GE JES1400T, Use And Care & Cooking Manual

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—Do not operate the oven empty to avoid
damage to the oven and the danger of fire. If
by accident the oven should run empty a minute
or two, no harm is done. However, try to avoid
operating the oven empty at all times—it saves
energy and prolongs the life of the oven.
—Do not use the oven for storage purposes. Do
not leave paper products, cooking utensils or
food in the oven when not in use.
materials inside oven should ignite, keep
oven door closed, turn oven off, and disconnect
power cord, or shut off power at the fuse or
circuit breaker panel.
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Some such as whole eggs and sealed
example, closed jars-will
explode and should not be in this
microwave oven, Such use of the microwave
oven could result in injury.
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Avoid heating baby food in glass jars, even
without their lids; especially meat and egg
mixtures,
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Don’t defrost frozen beverages in narrow
necked bottles (especially carbonated beverages).
Even if the container is opened, pressure can build
This can cause the container to burst, possibly
resulting in injury,
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Use metal only as directed in this book. TV
dinners may be microwaved in foil trays less than
3/4” high; remove top foil cover and return tray
to box. When using metal in the microwave oven,
keep metal at least 1 inch away from sides
of oven.
. Cookware may become hot
because of heat transferred
from the heated food. Pot
holders may be needed to
handle the cookware.
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Sometimes, the turntable can become hot
to touch. Be careful touching the turntable during
and after cooking.
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Foods cooked in liquids (such as pasta) may tend
to boil over more rapidly than foods containing
less moisture. Should
occur, to Care
Cleaning section(s) instructions how to
clean the inside of the oven.
not use a thermometer in
food you are microwaving unless the thermometer
is designed or recommended for
in the
microwave oven.
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Plastic cookware
for microwave cooking is very useful, but should
be used carefully. Even microwave-safe plastic
may not as
of overcooking conditions
as are glass or ceramic and may soften
or char if subjected to short periods of
overcooking. In longer exposures to overcooking,
the food and cookware could ignite. For these
reasons: 1)
microwave-safe plastics only and
use them in strict compliance with the cookware
manufacturer’s recommendations. 2) Do not
subject
cookware to microwaving. 3) Do
not permit children to use plastic cookware
without complete supervision.
●
cooking pork, follow directions
and always cook the meat to internal
temperature of at least This assures
the remote possibility that trichina may be present
in the meat, will be
be safe
to eat.
Do not boil eggs in a microwave Pressure
will build up inside egg yolk and to
burst, possibly resulting in injury.
. Foods with unbroken outer
such as potatoes,
sausages, tomatoes, apples,
chicken livers and other giblets,
and egg yolks (see previous
caution) should be pierced to
allow steam to
cooking.
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