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Information you need to Know
About foods
food
do
don’t
Eggs, sausages,
nuts, seeds, fruits
and 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 pop-
ping to slow to 1 or 2 seconds or use
the special
POPCORN
key.
• 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.
General
• Cut baked goods with filling after
heating to release steam and avoid
burns.
• Stir liquids briskly before and after
heating to avoid “eruption”.
• Use a deep bowl, when cooking liq-
uids or cereals, to prevent boilovers.
• Heat or cook in closed glass jars or airtight
containers.
• Heat cans in the microwave as harmful bacte-
ria may not be destroyed.
• Deep fat fry.
• Dry wood, gourds, herbs or wet papers.
