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Microwaves

Microwaves are attracted to sugar, water, and fat, causing molecules to vibrate and generate heat. Learn about appropriate cooking containers, covering food, even cooking techniques, cooking time, and microwave precautions.

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Microwaves

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  1. Microwaves

  2. Microwaves are attracted to 3 things Sugar Water Fat

  3. Example: Jelly donut When microwaved the filling inside, which has sugar and water, gets really hot

  4. How Does a Microwave Work? Microwaves cause molecules to vibrate. Vibration creates friction, which produces the heat that cooks the food Vibration Friction Heat

  5. How Microwaves Cook

  6. Cooking Containers Appropriate cooking containers include • Microwave safe plastic • Glass • Paper • NEVER put • metal in the • microwave

  7. Cooking Containers • Shallow round containers cook more evenly than square containers. • Because there are no corners, the microwaves enter the food from as many sides as possible. They won’t “bounce off” the corners.

  8. Covering Food • Covering foods holds in the moisture and helps foods to cook more evenly • Covering foods also prevent splattering in the microwave

  9. Appropriate Covers • Plastic wrap • Paper towel • Wax paper • Plastic Lid

  10. Even Cooking • Stir and rotate for even cooking

  11. Cooking Time • Time the food needs to cook with microwave energy Standing Time • Time food continue to cook after the microwave has stopped Quantity/Volume of food increases cooking and standing time

  12. Microwave cooking does NOT brown foods or give a crisp crust • Microwaved-No browning • Oven-Browning

  13. Preventing Burns • To prevent burns, use pot holders and direct stream away from body

  14. Microwave Precautions • Eggs cannot be cooked in their shell in the microwave • Potatoes should be pierced to prevent exploding in the microwave

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