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How
to
Heat or Reheat Similar
Types of Food
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Two plates of leftovers may be
reheated together. Arrange thick
or dense foods to outside edges of
plate and cover with plastic wrap.
Microwave at HIGH (IO) for 4 to 5
minutes. Reverse position of plates
(top to bottom) and rotate
1/2
turn.
Continue microwaving at HIGH
(IO) for4
t o
5 minutes. Continue
heating, ifnccessary, until hot.
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Reheating two casseroles (height
should be less than 3 % inches) is
now possible. Cover with plastic
wrap. Use staggered arrangements
of food, placing food on right side of
shelf and left side of floor. Refer to
Heating or Reheating Guide in
cookbook for suggested microwave
time per casserole and add the times
together. Microwave at HIGH (10)
reversing position of foods (top to
bottom) after half of time. Also,
heat several small bowls of leftovers
this way, stirring and reversing
positions after halfoftime.
When heating several different
types of food together, foods which
should bc served hot must
be
placed
o n the oven tloor. while foods which
are only warmed should be placed on
the shelf. This is because microwave
energy cntcrs the oven from the
bottom only.
Also. it
is important
to remember that foods absorb
microwave energy at different rates.
Ratcs can be affected by the size of
thc
f o t d .
and its starting temperature.
Bccause ofthe varying rates, you
may need
t o
start reheating a large
or dense food
it
k w minutcs ahead
oftime. then add other smaller or
less dense foods. Alternately, if
one ofthe foods you are heating
seems undercooked but the others
are heated satisfactorily, let the
underheated food continue cooking.
Heat or reheat different types of
food at HIGH (IO). Todetermine
heating times. add times for all
foods together. (See heating guide
in cookbook.) After half of time,
stir or rearrange foods (do not
reverse positions). Check foods
(tloor especially) after 314 oftotal
time and remove any which are
done. Continue cooking others.
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Two frozen individual entrees
(5 to 7 oz. each) or two TV dinners
(10
to
12
oz. each) are both ready
to
serve at the same time. Remove foil
covers. Remove batter foods: cook
these conventionally. Return foil
trays containing food to boxes in
which they were purchased. Place
in oven with one TV dinner on right
shelf and the second dinner o n left
tloor. Microwave at HIGH (IO) for
9
minutes. Reverse positions (top to
bottom) and rotate foods I/? turn.
Continue microwaving at HIGH
(IO) for 9 minutes. Check dinners
for heating. Ifonc dinner
seems lcsh
done than desired. return
it
t o
the
box and continue heating on tloor
I to
2 more minutcs.
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Place on floor, large or dense
foods which need the most heating.
such as leftover fried chicken.
casseroles of canned or leftover
vegetables. rice or'pasta. Place on
oven shelfthose foods which need
only be warmed. such as bakery
pies. rolls. muffins or breads.
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