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Using your microwave oven
Microwave oven controls
There are two parts in the control section:
- The Timer
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The Cook Power Control
These will be covered on the following pages. Read them carefully.
The Timer
The Cook Power Control
Cooking in your microwave oven
Be sure to read the microwave cooking information and recipes starting on page 15. They contain
information about:
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What is microwave energy?
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How food is cooked by microwave energy.
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What affects cooking speed and cooking evenness.
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Safety tips.
. Utensils to use when cooking in a microwave oven.
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Cooking times for different foods.
Important things to remember to get the BEST COOKING RESULTS:
. ALWAYS cook food for the minimum recommended cooking time. If necessary, add time in one or two
minute periods, then check for doneness to avoid overcooking the food.
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Stir, turn or rearrange the food being cooked about halfway through the cooking time for most even
doneness with all recipes.
. If a glass cover is not available, use waxpaper, paper towels or microwave approved plastic wrap. Turn
back corner to vent steam during cooking.
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When using microwave recipes from cookbooks or sources other than “Microwave Cooking Recipes
and Tables”, slightly longer cooking times will be needed. For example, add 1 to 2 minutes to a 5
minutes cooking time.
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Always cook food with Glass Tray in place.