Cooking in your microwave oven
Be sure to read the
MICRO MENUS@ Cookbook
packed with the microwave oven,
It contains information about:
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What microwave energy is.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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If a glass cover is not available, use waxpaper, paper towels or microwave approved
plastic wrap. Turn back a corner to vent steam during cooking.
Setting the controls
Be sure you understand the basics of microwave oven cooking before you start, Start with
recipes from your MICRO MENU!3 Cookbook. Follow the directions carefully.
DO THIS...
1. Open the oven door by
2. Place food in the oven, then
pressing the DOOR OPEN
close the door. The
oven
Button on the bottom of the
won’t work if the door isn’t
control panel.
closed tightly.
3. Set the cooking time by turn-
ing the Timer Knob clock-
wise. To reduce the cooking
time, turn the Timer Knob
counterclockwise.
Each
mark is 30 seconds for the
first 10 minutes. After 10
minutes, each mark is 1
minute.
To set ttmer for less than
1 minute, turn timer past
1 minute then to desired
time.
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