GE JE740 Owner's Manual page 8

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SPECIAL N07??,S ABO UF MICRO WAVING
Make sure all cookware
used in your microwave
oven is suitable tot
microwaving. Most glass
casseroles, cooking dishes,
measuring cups, custard
cups, pottery or china
dinnerware which does not
have metallic trim or glaze
with a metallic sheen can
be used. Some cookware
is labeled "suitable tot
microwaving."
How to test for a microwave-
safe dish.
• If you are not sure if a
dish is microwave-sate,
use this test: Place in the
oven both the dish you
are testing and a glass
measuring cup filled with
1 cup of water--set the
measuring cup either
in or next to the dish.
Microwave 1 minute at
high. If the dish heats,
it should not be used
tot microwaving.
If the dish remains cool
and only the water in the
cup heats, then the dish
is microwave-sate.
If you use a meat
thermometer while
cooking, make sure
it is sale Jot use in
microwave ()veils.
• Do not use recycled
paper products. Recycled
paper towels, napkins
and waxed paper can
contain metal flecks
which may cause arcing
or ignite. Paper products
containing nylon or
nylon filaments should
be avoided, as they may
also ignite.
• Some stvroi_)am tl_ay:s
(like those that meat is
packaged on) have a thin
strip of metal embedded
in the bottom. YVlJen
microwavcd, the metal can
1)urn the floor of the oxen
or ignite a paper towel.
• Do not use the microwave
to dry newspapers.
• Not _dl plastic wlap is
suital)le Jot use in
microwave ovens. Check
the package tot proper use.
• Paper towels, waxed
paper and plastic wrap
can be used to cover
dishes in order to retain
moisture and prevent
spattering. Be sure to
vent plastic wrap so steam
can escape.
• Cookware may 1)ecome
hot 1)ecause of heat
transicrred ti'om the
heated tood. Pot holders
m_ V be needed to handle
the cookware.
• "Boilable" cooking
pouches and tightly
closed plastic 1)ags should
be slit, pierced or vented
as directed 1)y package.
If they are not, plastic
could burst during or
immediately after
cooking, possil)ly resulting
in injury. Also, plastic
storage containers should
be at least partially
uncovered because they
torm a tight seal. ¼"llen
cooking with containers
tightly covered with
plastic wrap, remove
covering carefiflly and
direct steam away ti'om
hands and ti_ce.