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Microwave
Guide
of Utensil/Cookware
Microwave Uses
Foil-lined Paper Bags, Boxes and
Baking Trays
Metal or part metal pots, Pans,
Thermometers, Skewers and Foil
Trays
Boilable Hard and Soft Plastics,
such as:
Glass jars, such as for baby foods,
vegetables, entrees, syrups,
salad dressing
Handmade Pottery, Porcelain,
Stoneware
Microwave Plastics such as:
Anchor Hocking
Bangor
Plastics, Mister Microwave, Nordic
Ware, Republic,
Paper or Styrofoam Plates
and Cups
Oven
such as: Anchor Hocking,
Fire King,
Pyrex
Regular Dinnerware, such as:
by Coming,
Generation,
Franciscan,
International Stoneware,
Marsh,
Unsuitable Dinnerware, such as:
Corning
and Floyd
Oven-to-table Ware, Melamine,
Dishes with metal trim
Paper Towels and Napkins,
Paper
Glass-Ceramic
such as: Corning Ware,
Progression G. by
Plastic Wrap, Cooking Bags,
Boil-in-bags, Storage Bags
Specialty Glass-Ceramic and
Porcelain, such as: El
Rogers,
Marsh Industries,
Paperboard Trays used for frozen
entrees and dinners
Plastic trays and plates used for
frozen entrees and dinners
Avoid. Use only foil trays 3/4-in. or less. Foil or metal
reflect
microwaves, thus preventing even heating. Arcing can occur if foil is closer
than l-in. to oven walls.
Cooking ground beef (colander).
Defrosting. Heating.
Avoid heating baby food in jars, especially meat and egg mixtures. Remove
metal caps to warm syrup or soften salad dressing from refrigerator.
Cooking and heating.
Cooking.
Heating and serving foods and beverages. Styrofoam should be used for
short-term heating to low temperatures and for serving.
Cooking and heating.
Heating and some cooking.
None.
Cooking bacon. Absorbing moisture and preventing spatters. Heating and
serving sandwiches or appetizers. Light covering to hold in steam.
Cooking and heating.
Covering to hold in steam (wrap). Cooking (cooking and boil-in bags).
Heating (storage bags).
Recommended for microwave oven-to-table cooking of special foods.
Cooking and heating.
Cooking and heating.
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