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1,. Cooking utensils may become hot because
of heat transferredfrom the heated food. This
is especially true if plastic wrap has been
covering the top and handles of the utensil.
Pot holders may be needed to handle the
utensil.
2. Sometimes, the oven shelf can become too
hot to touch. 13e careful touching the shelf
during and after cooking.
3. Don't heat unopened food containers in
the oven. Pressure building up can cause the
container to burst, resulting in injury.
4. Don't defrost frozen liquids—especially
rbonated ones — in the oven. Even if the
container is opened, pressure can build
UP.
This can cause the container to burst, resuR-
ing in injury.
5. Don't overcook food excessively.
Food
dries out, and can even ignite in some cases.
6. If food should ever ignite: Keep the oven
door closed. Turn off the power immediately:
turn timer to OFF or disconnect power cord
or shut off power at the fuse circuit breaker
panel.
7. Remove the temperature sensor from the
oven when not using it to cook with.
If
you
leave the
sensorinsidethe ovenwithoutin-
sertingit in foodor liquid, a nd turn onmicro-
waveenergyit can createelectricalarcingin
the oven,and darnageovenwalls.
S.
Remove wire twist-ties on paper and plas-
tic bags before placing in oven. Twist-ties
sometimes cause bag to heat, and may cause
fire. Foods in paper or plastic bags should
only be heated for short periods of time.
9. Boiling eggs (in or out of shell) is not rec-
ommended for microwave cooking. Pressure
can build up inside egg yolk and may cause
it to burst, resulting in injury.
10. Do not pop popcorn in your microwave
oven unless in a special microwave popcorn
accessory or unless you use popcorn in a
package labeled for microwave ovens. Be-
cause of the heat generated without these
precautions, the container could catch fire.
11. Use
metal only as directed in cookbook.
Metal strips as used on meat roasts are help-
ful in cooking food when used as directed.
Metal trays may be used for TV dinners.
However, when using metal in the microwave
oven, keep metal at least l-inch away from
sides of microwave oven.
12. Do not operate the oven while empty to
avoid damage to the oven and the danger of
fire.
If by accident the oven should run empty
a minute or two, no harm is done. However,
try to avoid operating the oven empty at all
times-it
saves energy and prolongs life of
the oven.
13. Foods with unbroken outer "skin" such
as potatoes, hot dogs or sausages, tomatoes,
apples, chicken livers and other giblets, and
eggs (see above) should be pierced to allow
steam to escape during cooking.
14. "Boilable" cooking pouches and tightly
closed plastic bags or plastic wrap tightly
covering containers should be slit, pricked or
vented as otherwise directed in Cookbook.
If they are not, plastic could burst during or
immediately after cooking resulting in in-
jury. Also, plastic storage containers should
be at least partially uncovered because they
form such a tight seal.
IG. DOnot use your microwave oven to dry
newspaper. If overheated, it can
catch fire.
16.Whencookingpork eitherconventionally or
in the microwave o ven,followour directions
exactlyand alwayscook the meatto at least
170'. T hisassures that,intheremotepossibility
thattrichinamaybe present i n themeat,it will
bekilled andmeatwillbesafeto eat.
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