Do you use a Microwave Oven ? Do you it for only reheating or do you cook food too ?

[james_bond]

Hi,

I purchased my first microwave oven on 2018. For 2 years I used it for reheating food only. I didn't cook anything.

Lately I watched a lot of videos on Youtube which shows various recipes for microwave & that made me think.

 

Yesterday for the first time I actually cooked something using my microwave. I cooked 2 dishes. I cooked Maggi noodles & an omelette.

 

This is my microwave  >>> click here

 

Purchasing a solo microwave was a mistake. The reason that I purchased a solo microwave was coz I actually wanted to use it to reheat food only.

[Mling]

i use a microwave to cook sauces like cheese sauce and gravy. Some foods taste crap when cooked in a microwave. Sometimes I cook vegetables in the microwave, on a work night when I want to steam veges on a timer while I shower.

[RAS_3885]

I use mine for reheating leftovers, softening/melting butter for baking, and occasionally steaming veggies (although I typically prefer cooking veggies other ways, so this is rare).

 

Time is typically not a constraint for cooking, so haven't ever used it for that.

[WhitetailAni]

I've used a microwave a total of 2 times in my life.

Once when we had one, but it broke because we put a knife in it.

Once in Florida to warm up a frozen burrito.

That same microwave was used to cook an apple for 3 minutes, because my younger brother had never used a microwave and thought it was like a toaster oven.

[Vishera]

I only heat fresh food,and there are never leftovers.

I am very creative when it comes to microwave cooking,

I made Pizza in a microwave,and cooked sausages there.

 

I also cook noodles there from time to time.

[james_bond]

28 minutes ago, Vishera said:

I only heat fresh food,and there are never leftovers.

I am very creative when it comes to microwave cooking,

I made Pizza in a microwave,and cooked sausages there.

 

I also cook noodles there from time to time.

I too cook noodles using my microwave but I cant cook pizza coz my model is not grill/convection. Its SOLO.

I will buy a new model pretty soon.

[JR1911]

I never even considered there'd be people who don't use a microwave. I use mine daily, though just for reheating or very occasionally for thawing, I've never used it for actual cooking.

[PlayStation 2]

Both. It's an American tradition.

[Intergalacticbits]

When my brother was young he used to like to use the microwave oven to make projects in.

He'd put them into the microwave oven and cook them to make them dry, harden or melt.

He would have stuff he had made with different kinds of glues, paints. Sometimes he would try to melt plastic to try and mold it for his projects.

 

It used to really annoy me a lot back then because of the toxic smell that would be left in the microwave oven from his projects.

To him it was not just a cooking appliance but a home crafting tool lol.

I laugh about it now but that was probably why we had to keep replacing it so often back then.

Even after my mother had forbidden him to do it anymore. He would still sneak out in the kitchen late at night and do it.

One time I came down in the morning and found the whole inside of it covered with some kind of burnt chemical he tried to use.

He was really  obsessed  with it for a while but eventually he stopped doing it. 

 

 

 

 

[PhantomJaguarr]

I also use it to boil water when I’m not bothered to use the stove.

[starry]

I use it to make baked potatoes, otherwise its a reheater

[dalekphalm]

13 hours ago, james_bond said:

Hi,

I purchased my first microwave oven on 2018. For 2 years I used it for reheating food only. I didn't cook anything.

Lately I watched a lot of videos on Youtube which shows various recipes for microwave & that made me think.

 

Yesterday for the first time I actually cooked something using my microwave. I cooked 2 dishes. I cooked Maggi noodles & an omelette.

 

This is my microwave  >>> click here

 

Purchasing a solo microwave was a mistake. The reason that I purchased a solo microwave was coz I actually wanted to use it to reheat food only.

Here in Canada, Microwaves are pretty much ubiquitous for any household. Especially if you're a college student, etc - it should be one of your first purchases.

 

I rarely cook anything in the microwave. Occasionally baked potatoes. We use it for reheating literally all the time though.

 

You can definitely cook a lot of things in the microwave - and also, don't listen to anyone that says microwaving food is bad for your health or makes the food less nutritious - that's not true at all. I just happen to prefer the texture that other cooking methods give food compared to microwaved food.

[Mutoh]

Honestly, I only use mine for popcorn.

[Zusafek]

I'm a truck driver.  I use my microwave to cook about 80% of my meals.  When I'm at home, I rarely use my microwave. 

[Sarra]

True story: I attempted to boil some water for Ramen, and my Microwave caught on fire.

 

I use a Microwave frequently, it's the best way of destroying evidence, er, it's great for re-heating food.

 

From what I can gather, steaming veggies can actually be healthier in a microwave if done correctly, but my cooking skills are... Well... I can bake, and that's about it. >_> I hate cooking, so most of my food is frozen stuff that goes into the nuclear furnace of rapid heating and even more rapid consumption.

[techswede]

I currently live in a camper as i'm working 9 hours from home. So i use the microwave A LOT. 

Partly because cooking on a portable stove sucks. Mostly because i don't have running water and doing dishes in a camper sucks too much ass.

Mostly ready made meals and pan pizzas though. I still make sure to cook properly a few times a week though.

[tikker]

25 minutes ago, gabrielcarvfer said:

If you want to cook something on the microwave, try the following.

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You will need a large glass bowl and a spatula or large spoon.

 

A can of condensed milk, tablespoon of butter, two or three tablespoons of chocolate powder (50% cocoa). 

 

Set to full power.

2 minutes, stir.

2 minutes, stir.

It should start forming bubbles at this point, so do in shorter steps.

1 minute, stir.

It will start thickening. You want a thicker paste.

1 minute, stir. It should look like in this video 4:11 - 4:15 https://youtu.be/fZniigc8js4

1 minute, stir.

 

Should be fine at this point, but you can repeat the 1 minute steps to get a thicker and stretchier candy.

 

Regarding the can, be extremely careful with metal objects in your microwave for your own safety (in general, avoid it). Use microwave safe containers

 

I happen to have an oven/microwave combi unit, but the microwave function I only really use for reheating leftovers. Good thing it's an oven as well otherwise it would hardly see any use.

[Drama Lama]

I only use it to reheat food I already cooked

[TetraSky]

Reheat, mostly.

I sometimes "cook" things in it, like hot dog sausages or frozen foods that really should go in the oven but I can't be arsed (pre-cooked frozen chicken nuggets for example). That's it. I don't go out of my way to "cook" anything that wasn't pre-made, basically.

 

I must say, I've tried, once, to cook a steak in the microwave... ... It was the most sad, bland and disgusting piece of meat I've ever had the displeasure of putting in my mouth.

[dalekphalm]

4 hours ago, tikker said:

Regarding the can, be extremely careful with metal objects in your microwave for your own safety (in general, avoid it). Use microwave safe containers

Fun fact, whether a metal object is dangerous in the microwave entirely depends on it's shape.

 

The reason why forks and knives and stuff cause sparks is because of the pointed ends and sharp angles. A perfect sphere of metal would be fairly safe to microwave.

 

With that in mind, most people probably aren't qualified to tell what is and isn't safe, so I agree with your overall warning - just don't do it!

 

[tikker]

25 minutes ago, dalekphalm said:

Fun fact, whether a metal object is dangerous in the microwave entirely depends on it's shape.

 

The reason why forks and knives and stuff cause sparks is because of the pointed ends and sharp angles. A perfect sphere of metal would be fairly safe to microwave.

 

With that in mind, most people probably aren't qualified to tell what is and isn't safe, so I agree with your overall warning - just don't do it!

 

That is true. Sharp edges or touching the inside walls are the cuplrits. Microwaves often come with metal racks after all. My manual actually only warns I shouldn't leave in the oven tray (flat and thin) when microwaving. The rack (thick, round and smooth) is fine and both hang isolated from the walls.

 

I actuall left the tray in at a couple of occasions, and while it didn't explode or anything I could hear faint ticks of something sparking every now and then.

 

Don't microwave your forks kids

[Letgomyleghoe]

I use mine to reheat food, small quantities of water, oatmeal, butter, milk for hot cocoa, just generally things where turning on the stove and using a pan wouldn't make sense.

[TheRandomness]

Only for reheating leftovers, microwave meals, hot chocolate milk and maybe I'll defrost something in there. 

[Master Disaster]

If you've never tried caramelised white chocolate , you really have to. Its amazing.

 

Take a good slab of the best quality white choc you can get (you want high cocoa butter content), break it into chucks, bung it in a glass bowl and nuke for 1 min 30, take it out and stir it, nuke again for 1:30, take out and stir. At this point it will look like its gone very wrong (grainy & lumpy), just keep stirring vigorously until it goes smooth again. Rinse & repeat until it changes to a caramel colour. Pour into moulds and leave to set.

 

Warning: DO NOT GET THE HOT CHOCOLATE STRAIGHT FROM THE NUKER ON YOU, IT WILL LITERALLY MELT YOUR SKIN.

[whm1974]

Don't cook an egg in it's shell in the microwave. It will violently explode when you pick it up. Found this on another forum where user there mentioned that he was lucky that when he pick the egg up, his hand was palm down. otherwise he could have burned his face.