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How to Heat or Reheat
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plates of leftovers may be
reheated together. Arrange thick
or dense foods to outside edges of
plate and cover with plastic wrap.
Microwave at High ( 10) for 2 to 3
Reheating two casseroles (height
should be less than 3
W
inches) is
possible. Cover with plastic wrap.
Use staggered arrangements of
food, placing food on right side
minutes. Reverse-position of plates
of sheif andleft side of
floor.
(top to bottom) and rotate 1/2 turn.
Refer to Heating or Reheating
Continue microwaving at High
Guide in cookbook for suggested
(10) for 2 to 3 minutes. Continue
microwave time per casserole and
heating, if necessary, until hot.
add the times tog-ether. Microwave
at High (10) reversing position of
foods (top to bottom) after half of
time. Several small bowls of
leftovers may be heated in the
same way, stirring and reversing
positions after half of time.
How to Reheat Several Different
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of Foods Together
When heating several different
Heat or reheat different types of
types of food together, foods
food at High
(1
O). To determine
which should be served hot must
heating times, add times for all
be placed on the oven floor, while
foods together. (See heating in
foods which need only to be
cookbook. ) After half of time, stir
warmed should be placed on the
or rearrange foods (do not reverse
shelf. This is because microwave
positions). Check foods (especially
energy enters the oven from the
those on the oven floor) after 3/4
bottom only.
Also,
it is important
of total time and remove any which
to remember that foods absorb
are done. Continue cooking others.
microwave energy at different
rates. Rates can be affected by the
size of the food, and its starting
temperature.
Because of the varying rates, you
may need to start reheating a large
or dense food a few minutes ahead
of time, then add other smaller or
less dense foods. Alternately, if one
of the foods you are heating seems
undercooked but the others are
heated satisfactorily, let the
underheated food continue cooking.
Two frozen individual entrees
(5 to 7 oz. each) or two TV
dinners (10 to 12 oz. each) are
both ready to serve at the same
time. Remove trays of food from
their boxes and turn back one
corner of the plastic cover to vent.
if
there are foil covers, remove
them and return the trays of food
to their boxes. Place in oven with
one TV dinner on right shelf and
the second dinner on left floor.
Microwave at High ( 10) for 7
minutes. Reverse positions (top to
bottom) and rotate foods 1/2 turn.
Continue microwaving at High
(10) for 7 minutes. Check dinners
for heating. If one dinner seems
less done than desired, return it to
the box and continue heating on
floor
1
to 2 more minutes.
Place on the floor larger or more
dense foods, which need the most
heating, such as leftover fried
chicken, casseroles of canned or
leftover vegetables, rice or pasta.
Place on the oven shelf those foods
which need only be warmed, such
as bakery pies, rolls, muffins or
breads.
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