Microwave Qusetion

Factual Questions
1

I often eat microwave foods.

Some of my favorite dishes have a combo of say chicken, a couple of veggies and potatoes.

The potatoes rarely get heated up all the way through and are not as hot as the rest of the food in the dish.

Do potatoes have less moisture or is it because of the starch, doesn’t matter if it’s mashed or chopped taters.

Any ideas?

2

Nice title techick…try QUESTION next time sheesh.

3

One should not eat and post at the same time, my I am a dingleberry.

4

A microwave heats up food by heating up the water inside the food, so if there is no moisture inside the food, it will not heat up, or at least not as fast. That is why food gets dry if left in the microwave. Also, as with any type of oven, something that is bigger will take longer to heat up.

We must blame them and cause a fuss before somebody thinks of blaming us.
Sheila Broflofski

5

Yeah hey hightechburrito, you’re right on! Check this out, from asking Alta-Vista at http://www.howstuffworks.com/microwave.htm :

Pretty cool, huh? Maybe you should ask Altavista, techchick? Noonch.

“And on the eighth day, God Created beer
to prevent the Irish from taking over
the Earth.”
~SNOOGANS~

6

I eat microwave dinners a lot. I’ve learned to follow the directions. You know, those words on the box? :wink:
Just kidding. But timing, power, and turning the food are pretty important. I used to just throw the food in and give it a minute or two, but now I follow directions. And my potatoes are HOT. :smiley:
Peace,
mangeorge

I only know two things;
I know what I need to know
And
I know what I want to know
Mangeorge, 2000

7

How hot it gets depends on density. Potatos are dense.

I just throw the food in, hit A1, which is the all around timer set for anything from the ice box, 10 minutes. I tried cheating by pulling the food out at 9 minutes, but some of it was cold, so 10 minutes works for me.

8

I was always told NEVER to put metal in the microwave, so I never did. One day in the company coffee/snack room I was curious and tried it. Nothing happened (about 20 seconds more or less). No sparks, no flames, and the microwave still worked just fine. Then I tried it with my company car keys. Not thinking (get it!, not thinking! ha ha!), I had left the keyless remote entry transmitter on the key set. Again nothing happened, no sparks, no flames. They just sat there. That night when I went home. the transmitter no longer worked. I thought the microwaves had failed the lithium battery. but when I replaced the battery, it still didn’t work. Must have blown some of those microchip circuits in the transmitter. I’m thinking of repeating the experiment to confirm my findings.

9

This is for micro user.

I was in the Sears repair center picking up a part.

The guy ahead of me was picking up his microwave. He had defrosted a loaf of bread, and left the twist tie on. He heard a zap, turned off the microwave, and the glass door fell into little pieces like safety glass does.

My current microwave has a metal rack that you can use in it. The newer ones can handle some metals. Just don’t put something with a gold trim in it.

10

Gold trim is cool; you get little sparkies dancing around the rim!

My first experience with a microwave was in 1975. My parents had just brought one home, and then went to a movie later that evening.
One of my favourite snacks is a baked potato, which usually takes 30 minutes in the oven. Yep, you guessed it! 30 minutes in the microwave turned it into a lump of carbon that was rocking back and forth and shooting sparks! it was pretty cool, but it definitely ‘broke in’ the microwave, and stank up the kitchen.

VB

Remember, you can tune a piano, but you can’t tuna fish!