GE JE1235T Use And Care Manual page 4

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
To reduce the risk of fire in
the oven cavity:
—Do not overcook food.
Carefully attend appliance if
paper, plastic or other combustible
materials are placed inside the
oven to facilitate cooking.
—Remove wire twist-ties
paper or plastic bags before
placing bags in oven.
—Do not use your microwave
oven to dry newspapers.
—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
avoided, as they may also ignite.
—Do not pop popcorn in your
microwave oven
unless in a
special microwave popcorn
accessory or unless you use
popcorn labeled for use in
microwave ovens.
—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 the life of the oven.
—Do not overcook potatoes.
They could dehydrate and catch
fire, causing damage to your oven.
Do not use the oven for storage
purposes.
Do not leave paper
products, cooking utensils or food
in the oven when not in use.
If materials inside oven should
ignite,
keep oven door closed,
turn oven off, and disconnect
power cord, or shut off power at
the fuse or circuit breaker panel.
Some products such as whole
eggs and sealed containers—for
example, closed jars-will
explode and should not be heated
in this microwave
of the microwave oven could
result in injury.
Avoid heating baby food in
from
glass jars, even without their lids;
especially meat and egg mixtures.
Don't defrost frozen
beverages in narrow necked
bottles (especially carbonated
beverages).
is opened, pressure can build up.
This can cause the container to
burst, possibly resulting in injury.
Use metal only as directed in
this book.
microwaved in foil trays less than
3/4" high; remove top foil cover
and return tray to box. When
using metal in the microwave
keep metal at least 1 inch
oven,
away from sides of oven.
Cookware may become hot
because of heat transferred from
the heated food. Pot holders may
be needed to handle the cookware.
Sometimes, the turntable can
become too hot to touch.
careful touching the turntable
during and after cooking.
Foods cooked in liquids
as pasta) may tend to boil over
more rapidly than foods
containing less moisture. Should
this occur, refer to page 15 for
instructions on how to clean the
inside of the oven.
Thermometer—Do
thermometer in food you are
microwaving unless the
thermometer is designed or
recommended for use in the
microwave oven.
oven. Such use
Even if the container
TV dinners maybe
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Plastic cookware—Plastic
cookware designed
for
microwave cooking is very
useful, but should be used
carefully. Even microwave-safe
plastic may not be as tolerant of
overcooking conditions as are
glass or ceramic materials and
may soften or char if subjected to
short periods of overcooking. In
longer exposures to overcooking,
the food and cookware could
ignite. For these reasons: 1) Use
microwave-safe plastics only and
use them in strict compliance
with the cookware manufacturer's
recommendations. 2) Do not
subject empty cookware to
microwaving. 3) Do not permit
children to use plastic cookware
without complete supervision.
When cooking pork, follow
the directions exactly and always
cook the meat to an internal
temperature of at least 170°F.
This assures that, in the remote
possibility that trichina may be
present in the meat, it will be
killed and meat will be safe to eat.
Do not boil eggs in a
microwave oven. Pressure will
build up inside egg yolk and will
cause it to burst, possibly
resulting in injury.
Foods with unbroken outer
tomatoes, apples, chicken livers
and other giblets, and egg yolks
(see previous caution) should be
pierced to allow steam to escape
during cooking.
Not all plastic wrap is sui~ble
for use in microwave ovens.
Check the package for proper use.