Cooking Safety; About Foods - Kucht KMD24S User Manual

IMPORTANT INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW
Doneness signs include:
• Food steams throughout, not just at edge.
• Center bottom of dish is very hot to the touch.
• Poultry thigh joints move easily.
• Meat and poultry show no pinkness.
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COOKING SAFETY

Check foods to see that they are cooked to the United States
Department of Agriculture's recommended temperatures.
TEMP
Fish
Pork, ground beef/veal/lamb, egg dishes
For leftover, ready-to-reheat refrigerated,
Whole, pieces and ground turkey/
chicken/duck.
White meat of poultry.
Dark meat of poultry.

ABOUT FOODS

FOOD
Eggs, •
sausages, nuts,
• Pierce skins of potatoes, apples, squash, hot dogs and sausages
seeds, fruits &
so that steam escapes.
vegetables
Popcorn • Use specially bagged popcorn for the microwave.
• Listen while popping corn for the popping to slow to 1 or 2
seconds or use special Sensor Popcorn pad.
Baby food • Transfer baby food to small dish and heat carefully, stirring often.
Check temperature before serving.
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test before feeding.
General •
avoid burns.
• Stir liquids briskly before, during and after heating to avoid
• Use deep bowl, when cooking liquids or cereals, to prevent boilovers.
• Food should be shorter than the Drawer Microwave. Please refer to
the height of side walls of the drawer.
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FOOD
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To test for doneness, insert a meat thermometer in a thick or dense
area away from fat or bone. NEVER leave the thermometer in the
food during cooking, unless it is approved for microwave use.
• ALWAYS use potholders to prevent burns when handling
utensils that are in contact with hot food. Enough heat from
the food can transfer through utensils to cause skin burns.
• Avoid steam burns by directing steam away from the face
and hands. Slowly lift the farthest edge of a dish's covering
and carefully open popcorn and oven cooking bags away
from the face.
• Stay near the Drawer Microwave while it is in use and check
cooking progress frequently so that there is no chance of
overcooking food.
• NEVER use the oven for storing cookbooks or other items.
• Select, store and handle food carefully to preserve its high
quality and minimize the spread of foodborne bacteria.
• Keep waveguide cover clean. Food residue can cause arcing
• 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.
DON'T
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