Utensil Guide - Amana AOR27DE Use & Care Manual

UTENSIL GUIDE
Your microwave oven will make it possible to use utensils that you
have never used for cooking before. You will now be able to cook,
as well as serve, on paper, glass, or china plates.
1. Most glass, glass ceramic, and heat resistant glassware
utensils are excellent for use in a microwave oven, with the
exception of those with metallic trim. Items with metallic trim
should not be used in the microwave oven.
2. Most metal utensils should not be used in your microwave
oven, unless designated as a microwave utensil. If sparks
appear, remove metal material and transfer food to a
nonmetallic container.
3. Browning dishes may be used to achieve a brown exterior
on small items such as steaks, chops, and pancakes. Follow
instructions provided with your browning dish. The browning
dish is designed only for use in the microwave oven. DO NOT
use in a conventional oven or on a range top.
4. Utensils generally remain cool to the touch. However, during
long-term cooking, the food may heat the dish. You may wish
to keep hot pads handy to aid in removing foods which have
cooked for long periods of time.
Utensil Test: Use this test to determine when a glass-ceramic or
ceramic or plastic utensil is satisfactory to use for microwave
cooking.
1. Place a glass measure with 1 cup of water in the microwave.
2. Place empty utensil you wish to test next to the cup of water.
3. Heat on full power for 1 minute.
4. Press START.
5. After one minute, if the water is very warm and the dish is
cool, the dish is safe to use. If the dish is slightly warm, it
should be used for short term cooking only. If the dish is hot
and the water cool, do not use the dish.
NOTE: DO NOT PREHEAT THE BROWNING DISH LONGER
THAN RECOMMENDED BY THE DISH MANUFACTURER,
SINCE THIS COULD CAUSE THE CERAMIC FLOOR TO CRACK.
MICROWAVE UTENSIL GUIDE
TYPE OF UTENSIL MICROWAVEUSES
Foil-linedPaper Bags, Boxesand BakingTrays,Metal Do not use. Foilor metalwillreflectmicrowaves, thuspreventingeven
or PartMetal Pots, Pans,Thermometers,Skewers, heating. Arcing canoccuriffoil iscloserthan1-in.toovenwalls.
Lead Crystal,Newspapers,and Foil Trays.
BoilableHard and Soft Plastics,such as: Rubbermaid Cookingground beef(colander), defrosting, and heating.
Pottery,Porcelain,Stoneware Cookingandheating.
MicrowavePlasticssuch as" Cooking.
AnchorHockingMicrowave, BangorPlastics, Mister
Microwave, NordicWare,Republic, Tara,WeareverNupac
Paperor StyrofoamPlatesand Cups Heating and serving foodsand beverages.Styrofoam shouldbe usedfor
short-term heating at lowtemperatures a ndfor serving.
OvenGlasssuch as: AnchorHocking FireKing, Cookingand heating.
Glassbake, Heller,Jena, Pyrex
RegularDinnerwaresuch as: Heating and somecooking.
CorellebyComing, D anskGeneration,Denby,ElCamino,
Franciscan, International Stoneware, L enox, T emperware,
Marsh,Mikasa,Pfaltzgraff
UnsuitableDinnerware,such as: Do notuseinmicrowave oven.
ComingCentura,Fitzand Floyd Oven-to-table W are,
Melamine,Dishes withmetaltrim.
PaperTowelsand Napkins,Wax Paper CookingBacon. A bsorbing moisture and preventing s platters.Heating and
servingsandwichesorappetizers. L ight coveringto holdin steam.
Glaes-Ceramic (Pyroceram),such as: Cookingand heating.
Coming Ware, Progression G by Nor'itake
PlasticWrap, CookingBags, Boil-in-bags, S torage Coveringtoholdinsteam (wrap).Cooking(cooking and boil-in bags).
Bags Heating(storage bags).
SpecialtyGlass-Ceramicand Porcelain,such as: Recommended f or microwave oven-to-table c ooking.
ElCamino,F.B.Rogers,Heller,MarchIndustries,
Pfaltzgraff, Shafford
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