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QUESTIONS
FOODS
AND
ANSWERS:
{Cont'd)
Q. What is wrong when baked
foods have a hard, dry, brown spot?
A. A hard, dry, brown spot shows overcooking.
Shorten
the cooking
or reheating
time.
Q.Why do eggs sometimes
pop?
A. When baking, frying or poaching eggs, the yolk may pop due to steam build*up inside the yolk membrane.
To prevent
this, simply pierce the yolk with a toothpick
before cooking
it.
CAUTION:
Never microwave
cook eggs in the shell.
Q.
A.
Why are scrambled
eggs sometimes
a little dry after cooking?
Eggs dry out if they are overcooked.
Though
the same recipe is used each time, one may need to vary the
cooking time for one of these reasons:
® Eggs vary in size.
o Eggs are at room temperature
one time and at refrigerator
temperature
another time.
• The shapes
of utensils vary, thereby
making it necessary
to vary the cooking time.
® Eggs continue cooking
during standing
time.
Q. Is it possible to pop corn in a microwave
oven?
A. Yes, if using one of the two methods
described
below.
(I) Microwave-poping
devices designed specifically for this type of microwave
cooking or
(2) Prepackaged
commercial
microwave
popcorn
that contains
specific times and power
outputs
needed for an acceptable
final product.
FOLLOW
EXACT
DIRECTIONS,
GIVEN
BY EACH
MANUFACTURER
FOR
THEIR POPCORN
POPPING
PRODUCT
AND
DO NOT
LEAVE
THE OVEN
UNATTENDED
WHILE THE CORN
IS
BEING POPPED.
IF CORN
FAILS TO POP AFTER THE SUGGESTED
TIMES, DISCONTINUE
COOKING.
OVERCOOKING
COULD
RESULT
IN AN OVEN
FIRE.
CAUTION:
NEVER
USE A BROWN
PAPER BAG FOR POPPING
CORN.
Q.What
is wrong when three potatoes
bake_ thoroughly
and the fourth one is still not cooked?
A. The fourth potato may be slightly heavier than the others and should be cooked
30 to 60 seconds longer.
Remember
to allow space around each potato when baking. Also, for more even cooking, put potatoes
in
a circle.
Q.Why
do baked apples sometimes
burst during cooking?
A. The peeling has not been removed from the top half of each apple to allow for expansion
of the interior of
the apple during cooking. As in regular cooking methods,
the interior of the apple expands
during the
cooking process.
Q. How are boil-overs
avoided?
A. When cooking foods
that tend to boil over, use a larger utensil than usual for cooking. If you open the
oven door or touch STOP, the food will stop boiling. (Remember
to touch START
again after closing the
door to restart the cooking
cycle.)
Q. Why
is a standing
time recommended
after microwave
cooking
is over?
A. Standing
time
is recommended
after
microwave
cooking
is over.
This is to allow foods
to continue
cooking
evenly
throughout
for a few
moments
after
the actual
microwave
oven
cooking
cycle.
The
amount
of standing
time depends
upon
the density
of the food.
Q.Why
is an additional
time required
for cooking
food stored
in refrigerator?
A. As in conventional
cooking,
the initial temperature
of food affects
total cooking
time. More time is needed
to cook
the food
just
taken
out of a refrigerator
than food
at a room
temperature.
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