Microwave Oven Cooking Precautions - Panasonic NN-DF382M Operation Instructions Manual

Microwave Oven Cooking Precautions

Caution: Do not heat liquid or other
food fi lled in sealed containers,
such as baby bottles, canned
Forbidden
food and closed jars. When the air
pressure increases, the bottles and
cans may explode.
Do not fry food in the microwave
oven. Otherwise, oil may splash and
scald the operator.
Forbidden
When heating liquid such as
soup, sauce or beverages in
your microwave oven, the liquids
might splash due to sudden
Be careful
boiling and may injure operators.
You must be very careful when
taking out the liquids. To prevent
this accident from happening,
please obey the following steps:
a) Never use "straight-sided"
containers with narrow necks or
thick and long containers.
b) Do not overheat the food.
Otherwise, it may cause liquids
to splash, and thus might injure
operators due to sudden boiling
when taking the food out from
microwave oven.
c) When heating liquid food, keep
liquid not less than 80 percent of
the container's capacity. If the liquid
being heated is too little, sudden
splashing may occur when the
liquid boils.
d) Stir the liquid slightly before heating
and during heating.
e) After cooking, leave the food in the
microwave oven for a moment and
stir it slightly before taking it out.
f) Please further stir or shake the
food after it is heated in food jars,
especially for babies. Furthermore,
please check the temperature of
the food inside the bottle before
feeding babies to avoid them being
scalded.
When the microwave oven is used
for cooking, the time must be
controlled. Never leave the food to
be heated unattended. Overheating
Must
the food may cause smoke and fi re.
Never heat the eggs with shells
and the boiled eggs which may
explode when heating, even after
Forbidden heating. Food with shells (such
as eggs, chestnuts, etc.) and egg
yolks may explode under pressure
and then might damage the product
itself or injure people.
When heating food in plastic or
paper containers, keep an eye on
the microwave oven to avoid the
Fire
possibility of fi re.
Food like potatoes, apples,
sausages and chicken wings have
nonporous skins. So this type of
food must be pierced before cooking
Must
to avoid them from burning or
bursting.
A special popcorn utensil must be
used when cooking popcorn in
a microwave oven. Additionally,
some popcorn in paper containers
can be directly cooked in the
Must
microwave oven. Proceed
according to the instructions
and usage recommended by the
manufacturers. Never leave the
oven unattended when popping
popcorn.
Instead of a common thermometer,
a meat thermometer is used after
beef or chicken is removed from the
oven. If undercooked, return over
Must
the beef or chicken into the oven
and cook for a few more minutes at
the recommended power level.
The cooking menu only provides
an approximate time. Factors
infl uencing the cooking time include:
the preferred cooking degree, start
Be careful
temperature, altitude, weight, size,
shape and the type of containers.
If familiar with the microwave oven
operation, you can modify the
cooking time yourself with reference
to the above-mentioned factors.
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