Microwave ovens

catefrances

Get_Right wrote:

catefrances wrote:

jug=electric kettle.

ah yes
(gotta get my mind outta the gutter )
I have used them while traveling in Europe and asia
very good indeed
but the last thing I need is another countertop appliance
already too much clutter!

well see aside from the toaster the only appliance on my kitchen bench is the jug=electric kettle.

i do have an air popper for the popcorn, a blender and an electric hand beater. but they live in the cupboard under the sink.

Cosmo

CHANGEinWAVES wrote:

oh and popcorn... love the microwave for popcorn!

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Those of us that old enough to remember Jiffy Pop knows what a Godsend the Microwave oven was.
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I think everyone needs to buy a Jiffy Pop pan and just once and TRY to get that sorry sonovabitch to pop all the kernels without leaving that 2 inch charcoal base in the pan and a kitchen full of smoke, setting off all of the detectors. I heard it can be done but it takes about one hour with the stove on a very low setting. And shaking that thing for an hour straight will give you gals forearms that even Popeye would be envious of.

Aero83_

you read my mind, they're great for quesadillas..you werent spying on me from the neighbors house last night were you?
seriously, stay away from the nuked fish like mentioned. nothing ruins a kitchen faster..
Also, if you're having a hardtime waiting until harvest season, the microwave is great for accelerating the time it takes to enjoy freshly snipped teaa leaves

Get_Right

catefrances wrote:

Get_Right wrote:

catefrances wrote:

jug=electric kettle.

ah yes
(gotta get my mind outta the gutter )
I have used them while traveling in Europe and asia
very good indeed
but the last thing I need is another countertop appliance
already too much clutter!

well see aside from the toaster the only appliance on my kitchen bench is the jug=electric kettle.

i do have an air popper for the popcorn, a blender and an electric hand beater. but they live in the cupboard under the sink.

coffee maker
toaster oven
knife block
blender
food processor
rice cooker (an outrageously very expensive Japanese one)
cutting boards

all up top and used daily

so we go for the standard kettle on the stove-but the nuked mug of tea at 11pm or 6 am is nice

catefrances

Aero83_ wrote:

you read my mind, they're great for quesadillas..you werent spying on me from the neighbors house last night were you?
seriously, stay away from the nuked fish like mentioned. nothing ruins a kitchen faster..
Also, if you're having a hardtime waiting until harvest season, the microwave is great for accelerating the time it takes to enjoy freshly snipped teaa leaves

explain to me about the quesadillas. you pop them in the microwave for the cheese melting once youve constructed them by regular means. or there is such a thing called a microwave quesadilla???

Franny

I really only use it to warm up the wheat pack, and the dogs dinner.

catefrances

Sagittarius Crux wrote:

I really only use it to warm up the wheat pack, and the dogs dinner.

you warm up your dogs dinner????

Cosmo

When i was younger.. I worked the graveyard shift at a 7-11. There was a lot of down time after the beer was locked up and the floors mopped, so I did Microwave 'experiments'. Stuff like putting a Slim Jim in there and cranking it up to 15 minutes. Raw Egg, a nickle, a marshmellow, a frozen burrito, an ice cream bar...
the results were mostly a nasty smell and a hell of a clean up.
And yeah... metal results in lightning. I thought that was going to fry the oven so that one only went a few seconds.

catefrances

Cosmo wrote:

When i was younger.. I worked the graveyard shift at a 7-11. There was a lot of down time after the beer was locked up and the floors mopped, so I did Microwave 'experiments'. Stuff like putting a Slim Jim in there and cranking it up to 15 minutes. Raw Egg, a nickle, a marshmellow, a frozen burrito, an ice cream bar...
the results were mostly a nasty smell and a hell of a clean up.
And yeah... metal results in lightning. I thought that was going to fry the oven so that one only went a few seconds.

mad scientist.

life... life... ive created life... OMG! I AM A GOD!!

Hugh Freaking Dillon

I seem to do a lot of dishes all day with only 4 people (2 adults and 2 young kids) in our house. Although with my wife going back to work and the kids at care all day, I'm sure that will lessen significantly.

we don't "cook" in the microwave. we reheat only. or heat up Sam's cereal for breakfast. otherwise, we cook everything else on the stove, in the oven, or in the wok.

with my wife's work schedule, we actually are pressed for time. she works pretty far from where we live, and takes the kids with her, as the daycare is close to her work. she leaves at 7:30 with the kids and gets home with the kids at 6. we won't feed our kids convenience foods in the car with preservatives up the ying yang, so they are hungry when they get home. believe me, I agree, we need to slow down, but it's hard when you don't have much time.

there's a guy in Canada that is sueing a popcorn company because he ate a bag of popcorn (or more) every single day, and he got cancer from the chemicals used in the bag.

catefrances wrote:

the things you own end owning you


i dont have a dishwasher either and i live in a house with 5 kids so...

... and what mass pile of washing up??? you reheat food on a plate or appropriate container over a saucepan on slow boil. easy as.

.. when it comes to cooking... well... sure youre gonna dirty utensils and pots. but normal cooked meals are way better than micronuked.


you all.. we all... need to slow down. we cant be that pressed for time. cooking is the one activity guaranteed to grab my preteens attention. they want to know what im cooking, how i do it and can they help. it gives them a sense of accomplishment to know what theyre eating they helped create. and they learn skills. so very important for when i kick them out of the nest. 8-)

catefrances

Paul David wrote:

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there's a guy in Canada that is sueing a popcorn company because he ate a bag of popcorn (or more) every single day, and he got cancer from the chemicals used in the bag.

stupid person.

_Crazy_Mary_

The only thing I use my microwave for is to melt butter for popcorn that I cook on my stove top.
My husband uses it sometimes to heat water to set the baby's bottle in, but mostly to get hot water we use our espresso machine
Like I said, the hippies I work with have fear-mongered me into not cooking with the microwave.
My baby eats all organic, homemade baby food. ...hippies

Franny

catefrances wrote:

Sagittarius Crux wrote:

I really only use it to warm up the wheat pack, and the dogs dinner.

you warm up your dogs dinner????

Yeah if I have forgotten to defrost some......night shift brain.

I make all his meals and freeze them, usually make a batch of about 40 meals, as the horrible stuff you get from the shop gives him the runs...not to mention the worst doggie farts.

LloydXmas

pjsteelerfan wrote:

Pizza should only be reheated in the oven or just eat it cold. Two of my roomates use our microwave all the time, they love frozen dinners and stuff like that. I mostly use it for popcorn, because I am too lazy to go buy a real popcorn maker.

I like microwaves pizza. Usually about 25 seconds.

I'm a Truck

LloydXmas wrote:

pjsteelerfan wrote:

Pizza should only be reheated in the oven or just eat it cold. Two of my roomates use our microwave all the time, they love frozen dinners and stuff like that. I mostly use it for popcorn, because I am too lazy to go buy a real popcorn maker.

I like microwaves pizza. Usually about 25 seconds.

I concur. Stove reheated pizza is the way to go. Microwave makes the crust to chewy.

JonnyPistachio

I'm a Truck wrote:

LloydXmas wrote:

pjsteelerfan wrote:

Pizza should only be reheated in the oven or just eat it cold. Two of my roomates use our microwave all the time, they love frozen dinners and stuff like that. I mostly use it for popcorn, because I am too lazy to go buy a real popcorn maker.

I like microwaves pizza. Usually about 25 seconds.

I concur. Stove reheated pizza is the way to go. Microwave makes the crust to chewy.

I just saw something online that claims if you put a coffee cup with some water in it in the microwave with your pizza, that the crust wont get chewy. I'm curious, but i'd rather just use the toaster or oven anyways.