Important Safety Instructions - GE Spacemaker III JE660J Use And Care Manual

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

–Do not pop popcorn in your
microwave oven unless in a special
microwave popcorn accessory or
use in microwave ovens.
–Do not overcook pohtoes.
They could dehydrate and catch
fire, causing damage to your oven.
If materials inside oven should
ignite, keep oven door closed,
turn oven off, and disconnect
power cord, or shut off power at
fuse or circuit breaker panel.
Some products such as whole
eggs and sealed containers—for
example, closed glass jars—may
explode and should not be heated
in this oven.
Avoid heating baby food in
glass jars, even without their lids;
especially meat and egg mixtures.
Don't defrost frozen beverages
in narrow necked bottles (especially
carbonated beverages). Even if the
container is opened, pressure
can build up. This can cause the
container to burst, resulting in
injury.
Use metal only as directed in
cookbook.
TV dinners maybe microwaved
in foil trays less than 3/4" high;
remove top foil cover and return
tray to box. When using metal in
the microwave oven, keep metal
at least 1 inch away from sides
of oven.
Cooking utensils may become
hot because of heat transferred
from the heated food. Pot holders
may be needed to handle the
utensil.
can become too hot to touch. Be
careful handling the cooking tray
during and after cooking.
Foods cooked in liquids (such
as pasta) may tend to boil over
more rapidly than foods containing
less moisture. Should
this
refer to page 11 for instructions on
how to clean the inside of the oven.
Thermometer—Do not
use a thermometer in food you
are microwaving unless the
thermometer is designed or
recommended for use in the
microwave oven.
Remove the temperature probe
from the oven when not in use.
you leave the probe inside the oven
without inserting it in food or liquid,
and turn on microwave energy, it
can create electrical arcing in the
oven and damage oven walls.
Plastic utensils—Plastic utensils
designed for microwave cooking
are very useful, but should be
used carefully. Even microwave
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 utensils could ignite. For
these reasons: 1) Use microwave
plastics only and use them in strict
compliance with the utensil
manufacturer's recommendations.
2) Do not subject empty utensils to
microwaving. 3) Do not permit
without complete supervision.
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When cooking pork, follow
the directions exactly and always
cook the meat to an internal
occur, 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.
Boiling eggs is not
recommended in a microwave
oven. Pressure can build up
inside the egg yolk and may cause
it to burst, resulting in injury.
If
Foods with unbroken outer
"skin" such as potatoes, sausages,
tomatoes, apples, chicken livers
and other giblets, and egg yolks
(see previous caution) should be
pierced to allow steam to escape
during cooking.
and tightly closed plastic bags
should be slit, pierced or vented
as directed in cookbook. If they
are not, plastic could burst during
or immediately after cooking,
possibly resulting in injury. Also,
plastic storage containers should be
at least partially uncovered because
they form a tight seal. When
cooking with containers tightly
covered with plastic wrap, remove
covering carefully and direct steam
away from hands and face.
Spontaneous boiling—Under
certain special circumstances,
liquids may start to boil during or
shortly afier removal from the
microwave oven. To prevent burns
from splashing liquid, stir the
liquid briefly before removing the
container from the microwave oven.
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