ilow to Reheat Different Types of Foods Together
• In general, dense or long cooking foods should be started a few minutes ahead
of time.
• Foods that need to be served hot should be placed on the floor, while foods
which are only warmed should be placed on the shelf.
• Stagger food in the oven whenever possible. Place food on right side of shelf
and left side of floor.
• If preparing a very fast cooking item, add it during the last one or two minutes
of cooking.
• Heat or reheat different types of food at HIGH (10). To determine heating times,
add times for all foods together.
• Stir or rearrange foods after half of time (do not reverse positions). Check foods
(oven floor especially) after 3/_of total time and remove any which are done.
Continue cooking others.
How to Reheat Similar Types of Food
• Two plates of leftovers may be reheated
together. Arrange thick or dense foods to
outside edges of plate and cover with I _ ,
plastic wrap. Microwave at HIGH (10) for
2-3 minutes. Reverse position of plates
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tinue microwaving at HIGH (10) for 2 to
3 minutes. Continue heating, if necessary,
until hot.
• Reheating two casseroles (height should
be less than 3_/_inches) is now possible.
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arrangements of food, placing food on
right side of shelf and left side of floor.
Microwave at HIGH (10) reversing position
offoods(toptobottom) afterhalfoftime. _/_
Also, heat several small bowls of leftovers
this way, stirring and reversing positions
after half of time.
• Two frozen individual entrees (5 to 7 oz.
each) or two TV dinners (10to 12oz.each)
are both ready to serve at the same time.
Remove trays of food from their boxes. I I
If there are foil covers, remove them and
return the trays of food to their boxes.
Remove batter foods; cook these conven-
tionally. Place in oven with one TV dinner
on right shelf and the second dinner on
left floor. Microwave at HIGH (10) for 7
minutes. Reversepositions (top to bottom)
and rotate foods 1/2turn. Continue micro-
waving 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.
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