Before Using
About Food
FOOD
Eggs,
● Puncture egg yolks before cooking to
prevent "explosion".
sausages,
● Pierce skins of potatoes, apples, squash,
fruits and
hot dogs and sausages so that steam
vegetable
escapes.
● Use specially bagged popcorn for the
microwave oven.
● Listen while popping corn for the popping
Popcorn
to slow to 1 or 2 seconds or use special
popcorn cooking functions listed on Page
19.
● Transfer baby food to small dish and
heat carefully, stirring often. Check
temperature before serving.
Baby food
● Put nipples on bottles after heating and
shake thoroughly. "Wrist" test before
feeding.
● Cut baked goods with filling after heating
to release steam and avoid burns.
● Stir liquids briskly before and after
General
heating to avoid "eruption".
● Use deep bowl, when cooking liquids or
cereals, to prevent boilovers.
About Microwave Cooking
● Arrange food carefully. Place thickest areas towards outside of dish.
● Watch cooking time. Cook for the shortest amount of time indicated and add more as
needed. Food severely overcooked can smoke or ignite.
● Cover foods while cooking. Check recipe or cookbook for suggestions: paper towels, wax
paper, microwave plastic wrap or a lid. Covers prevent spattering and help foods to cook
evenly.
● Shield with small flat pieces of aluminum foil any thin areas of meat or poultry to prevent
overcooking before dense, thick areas are cooked thoroughly.
● Stir foods from outside to center of dish once or twice during cooking, if possible.
● Turn foods over once during microwaving to speed cooking of such foods as chicken and
hamburgers. Large items like roasts must be turned over at least once.
● Rearrange foods such as meatballs halfway through cooking both from top to bottom and
from the center of the dish to the outside.
● Add standing time. Remove food from oven and stir, if possible. Cover for standing time that
allows the food to finish cooking without overcooking.
DO
DON'T
● Cook egg in shells.
● Reheat whole eggs.
● Pop popcorn in regular brown bags
or glass bowls.
● Exceed maximum time on popcorn
package.
● Heat disposable bottles.
● Heat bottles with nipples on.
● Heat baby food in original jars.
● Heat or cook in closed glass jars or
airtight containers.
● Can in the microwave as harmful
bacteria may not be destroyed.
● Deep fat fry.
● Dry wood, gourds, herbs or wet
papers.
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