GE JVM1650 Owner's Manual page 8

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SPECIAL NOTES ABOUT MICRO WAVING
Make silre all cookware
used in your microwave
oven is suitable fbr
nticrowaving.
Most
glass
casseroles, cooking dishes,
measuring cups, custard
cups, potter)* or cbina
dinnerware which does not
have metallic trim or glaze
with a metallic sheen Call
be used, Some cookware
is labeled "suitable for
microwaving?'
• If you are not sure if
a dish is microwave-safb,
use this test: Place ill the
oven both tile dish you
are testing and a glass
measuring cup filled with
1 cup ofwatel=-set the
measuring cup either in
or next to tile dish.
Microwave 1 minute at
high. If tile dish beats,
it should not be used
for microwaving.
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tf tile dish remains cool
and only tile water in the
cup heats, then the dish
is microwave-safe.
• If you use a meat the>
mometer while cooking,
make sure it is safe for
use ill Inicrowave ovens,
• Do not use recycled
paper products. Recycled
paper towels, napkins
and waxed paper can
contain metal fIecks
which may cause arcing
or ignite. Paper producks
containing nylon or
nylon filaments should
be avoided, as they may
also ignite.
• Some styrolbam trays
(like those that meat is
packaged on) have a thin
strip of metal embedded
in the bottom. When
microwaved, tile metal
can btlrn
tile floor of
tile oven or ignite a
paper towel.
• Do not use the
microwave
to
d13*
newspapers.
• Not all plastic wrap is
suitable tbr use in micro-
wave ovens. Check the
package for proper use.
• Paper towels, waxed
paper and plastic wrap
Call be used to cover
dishes in order to retain
moisture and prevent
spattering. Be sure to
vent plastic wrap so steam
can escape.
• Cookware
lllay becolne
hot because of heat
transferred from the
heated fbod. Pot holdeL's
may be needed
m handle
the cookware.
• "Boilable" cooking
pouches arid dgbtly
closed plastic bags should
be slit, pierced or vented
as directed by package.
If they are not, plastic
could burst during or
immediately after
cooking, possib b, resulting
in ilOtn T, Also, plastic
storage containers should
be at least partially
uncovered because they
fbrm a tight seal. When
cookillg Widl containers
tightly covered with plastic
wrap, remove covering
carelillly and direct
steam away ti'om hands
and face.