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How to Heat or Reheat
Similar
~pes
of Food
Two plates of leftovers may
be
reheated
together. Arrange thick
or dense
foods
to outside
edges
of
plate
and
cover with plastic
wrap.
Microwave
at
Hixh
( I ()) for
3
minutes. Reverse position of
plates
(top to bottom)
and
rotate
1/2 turn.
Continue microwaving
at
High
(
10)
for
2
to
3
minutes. Continue
heating.
if
necessary, until hot.
Reheating
two
casseroles (height
should be less
thtin
4 inches) is
possible. Cover with plastic wrap.
Use staggered arrangements
of
food,
placing
food
on right side
of shelf
and
left side of
floor.
Refer
to Heating or Reheating
Guide in cookbook
for
suggested
microwave time per casserole
and
add
the times together, Microwave
at
High (
I())
reversing position of
foods
(top
to
bottom)
after
half of
time. Several
small
bowls of
leftovers
may be heated in the
same
w~y,
stirring
and
reversing
positions after half
of
time.
Two frozen individual entrees
(5
to
7 oz. each) or two TV
dinners (10 to 12 oz. each) are
b(}th
ready to serve
tit
the
same
time. Remove trays of food
from
their boxes.
If
there
are
toil
covers,
remove them
and
return the trays
of food to their boxes. (Batter
foods”
should
be removed
from
the
trays
and
cooked
conventionally,)
Place
in oven with
one
TV dinner
on right
shell
and the second
dinner
on
left
floor.
Microwave
at
High (
I
()) for
8
minutes. Reverse
positions (top to bottom)
and
rotate
foods
1/2
turn. Continue
microwaving
at
High (
I())
for
8
minutes. Check dinners
for
heating.
If
one dinner seems less
done than desired, return it to the
box
and
continue heating on
I.loor
I to
2
more minutes.
How to Reheat Several
Different
~pes
of Foods
Together
When heating
several
different
types
of
food
t(}gether,
foods
which
should be served hot must be
placed
on the shelf, while
foods
which need only to be warmed
should be
placed
on the oven
tloor.
This is because microwave energy
enters the oven from the top
only.
Also,
it is important to remember
that
foods
absorb microwave
energy
at different
rates.
Rates
can
be affected by the size of the
food,
and
its starting temperature.
BecaLlse
of the varying rates,
you
may need to
start
reheating a
large
or dense
food
a
few
minutes
aheac
oi time, then
add
other smaller or
less dense
foods,
Alternately, if
one
of the
foods
yOLI
are heating
seems undercooked hut the others
are
heated
satisfactorily, let the
underheated
food
continue cooking
Heat or reheat different types of
l“ood
at High (
I
()). To determine
heating times,
add
times
for
all
foods
together. (See heating
guide
in
cookbook.)
After half of time,
stir or
rearran&e
foods
(dc~
not
reverse positions). Check
foods
(especially those on oven
floor)
after
3/4
of
totu]
time and remove
any which are done. Continue
ooking
others.
I
1
I
I
Place on shelf
large
or dense
food!
which need the most heating, such
as leftover
fried
chicken,
casseroles
of canned or leftover
vegetables, rice or pasta.
Pluce
on
floor those foods which need only
be warmed, such
as
bakery pies.
rolls,
muffins
or breads.
Pop popcorn on the microwave
oven floor only. Popcorn placed
on the oven shelf
wi
II not pop
properly. Use a special microwave
popcorn accessory or prepackaged
popcorn labeled
for
LISe
in
microwave ovens.
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