# Worst microwaved food?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [August 14, 2001, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246 "2001-08-14T19:08:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2001, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246/1 "2001-08-14T19:08:47Z")
What is the food that comes out the worst when you cook it (or reheat it) in the microwave?
I gotta vote for french fries. Tried heating 'em up a couple times and they tasted like ass. Just about any potato product is bad when microwaved, come to think of it.
And those pizzas with the little cardboard “hot plate” devices usually taste pretty rank, too.
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### Author:  [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2001, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246/2 "2001-08-14T19:13:30Z")
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> Tried heating 'em up a couple times and they tasted like ass
This just struck me as a bizarre comparison.
What does ass taste like?
Do you think there could be a niche market for this? “Ore-Ida Shredded Ass?”
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### Author:  [@Kittie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kittie)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2001, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246/3 "2001-08-14T19:25:50Z")
Mozzarella sticks. Just plain gross. They were slimy on one side and dried out on the other. yuck :eek:
~Kittie
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### Author:  [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2001, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246/4 "2001-08-14T19:45:35Z")
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> \*Originally posted by CalMeacham \*
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> > Tried heating 'em up a couple times and they tasted like ass
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> This just struck me as a bizarre comparison.
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> What does ass taste like?
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> Do you think there could be a niche market for this? “Ore-Ida Shredded Ass?” \*\*
**Cal** , you card. It’s just a regionalism, I guess - you can say “that tastes like ass” or “it smells like ass” or “I feel like ass today” (meaning you don’t feel well, not that you wanna get laid).
_I’d_ probably buy some Ore-Ida Shredded Ass", though, just to sell on E-Bay when it was banned by the FDA.
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### Author:  [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2001, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246/5 "2001-08-14T19:52:34Z")
Toast.
Yep. Definitely toast.
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### Author:  [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2001, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246/6 "2001-08-14T19:56:26Z")
Microwaves do vile things to potatoes. The Arby’s where I used to eat all the time went from keeping their potatoes in the oven with the beef to cooking them fully in the oven, then putting them in the cooler and microwaving at the time of the order. I took one taste, complained, was told that this was the new policy, and never bought a baked potato from them again.
Bleh.
I don’t like any kind of bread in the microwave, either.
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### Author:  [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2001, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246/7 "2001-08-14T20:01:24Z")
Ever COOK a hamburger in the mic? Tastes like aluminum foil.
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### Author:  [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2001, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246/8 "2001-08-14T20:06:49Z")
Ever COOK a hamburger in the mic? Tastes like aluminum foil.
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### Author:  [@Ross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ross)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2001, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246/9 "2001-08-14T20:24:08Z")
Ever cook aluminium foil in the mic? Takes like burger… well, like an exploding sheet of metal. On a burger.
Scrambled eggs are horrible and boring.
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### Author:  [@Pepper\_Mill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pepper_Mill)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2001, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246/10 "2001-08-14T21:07:20Z")
I don’t like pizza re-heated just too funky tasting.
Bread can be OK if you first wrap it in a slightly damp paper towel before re-heating.
really Don’t like cooking meat in the microwave, comes out too tough.
I do love chinese food re-heated. Much quicker and easier than trying to do it on the stove.
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### Author:  [@WEW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WEW)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2001, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246/11 "2001-08-14T21:13:36Z")
Cooking in the microwave? Microwaves exist only for popcorn, thawing meat, melting butter, and re-heating some food items.
IMHO
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### Author:  [@Allworthy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allworthy)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2001, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246/12 "2001-08-14T21:55:43Z")
To my knowledge the only food which is IMPROVED by microwave cooking is fresh corn.
Husk the outer leaves and microwave for six minutes, or until you can smell it. Cover with a dish towel and let rest for five more minutes, and serve.
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### Author:  [@jp5105](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jp5105)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2001, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246/13 "2001-08-14T21:58:41Z")
I once was subjected to meatloaf cooked in the microwave. The horror!!
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### Author:  [@AMM9132](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AMM9132)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2001, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246/14 "2001-08-14T22:01:28Z")
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> \*Originally posted by Pepper Mill \*
> **I don’t like pizza re-heated just too funky tasting.**
I second the pizza. For some odd reason, mine always comes out with the nearly appetizing taste and consistency od cardboard.
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### Author:  [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2001, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246/15 "2001-08-14T22:19:57Z")
I find that masking tape tastes really funny after it’s been in the microwave for 30 seconds.
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### Author:  [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2001, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246/16 "2001-08-14T22:26:54Z")
In the world of TV dinners, Mexican food never ends up well after you pop it out of the microwave.
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### Author:  [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2001, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246/17 "2001-08-14T22:32:01Z")
In the world of TV dinners, Mexican food never ends up well after you pop it out of the microwave.
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### Author:  [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2001, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246/18 "2001-08-14T22:54:26Z")
In the world of TV dinners - oh, sorry, **Snooooop** , you had me hypnotized there for a sec.
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### Author:  [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2001, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246/19 "2001-08-14T23:20:54Z")
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> \*Originally posted by woodstockbirdybird \*
> \*\*In the world of TV dinners - oh, sorry, **Snooooop** , you had me hypnotized there for a sec. \*\*
Damned work computer, telling me it hadn’t posted my message when it actually had!
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### Author:  [@Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tommy_the_Cat)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2001, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246/20 "2001-08-14T23:44:37Z")
Walking through Sam’s last week, I saw Microwavable Pork Rinds. Didn’t try 'em, but just the thought creeped me out.
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