GE Spacemaker JVM1650 Owner's Manual page 7

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Make sure all cookware used
ill ¥O/IF l/Ill FowaVe ovell is
Sl/ilable tot n/icrowavhlg.
Most glass cassetx)|es,
cooking dishes,
l//eaMlFillg
CtlllS , CtlStalX| ClipS,
pottery
or china ¢tinnerware which
does I/Or have//leta||ic tlJl//
or glaze with a met;dlic
s]leen Call be Ilse(t. gol_/e
cookwal_e it labeled _Mlilablc
lot nficrowavit:g."
How to test for a microwave-
safe dish
• [/vou are not sure if
a dish is n/icrowa\ e-sail',
use this test: Place ill tile
oven both the dish _X)/I
are msdng and a glass
measuring cup/ilh'd with
1 CUll of \_ltetmset the
measulJng CUll either
ill or nexi to die dish.
Microwa\ e 1 nlinute at
high. If the dish heats,
ii shouM not be used
tot microwaving.
K tile dish remains cool
and only tile water ill tile
cut) heats, then the dish
is microwm e-sate.
•
If rOll
rise a llleat
thermometer while
cooking, make sure
it is sate lot use ill
microwa\ e o\ ens.
• I)o not use rec}vled paper
products. P,eQaled paller
towels, natlkins and waxed
paper Call (onlain n/etal
flecks which ma_, cause
arcing or ignite. Paper
products containing IMon
or talon filan/ents should
be ms)ideal,
as they n/av
also ignhe.
• SolIle stv1x)l()al// tFaVS
(like those that nleat is
packaged on) ha\ e a thin
strip of n/etal embedded
ill tile bouon/. When
microwa\ ed, the metal
can lturn tile floor of
the oven or ignhe a
paper towel.
• I)o not use tile microwave
1o all'} newslla]lel'.S.
• Not all plastic wratl
is suitable tot use ill
microwa\ e o\ ens.
Cheek ihe package
tor tn'oper use.
• Paper lowels, waxed tlaper
and plastic wrap Call be
used to co_er dishes ill
order to retain l/lOiSIii17e
and
l)It'Vell[
sllattering, ge
SIIl?e tO vent
plastic wra t)
SO
stealll Call
escape.
• Cookware l/la'v becollle hot
because of heat transt('rred
/i'om tile heated/ood. Poi
hoMel:s max be needed io
handle tile cook\vat'e.
• "Boilable" cooking
t)ouches and lightly closed
t)lastic bags shoukt be slit,
tlietx ed or _vnted as
direcmd kg tlackage.
If th(\v are noL plastic
couM burst during or
imn/ediatel} after (ooking,
tlossibly tx'suhing ill
il_jury.
Also, plastic
S[o17age
containers should be at
leasi partially
uncovered
because tl/e_ torln a light
seal. When cooking with
containers ughtly cox ered
with plastic wrall, remove
courting careflllly
and
dire(t steam awa} ti'om
hands and time.