# Worst microwaved food? **URL:** \ **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:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![hapaXL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/94ad74/32.png) [@hapaXL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hapaXL)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246/21 "2001-08-14T23:49:27Z")
If you’re in a hurry, both baked potatoes and pizza can survive the microwave and still taste good. Provided you pop them in the toaster oven afterward. I think I’m even beginning to prefer the “microwave-first” baked potatoes–you can zap them until they are real sweet. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246/22 "2001-08-15T02:30:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kittie \* > \*\*Mozzarella sticks. Just plain gross. They were slimy on one side and dried out on the other. yuck :eek: > ~Kittie \*\* You’re supposed to turn them over half-way between cooking. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246/23 "2001-08-15T03:05:20Z")
Anything with pastry (eg: quiche, pot-pies, etc) definitely have an ass-like taste. ---
**Author:** ![Flymaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c4cdca/32.png) [@Flymaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flymaster)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246/24 "2001-08-15T04:04:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tommy the Cat \* > \*\*Walking through Sam’s last week, I saw Microwavable Pork Rinds. Didn’t try 'em, but just the thought creeped me out. \*\* It was 11pm. I was bored. I’d never seen pork rinds before. Take my advice. DO NOT buy these. I’d rather not talk about them anymore. The memories are quite painful. ---
**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246/25 "2001-08-15T07:24:36Z")
About a month ago, I was deadly sick. I begged my mom to make me a grilled cheese sandwich, but she was tired, and just wanted to go to bed. “Just put the damn thing in the microwave, I don’t even care!” I was kidding, she took me seriously. plopped 2 pieces of bread in the toaster, stuck some cheese in the middle, and shoved it in the microwave. That was the worst grilled cheese sandwich I’ve ever had in my entire life… ---
**Author:** ![schief2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@schief2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schief2)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246/26 "2001-08-15T08:15:29Z")
Ever tried microwaving the leftovers from one of those “breaded onion with dipping sauce” concoctions you can get at Chilis, Outback Steakhouse? etc. Wretched. Simply wretched. ---
**Author:** ![Tabithina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tabithina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabithina)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246/27 "2001-08-15T11:59:51Z")
Leftover deep-fried, breaded okra. I will speak of it no more. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246/28 "2001-08-15T23:10:57Z")
Paul Lukas, the witty writer of Inconspicuous Consumption, also his zine Beer Frame writes about microwave pork rinds. On the package, it says “You’ll hear them sizzlin all the way to your bowl.” He says he tried them and believes its a typo. It should read You’ll hear them sizzlin all the way to your bowel. ---
**Author:** ![Dragonblink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dragonblink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragonblink)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246/29 "2001-08-16T02:05:27Z")
Ahh yes the microwave pork rinds. Packets of those appeared in the vending machine at my old job – the guy who stocked it looked like Jerry Springer, what can I say. Out of morbid curiosity, someone tried to cook them. After about a minute, the bag caught on fire. “Ah,” said one of my managers, who incidentally eats regular pork rinds with cheese-in-a-can, “you people just don’t know how to use the microwave. Let me show you.” One minute later, a microwave and staff room full of smoke. So, um, yeah. I think that counts as not reheating well. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246/30 "2001-08-16T02:40:00Z")
Meat is nasty in a microwave, be it thawed, cooked or reheated. “Baked” potatoes are nasty in the microwave. They are excellent for popcorn, making tea and steaming vegetables. ---
**Author:** ![Cleophus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e57/32.png) [@Cleophus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cleophus)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246/31 "2001-08-16T02:40:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vanilla \* > \*\*On the package, it says “You’ll hear them sizzlin all the way to your bowl.” > He says he tried them and believes its a typo. > \*\* This may not be a typo: …all the way to your [toilet] bowl. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246/32 "2001-08-16T02:44:11Z")
What the hell’s up with microwaveable pork rinds? I’ve never even heard of such a thing. You guys _are_ talking about the pork rinds you get in a bag that are hard and crunchy, kinda like trailer trash potato chips, right? Who in God’s name decided they needed to be heated up? Have the yokels finally taken over our culture? Where will it end? Are they going to start marketing Crisco as a meal? **Cal** , your “Ore-Ida Shredded Ass” idea seems less like fiction with every passing post. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246/33 "2001-08-16T11:26:59Z")
Woodstockbirdybird: You’ve got me wondering – where the heck do you live? I just wanted to know where “tastes like ass” is a regionalism. I’ve never stumbled across it before. – CalMeacham, who’s married to Pepper Mill, and _likes_ re-microwaved pizza. ---
**Author:** ![tevya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tevya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tevya)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246/34 "2001-08-16T14:35:15Z")
I once tried the horror that is **Microshake**. Now, I guess it’s delicious if you _like_ slightly melted, freezer burned, cheap ice-cream. For those of us without a sophisticated enough palate to enjoy this flavor combinaition, though, it is an abomination. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246/35 "2001-08-16T14:47:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CalMeacham \* > \*\*You’ve got me wondering – where the heck do you live? I just wanted to know where “tastes like ass” is a regionalism. I’ve never stumbled across it before. \*\* I think that **WSBB** lives somewhere in California. Also, my friends and I used " (tastes/smells/looks etc.) like ass" quite a bit growing up in Pittsburgh. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246/36 "2001-08-16T15:00:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by woodstockbirdybird \* > \*\* Have the yokels finally taken over our culture? Where will it end? Are they going to start marketing Crisco as a meal? > \*\* I’m afraid so. “Crisco On A Stick”. yum. ---
**Author:** ![SolarPhallusMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@SolarPhallusMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolarPhallusMan)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246/37 "2001-08-16T15:04:07Z")
A few years ago, a friend and myself decided to make some KD. Now, in those lazy hazy days of summer, stirring boiling water over the stove does not seem like a good idea, and so, we resorted to the microwave directions. BAD IDEA. It turned out like…GUM. That’s right…Kraft Dinner gum! Who was at fault (the microwave, us, the directions) I do not know, but what was obvious was that I would never again eat that sticky, congealed, orange mess. (or at least for a really long time) BLLLEGHHHHHHH!!! ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246/38 "2001-08-16T15:59:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CalMeacham \* > \*\*Woodstockbirdybird: > > You’ve got me wondering – where the heck do you live? I just wanted to know where “tastes like ass” is a regionalism. I’ve never stumbled across it before. > > – CalMeacham, who’s married to Pepper Mill, and _likes_ re-microwaved pizza. \*\* Hey **Cal** , I live in Oakland, CA, although I first heard the term used when I was in the army from some guy from NYC. And he said “It smells like ass”, which I thought was funny, so I appropriated it and applied it to other situations (tastes like ass, etc.). So maybe it’s just a regionalism in that my friends and I use it. Thank you for expressing an interest in Woodstockbirdybird’s Pathetic Life, Inc. (a subsidiary of the Time-Warner Corp.). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-microwaved-food/76246.md?page=1)