Use of The Microwave Oven
@SIMPLYD (90722)
Philippines
February 6, 2017 11:19pm CST
A microwave oven is a cooking tool that can really help us a lot in the kitchen .
It can thaw frozen foods, cook and reheat foods too in a little time.
At home, we don’t use it ever for cooking . I have thawed a frozen chicken there once.
What we make use of it always, is for reheating of foods. That’s why all our storing wares are all microwaveable because leftovers would always be reheated straight from the refrigerator to the microwave oven , before it is served again .
And I have known just recently, that when you will reheat food the container’s lid should be a bit ajar at one end.
Hmm , I think so that it will not pop up. Before, I always reheat them with a closed lid and the container would just suddenly explode and the lid would be thrown and some foods spilled.
For you guys, do you cook with your microwave or just use it for reheating foods too?
Note : The picture of the microwave oven is from google
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16755)
• China
7 Feb 17
I have used microwave oven for ages and have got the hang of using it.Sometimes I use it to cure tea (if there is some moisture in the tea) besides reheating foods and thawing out frozen foods.
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By the way, is the electricity cheap in your country?@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
8 Feb 17
@changjiangzhibin89 How much is that in US dollar my friend?
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16755)
• China
8 Feb 17
@SIMPLYD Yes, it helps us a lot.Here the electric bill is about 0.59 Yuan RMB/kwh.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
7 Feb 17
Sorry but microwave is not in my wishlist due to some effects on health. I don't know if it is just a hoax or what.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
7 Feb 17
Has it been proven that microwave has unhealthy effects on people?
Maybe it will be so, if we cook our food through it. But I think with reheating which only takes seconds will not harm our health because anyway, the container is with a lid.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
7 Feb 17
@SIMPLYD I don't know but you can research on it too.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
8 Feb 17
I use it too for that purpose- but am careful with plastics, metals and styrofoam in the microwave :)
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
23 Feb 17
@MarymargII Oh those are a no-no in a microwave. Good thing the microwave didn't burn. 
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
22 Feb 17
@SIMPLYD Yes, I had a few bad things happening with styrofoam and metal ---ha!
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
7 Feb 17
We usually reheat out food (including rice) in the steamer :)
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
8 Feb 17
@sunrisefan So it should be aluminum not those breakable?
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
8 Feb 17
@SIMPLYD We put it in a round aluminum container.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
7 Feb 17
Oh I remember again, my wife wants me to buy microwave oven for her.
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@luisadannointed (6015)
• Philippines
7 Feb 17
We don't have it yet but if we do I will cook pizza there. We have an oven before its an old one we cook crispy oats there, I baked brownies and pizza.
My mom do the cooking and I do the baking but it always a ready made brownies that I just add oil and eggs lol. For pizza I just bought the crust and tomato sauce and the toppings plus the yummy cheese that I live to melt.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
8 Feb 17
I just make popcorn or reheat leftovers in the microwave.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
8 Feb 17
@BelleStarr Here, we never use the electric plate of our gas range. We fear that our electricity bill will really soar if we do that.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
8 Feb 17
@SIMPLYD No it is not very expensive, I just prefer to cook on a traditional stove. My stove is also electric.
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@thelme55 (76851)
• Germany
9 Feb 17
@SIMPLYD I don't know if you sell it here in the Philippines but in Germany and other countries in Europe, you can buy popcorn packed in a paper sachet and you just have to put it 1 minute in the microwave. The paper sachet will grow in sizes when the popcorn makes sounds and stop making sounds when all the corn have popped up. You can buy this with salt, sugar or nothing at all.
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@ambrosiaswchatz (33)
• United States
7 Feb 17
Just for reheating food and cooking TV dinners
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
7 Feb 17
So you cook with your microwave. How long does it take for a dish to be cooked there?
With reheating it only takes 2-3 seconds with our microwave.
@ambrosiaswchatz (33)
• United States
7 Feb 17
@SIMPLYD The TV dinners are already cooked through you are just cooking them until they aren't cold anymore. But generally 30 seconds to 2 minutes. You have a really fast microwave? I take that you aren't reheating frozen goods?
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
7 Feb 17
@ambrosiaswchatz No , we don't reheat frozen goods. Though, I tried once when I thawed the chicken. It took about many seconds that I didn't ever try to thaw again there. It consumes a lot of electricity and electricity here is expensive.
@Shellyann36 (11384)
• United States
8 Feb 17
Our microwave gave up its ghost and we are without one. I never used it to cook anything except corn on the cob. I did use it to heat up leftovers. Now that it is not working, I see how much I did use it in the past.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
8 Feb 17
I didn't know that we can cook corn in a cob in a microwave. How do you cook it in a microwave?
@allknowing (135923)
• India
8 Feb 17
I do not have one and I do not intend to get one. When you reheat food does it reduce its moisture. I steam our food which keeps the food fresh and well moist.
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@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
7 Feb 17
We don't have microwave at home just a small oven toaster and big oven roaster.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
8 Feb 17
Reheating left-overs will be easy in a microwave. Unlike when you have to reheat it in the gas range, where you will put it in a pan , then put it in a serving dish. You have two utensils to wash , after.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
9 Feb 17
@averygirl72 It comes very handy in reheating foods. 
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@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
9 Feb 17
@SIMPLYD That's true. I might like to have a microwave in the house in the future
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@lokisdad (4226)
• United States
8 Feb 17
We have a microwave the toaster oven thing was not as fast and kids get impatient. We have a splatter guard is I think what they are called and you put it over the plate and it has vents works great no splatter in microwave to clean up just rinse dry and reuse.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
8 Feb 17
Oh so there's a splatter guard thing. How does it look?
WHen I learned that we have to open the one corner of the lid in reheating the foods, I never experience splatter anymore. 
