
for microwave
cooking.
(2) Prepackaged
commercial
microwave
popcorn that contains
specific times and power outputs needed for an aeceptab[e final
product.
Follow
exact directions given by each manufacturer
for its
popcorn popping
product and do not leave the oven
unattended
while the corn is being popped= if corn fails to pop
after the suggested time, discontinue
cooking. Overeooking
could result
in an oven fire.
CAUTION:
o Never use a brown paper bag for popping corn or attempt to
pop leftover kernels.
Do not pop prepackaged
commercial
microwave
popcorn
directly on the glass turntable. To avoid excessive
heating of
the glass turntable,
position the popcorn bag on a plate,
The peel has not been removed from the top half of each apple to
aiiow foi expansion of the interior of the apple auring cooking. As lit
COnventional cooking methods, the interior of the apple expands
during the cooking process.
If the cooking time is too long, fire could result. At the end of the
recommended
cooking tl__-O-Ol_"b-e-_g_tiy
firm.
CAUTION:
Do not overcook.
Standing time allows foods to continue cooking evenly for a few
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amount of standing time depends upon the density of the food.
As in convection cooking, the initial temperature
of food affects
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refrigerator than for food at loom temperature.
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