Maytag Microwave oven User Manual page 4

crowaving Tips
Make.sure all cookware .used in
your microwave oven is statable
for mlcrowaving. 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 _1
used. Some cookware is labeled _-_
"suitable for microwaving."
any c _.
If you are not sure if a dish is
microwave-safe, use this test:
Place in the oven both the dish you
are testing and a glass measuring
cup filled with one cup water sct
iliquids may the measuring cup either in or next
to the dish. Microwave 1 minute at
high. If the dish heats, it should not
burns fi'om splashing liquid, be used for microwaving. If the
stir the liquid briefly before dish remains cool and only the
remo.ving
the container from water in the cup heats, then the
the microwave oven. ' , dish is microwave-safe.
• Paper towels, wax paper and
TILE, EXHAUST HOOD plastic wrap can be used to cover
dishes in order to retain moisture
• Haveit installedand
and prevent spattering. Be sure
to vent plastic wrap so steam
See the s . can escape.
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instructions packedwith _ • Somemierowaved
foods
microwave
oven. require stirring, rotating or 0
• .Theexhaustfan in the oven rearranging.
will operate automatically • Steam builds up pressure in 1_
foods which are tightly covered _.
under certainconditions (see
by a skin or membrane. Pierce --
potatoes, egg yolks and chicken qt_
the Your Touch livers to prevent bursting. _-]
fan is operating, caution is
required to If you use a meat thermometer
while cooking, make sure it is
and ,' safe for use in microwave ovens.
fan is in use. For this reason:
--Never leave mrface units
unattendedat high heat
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