Information about microwaves
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Order of dishes
To achieve an even result, special attention
must be paid to arranging the food correctly
for cooking:
– Arrange food with several equally sized
pieces (potatoes, meatballs, hamburgers)
in a circle in the container and leave the
middle empty.
– For pieces of different sizes, place the
small or thin pieces in the middle, as these
pieces will be the last to cook.
– For irregularly shaped pieces (e.g. fish),
place the thin or flatter end towards the
middle.
– Lay thin slices of meat on top of each other
or criss-cross them.
– Place thicker slices and pieces of meat
(joints, sausages etc.) close together.
– Heat meat juices and sauces in a separate
container; only fill this
⅔
full!
Piercing and scoring
Excess pressure can be caused in many
dishes when heating them through. It is there-
fore recommended to pierce or score certain
dishes, to prevent them from bursting.
– Do not microwave eggs in their shells –
unless using special containers which are
commercially available.
– Pierce food with peels or skins (potatoes,
tomatoes, sausages, aubergines, egg
yolks) to prevent it from bursting open.
– Score the skin of whole fish to prevent it
from tearing open.
WARNING
Risk of burns!
Food is sometimes heated up uneven-
ly in the microwave. The containers
should not get as hot as the food inside.
■
Please therefore ensure to check the
temperature of any food thoroughly
and carefully, especially for children.
■
The contents of feeding bottles and
baby food jars shall be stirred or shak-
en and the temperature checked be-
fore consumption, in order to avoid
burns.
• Always stir baby food in particular very
thoroughly to avoid burns.
• It is essential to check the temperature by
tasting the food.
• With poultry, with dishes containing fresh
egg, and when warming up meals, make
absolutely sure that the food is fully
cooked through to kill off all pathogens
(such as salmonella).
• Stir the food after half the cooking time
has elapsed and turn it, as food does not
heat through evenly in the microwave.
