(continued)
●
As
with
supervision is
necessary when used by children.
●
To
risk of fire in the oven cavity:
—Do not overcook
Carefully attend
appliance if paper, plastic or other combustible
materials are placed inside the oven to facilitate
cooking.
wire twist-ties from paper or plastic
bags
placing bags in oven.
—Do not use
microwave oven to dry
newspapers.
—Do not use recycled
products. Recycled
paper towels, napkins and waxed paper
contain
metal
which may cause arcing or ignite.
Paper products containing nylon or nylon filaments
should be avoided, as they may also ignite.
—Do
not pop
popcorn in your microwave oven
unless in a special microwave popcorn accessory
or
use popcorn labeled for use in
microwave ovens.
—Do not
potatoes. They could dehydrate
and catch fire, causing damage to your oven.
not operate the
while empty to avoid
damage to the
the danger fire. by
accident the oven should run empty a minute or
two, harm is done. However, try to
operating the oven empty at all times—it saves
energy and prolongs the life of the oven.
not use the
for storage purposes. Do
not leave paper products,
utensils or food in
the oven when not in use.
inside oven
ignite,
oven door closed, turn oven off,
disconnect
power cord, or shut off power at the fuse or circuit
breaker panel.
Some
such as whole eggs
sealed
containers—for example, closed jars-will
explode and should not be heated in this microwave
oven. Such use of the microwave oven could result
in injury.
●
heating baby food
in glass jars,
without their
especially meat and egg mixtures.
●
Don’t defrost frozen beverages in narrow
necked bottles (especially carbonated beverages).
Even if the container is opened, pressure can build
up. This can cause the container to burst, possibly
resulting injury.
metal only as directed in this book.
dinners may be microwaved in foil trays less than
3/4” high; remove top foil cover and return tray
When using metal in the microwave oven,
metal at
1 inch away from sides
of oven.
●
Cookware may
hot
because of heat transferred
the heated food. Pot holders
be needed to handle
cookware.
Sometimes,
turntable can become too hot to
touch. careful touching the turntable during and
after cooking.
●
Foods cooked in liquids (such as
may tend
to boil over more rapidly than foods containing less
moisture. Should this occur, refer to the Care and
Cleaning section(s) for instructions how to clean
the inside of the oven.
●
Thermometer—Do not use a thermometer in
food you are microwaving unless the thermometer
is designed or recommended for use in the
microwave oven.
●
Plastic
cookware designed for
microwave cooking is very useful, but
be
used carefully. Even microwave-safe plastic may not
be tolerant of overcooking conditions as are glass
or ceramic materials and may soften or char if
subjected to short periods of overcooking. In longer
overcooking,
food and cookware
could ignite. For these reasons: 1) Use
safe plastics only and use them in strict compliance
with the cookware manufacturer’s recommendations.
Do
empty cookware to microwaving.
3) not permit children to use plastic cookware
without complete supervision.
●
When cooking pork, follow the directions
exactly and always cook the meat to an internal
temperature of at least
This assures that, in
—
the remote possibility that trichina may be present
in the meat, it will be killed and meat will be safe
to eat.
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