GE Spacemakerll JEM26WH Use And Care Manual page 27

Microwave Utemil/Cookware Guide
Type of Utensil/Cookware
Foil-lined Paper Bags, Boxes and
Baking Trays
Metal or part metal pots, Pans,
Thermometers, Skewers and Foil
Trays
Boilable Hard and Soft Plastics,
such as: Rubbermaid
Glass jars, such as: for baby foods,
vegetables, entrees, syrups,
salad dressings
Handmade Pottery, Porcelain,
Stoneware
Microwave Plastics such as:
Anchor Hocking Microware, Bangor
Plastic, Mister Microwave, Nordic
Ware, Republic, Tara, Wearever Nupac
Paper or Styrofoam Plates
and Cups
Oven Glass such as: Anchor Hocking,
Fire King, Glassbake, Heller, Jena,
Pyrex
Regular Dinnerware, such as:
International Stoneware, Lenox
Unsuitable Dinnerware, such as:
Corning Centura, Fitz and Floyd
Oven-to-table Ware, Melamine,
Dishes with metal trim
Paper Towels and Napkins,
Wax Paper
Glass-Ceramic (Pyroceram),
such as: Corning Ware,
Progression G by Noritake
Plastic Wrap, Cooking Bags,
Boil-in-bags, Storage Bags
Specialty Glass-Ceramic and
Porcelain, such as: El Camino,
Paperboard Trays used for frozen
entrees and dinners
Plastic Trays and Plates used for
frozen entrees and dinners
Microwave Uses
Avoid. Use only foil trays 3/4-in. or less. Foil or metal will reflect
microwaves, thus preventing even heating. Arcing can occur if foil is closer
than l-in. to oven walls.
Cooking ground beef (colander).
Defrosting. Heating.
Avoid heating baby food in jars, especially meat and egg mixtures.
Remove metal caps to warm syrup or soften salad dressing from
refrigerator.
Cooking and heating.
Cooking.
Heating and serving foods and beverages. Styrofoam should be used for
short-term heating to low temperatures and for serving.
Cooking and heating.
Heating and some cooking.
None.
Cooking bacon. Absorbing moisture and preventing spatters. Heating and
serving sandwiches or appetizers. Light covering to hold in steam.
Cooking and heating.
Covering to hold in steam (wrap). Cooking (cooking and boil-in bags).
Heating (storage bags).
Recommended for microwave oven-to-table cooking of special foods.
Cooking and heating.
Cooking and heating.
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