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ABOUT FOOD (continued)
FOOD
Baby Food
General
ABOUT MICROWAVE COOKING
• Arrange food carefully. Place
thickest areas towards outside of
dish.
• Watch cooking time. Cook for the
shortest amount of time indicated
and add more as needed. Food
severely overcooked can smoke or
ignite.
• Cover foods while cooking. Check
recipe or cookbook for suggestions.
Paper towels, wax paper, microwave
plastic wrap or a lid. Cover prevent
spattering and help foods to cook
evenly.
• If possible stir foods from outside to
center of dish once or twice during
cooking,.
• Turn foods over once during
microwaving to speed cooking of
such foods as chicken and
hamburgers. Large items like roasts
must be turned over at least once.
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DO
• 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.
• 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
boilovers.
• 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 oven and stir, if possible.
Cover for standing time that allows
the food to finish cooking without
overcooking.
• Check for doneness. Look for signs
indicating that cooking
temperatures have been reached.
-Doneness signs include:
-Food steams throughout, not just at
edge.
-Center bottom of dish is very hot to
the touch.
-Poultry thigh joins move easily.
-Meat and poultry show no pinkness.
-Fish is opaque and flakes easily with
a fork.
DO NOT
•
Heat disposable bottles. Heat
bottles with nipples on.
•
Heat baby food in original jars.
• Heat or cook in closed glass
jars or airtight containers.
• Can in the microwave as
harmful bacteria may not be
destroyed.
• Deep fat fry.
• Dry wood, gourds, herbs or
wet papers.
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