Electrolux EMOW1911AS User Manual page 8

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
• Rearrange foods such as meatballs halfway
through cooking both from top to bottom and
from the center of the dish to the outside.
• Add standing time. Remove food from
microwave oven and stir, if possible. Cover
for standing time which allows the food to fi
nish cooking without overcooking.
• Check for doneness. Look for signs indicating
that cooking temperatures have been
reached.
ABOUT FOOD
FOOD
Eggs, • Puncture egg yolks before cooking to
sausages, nuts, prevent "explosion".
seeds, fruits & • Pierce skins of potatoes, apples, squash, hot
vegetables dogs and sausages so that steam escapes.
Popcorn • Use specially bagged popcorn for microwave
cooking.
• Listen while popping corn for the popping
to slow to 1 or 2 seconds or use special
popcorn pad.
Baby food • Transfer baby food to small dish and heat
carefully, stirring often. Check temperature
before serving.
• Put nipples on bottles after heating and
shake thoroughly. "Wrist" test before
feeding.
General • Cut baked goods with filling after heating to
release steam and avoid burns.
• Stir liquids briskly before and after heating
to avoid "eruption".
• Use deep bowl, when cooking liquids or
cereals, to prevent boil-overs.
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Doneness signs include:
- Food steams throughout, not just at edge.
- Center bottom of dish is very hot to the
- Poultry thigh joints move easily.
- Meat and poultry show no pinkness.
- Fish is opaque and flakes easily with a
DO
touch.
fork.
DON'T
• Cook eggs in shells.
• Reheat whole eggs.
• Dry nuts or seeds in shells.
• Pop popcorn in regular brown
bags or glass bowls.
• Exceed maximum time on popcorn
package.
• Heat disposable bottles.
• Heat bottles with nipples on.
• Heat baby food in original jars.
• Heat or cook in closed glass jars
or air tight containers.
• Can in the microwave as harmful
bacteria may not be destroyed.
• Deep fat fry.
• Dry wood, gourds, herbs or wet
papers.