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submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 33 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I actually have this book! 😂

One of the recipes is Beans on Toast. It's ridiculous how simple it is.

....And naturally you have to make the toast, in a toaster, first xD

But yes in general it has well thought out recipes that correctly work to a microwave's strengths, I find most people who hate using a microwave when cooking are using it poorly - expecting it to work just like an oven or a pot on a stove. It's just a different tool is all, not the right tool for all uses, but great when used correctly.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

My father says the microwave can't be used for this and that, but he also absolutely refuses to use anything except max power

I was cooking something at low power for like 10 minutes, he saw the micro was done but the food was still not done, so he set it to max for 5 minutes and it came out completely burned...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Do you have one or two examples of recipes from the book that you think are good?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Please give us some recipes!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Maybe I can top that. Not only am I alone with my convection microwave oven, but I've never even used it. It still has original packing materials & owners manual inside it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I mostly use my microwave for bread storage

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yet still four heaping plates of food?

And...wait a minute, did she microwave that glass of wine as well?

:-P

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

How else are you supposed to boil wine?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I hope she kept it in the box it came in before pouring it into the glass. :-P

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Ah yes, the ENIAC phase of microwave tech 😅

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

When you heat up your spam casserole the lights of Chicago dim.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

My parents had an Amana “Radarange” while I was growing up, with chrome dials and wood paneling. It was an absolute tank, probably weighed like 50 lbs and had the power consumption of a small country, but I loved that thing

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This works on so many levels

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Just the one for me. I have only one turntable in my microwave. 😔

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

3/5 Stars

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Warms my heart, shotgun barrels

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Don't be hard on yourself, you can cook real food for your lonely self

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"It's not sad! Her daughter has gone on the record saying it's not sad."

It's about a different "Microwave for One" but still feels relevant here.

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