GE Spacemaker II JEM31L Use And Care Manual page 4

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS (continued)
—Do not pop popcorn in your
microwave oven
unless in a
special microwave popcorn
accessory or unless you use
popcorn labeled for use in
microwave ovens.
—Do not operate the oven
while empty to avoid damage to
the oven and the danger of fire.
If by accident the oven should
run empty a minute or two, no
harm is done. However, try to
avoid operating the oven empty
at all times—it saves energy and
prolongs the life of the oven.
—Do not overcook potatoes.
They could dehydrate and catch
fire, causing damage to your
oven.
Do not use the oven for
storage purposes.
Do not leave
paper products, cooking utensils
or food in the oven when not in
use.
If materials inside oven
should ignite,
keep oven door
closed, turn oven off, and
disconnect power cord, or shut
off power at the fuse or circuit
breaker panel.
Some
products such as whole
eggs and sealed containers—for
example, closed jars—will
explode and should not be heated
in this microwave oven. Such use
of the microwave oven could
result in injury.
Avoid heating baby food in
glass jars, even without their lids;
especially meat and egg
mixtures.
beverages in narrow necked
bottles (especially carbonated
beverages). Even if the container
is opened, pressure can build up.
This can cause the container to
burst, possibly resulting in injury.
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Use metal only as directed in
this book and the cookbook
provided with your microwave
oven. TV dinners may be
microwaved in foil trays less than
3/4" high; remove top foil cover
and return tray to box. When
using metal in the microwave
keep metal (other than
oven,
away from sides of oven.
Cookware may become hot
because of heat transferred from
the heated food. Pot holders may
be needed to handle the
cookware.
Sometimes, the glass cooking
tray can become too hot to
touch. Be
careful when touching
the tray during and after cooking.
Foods cooked in liquids
(such as pasta) may tend to boil
over more rapidly than foods
containing less moisture. Should
this occur, refer to page 33 for
instructions on how to clean the
inside of the oven.
Thermometer—Do
not use a
thermometer in food you are
microwaving unless the
thermometer is designed or
recommended for use in the
microwave oven.
Remove the temperature
probe from the oven when not
using it to cook with. If you
leave the probe inside the oven
without inserting it in food or
liquid, and turn on microwave
energy, it can create electrical
arcing in the oven and damage
oven walls.
Plastic cookware—Plastic
cookware designed for
microwave cooking is very
useful, but should be used
carefully. Even microwave-safe
plastic may not be as tolerant of
overcooking conditions as are
glass or ceramic materials and
may soften or char if subjected to
short periods of overcooking, In
longer exposures to overcooking,
the food and cookware could
ignite. For these reasons: 1) Use
microwave-safe plastics only and
use them in strict compliance with
the cookware manufacturer's
recommendations. 2) Do not
subject empty cookware to
microwaving. 3) Do not permit
children to use plastic cookware
without complete supervision.
When cooking pork,
the directions exactly and always
cook the meat to an internal
temperature of at least 170°F.
This assures that, in the remote
possibility that trichina may be
present in the meat, it will be
killed and meat will be safe to
eat.
Do not boil eggs in a
microwave oven.
Pressure will
build up inside egg yolk and will
cause it to burst, possibly
resulting in injury.
Foods with unbroken outer
"skin"
such as potatoes,
sausages, tomatoes, apples,
chicken livers and other giblets,
and egg yolks (see previous
caution) should be pierced to
allow steam to escape during
cooking.
Not all plastic wrap is suitable
for use in microwave ovens.
Check the package for proper
use.
Spontaneous boiling—Under
certain special circumstances,
liquids may start to boil during or
shortly after removal from the
microwave oven. prevent
To
burns from splashing liquid, stir
the liquid
briefly before
removing the container from the
microwave oven.