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MICROWAVE OVEN
How to Heat or Reheat
Similar
of Food
Two plates of leftovers
be
frozen individual entrees (5
to 7 oz. each) or two TV dinners
(10 to 12 oz. each) are both ready
to serve at the same time. Remove
together. Arrange
or
trays of food from their boxes and
dense foods to outside edges of
turn back one corner of the plastic
plate and cover with plastic
cover to vent. If there
foil
Because of the varying rates,
you may need to start reheating
large or more dense foods a few
minutes ahead of time, then add
other smaller or less dense foods.
Alternately, if one of the foods you
are heating seems undercooked
the others are heated satisfactorily,
let the
food continue
cooking.
Heat or reheat different types of
food at High (10). To determine
heating times, add times for all
foods together. (See heating guide
in cookbook.) After half of time,
stir or rearrange foods (do not
reverse positions). Check foods
Microwave at High
for 2
covers, remove them and return the
(floor especially) after 3/4 of total
minutes. Reverse position of plates
trays of food to their boxes. (Batter
time and remove
which are
to bottom) and rotate 1/2 turn.
foods should be removed from the
done. Continue cooking others.
Continue microwaving at High
(10) for 2 to 3 minutes. Continue
heating, if necessary, until hot.
trays and cooked conventionally.)
Place in oven with one TV dinner
on right side of shelf and the
second dinner on left side of floor.
Microwave at High (10) for 6
minutes. Reverse positions (top to
bottom) and rotate foods 1/2 turn.
Continue microwaving at High
(10) for 6 minutes. Check dinners
for doneness. If one dinner seems
less done than desired, return it to
the box and continue heating it on
Place on floor large or dense
the oven floor 1 to 2 more minutes.
foods which need the most
heating, such as leftover fried
How to Reheat Several
chicken, casseroles of canned or
Different
of Foods
leftover vegetables, rice or pasta.
Together
Place on shelf those foods which
need
be warmed. such as
Reheating two casseroles (height
should be less than 4 inches) is
possible. Cover with plastic wrap.
Use staggered arrangement of
-
foods, placing food on right side of
When heating several different
bakery
rolls, muffins or
shelf and left side of floor. Refer to
types of food together, foods which
breads.
Heating or Reheating Guide in
cookbook for suggested
microwave time per casserole and
add the times together. Microwave
at High (10) reversing position of
foods (top to bottom) after half of
time. Also, heat several small
bowls of leftovers this way, stirring
and reversing positions after half
of time.
should be served hot must be
Pop popcorn on the microwave
placed on the oven floor, while
foods which are only warmed
oven floor only. Popcorn placed
on the oven shelf will not pop
should be placed on the shelf. This
is because microwave energy
properly. Use a special microwave
enters the oven from the bottom
popcorn accessory or popcorn
labeled for use in microwave
only. Also, it is important to
remember that foods absorb
ovens.
microwave energy at different
rates. Rates can be affected by the
size of the food, and its starting
temperature.
