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CEREALS
Microwaved hot cereals can
be
cooked direcfly
in
the cereai bowl and make cleaning up easy.
CONVENIENCE FOODS
Frozen Foods
A
large variety of frozen foods, special dishes and dinners are available and the
selections
market
is
changing rapidly, therefore
it
is
impossible
to
list
the
foods and types available
procedures. ln this book we can only give general directions to assist you.
T.V.
Dinners
To prepare
a
T.V. dinner, follow the
make/s
instructions for use
with
microwave ovens. To cook
a
T.V. dinner
will
require
approximately
four
to
seven
minutes
for the food to thaw
and
heat
to
serving temperature
(depending
on the types
of
food).
Allow
plastic wrap
to
remain over
the
dish for
two
minutes
to allow
heaito
equalize.
Dinners
thai
contain mashed
potatoes have presented
a
bit
of a
problem due
to
the large compact mass
of this
particular food.
you
may want to
remove about half the mashed potatoes after defrosting
is
started, then spread the remaining potatoes over the individual
section of the
tray'
Heat
the
removed mashed potatoes in an individual dish.
For
foods that
ihould
be crisp when cooking
is
completed,
nemove
the plastic wrap and use the broiler of
a
@nventional range to crisp the food.
lndividual
Frozen Foods
These may be
commercially prepared
or frozen
at
home.
Place
the
container
of frozen food
in
the oven and heat
only
until the food
stiarts
to defrost and can be removed easily. Empty contents into a casserole or serving dish and continue
to
deftost and heat. Do not heat foods in deep foil
contrainers.
To
crisp and
brown special
toppingsl use
the
broiler
of
a
conventional
range. lf
allowed
to
heat
to
serving temperature in
a
plastic
container,'the
containeiwill
warp
or
melt from
the high heat of food.
Frozen Foods
in Cooking
Pouches
or Boilable
Bags
To
prepare these foods, slit the plastic bag. An
x-type
cut
will
help remove the food at the end of cooking
time. place
the
cut
side
down on a
serving
dish
(with
no
metal
trim).
Heat
foods
other than vegetables
for
about three-minutes. Frozen
vegetables require about nine
to
10 minutes of cooking time.
Allow the
pouch
blg
to
remain over the food
for
about two
minutes
to allow time for the
heat
to equalize.
Foods
prepared in cheese or white sauce should be
removed
from
the
pouch and placed in
a
glass casserole dish and stined to prevent overcooking
of
the sauce around the edges of the dish.
Gomplete Meals
from
Table
Leftovers
Complete meals
from
leftovers can be prepared in advance. Foods can
be
frozen and ready for quick heating in the oven
at any
time.
Choose
foods
suitable for
freezing and
put serving portions
on
paper, glass
or china
(no
metaitrim;
ptates.
Wrap with
recommended
freezer paper and freeze quickly. When
apportionin'g
tne servings of food on the plate,
use
approximately
the
same amount of each kind of food
for
more even heating. UastreC
potato-es
will heat
quictei
if spread
slightly and
hollowed,
with
a
pat
of
butter in the center.
To
prevent small pieces
of
vegetables,
*rn,
i""r,
etc.,
from
dehydrating during heating, mound well near the center
of
the plate.
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to
increase.
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