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Getting Started
• Add standing time. Remove food from microwave oven and stir, if
possible. Cover for standing time which allows the food to finish
cooking without overcooking.
• Check for doneness. Look for signs indicating that cooking
temperatures have been reached.
Doneness signs include:
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Food steams throughout, not just at edge.
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Center bottom of dish is very hot to the touch.
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Poultry thigh joints move easily.
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Meat and poultry show no pinkness.
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Fish is opaque and flakes easily with a fork.
Food
Do
Don't
Eggs,
sausages,
nuts, seeds,
fruits &
vegetables
• Puncture egg yolks
before cooking to
prevent “explosion”.
• Pierce skins of potatoes,
apples, squash, hot
dogs and sausages so
that steam escapes.
• Cook eggs in shells.
• Reheat whole eggs.
• Dry nuts or seeds
in shells.
Popcorn
• Use specially bagged
popcorn for the
microwave.
• Listen while popping corn
for the popping to slow
to 1 or 2 seconds or use
special Popcorn pad.
• Pop popcorn in
regular brown bags
or glass bowls.
• Exceed maximum
time on popcorn
package.
Baby food
• Transfer baby food to
small dish and heat
carefully, stirring often.
Check temperature
before serving.
• Put nipples on bottles
after heating and shake
thoroughly. “Wrist”
test before feeding.
• Heat disposable
bottles.
• Heat bottles with
nipples on.
• Heat baby food
in original jars.
IMPORTANT–
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