“Pour contents into a microwave safe bowl.” Huh. Okay, let’s go look in the cabinet.
How big a bowl are we talking? Cheese dip? Cereal? Two quart casserole dish? I could use a little more guidance here.
And how about lids? Does this thing need a top? Will a paper towel do? Or does this need air flying around it to cook?
Okay, whatever, this is close enough and that lid will do and we’ll pop it in for, say, three minutes. Done and done. Except – man! It’s soggy! And way too done! And still cold in the middle!
Crud.
Linda hosts Stream of Consciousness Saturday. This week’s prompt is “directions.” Find a household cleaner/bottle of shampoo/something in the freezer/anything you can find with instructions on it, then copy down a single direction (just one) on how to use/cook/etc. your chosen thing, and make it the first line or word of your post. Then keep writing whatever comes out. Have fun!
Microwaves were so cool when they first came out. I use mine less and less.
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It really sounded like the miracle appliance, didn’t it? So funny.
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It did! My mom thought it was the best thing since sliced bread.
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I never know with microwaves either. They are random beings, ready to help you? Sometimes.
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I’m having to learn a different one, too. This one cooks differently from the one in our last house and I have to say is it REALLY that hard to make three minutes on one microwave the same on every microwave??
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I have given up on the microwave. What you. describe is anything and everything I try to cook in there. Well done, Laura
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Many thanks, John. About 2 out of 5 times I do well steaming broccoli in there — the other times I end up with steamed broccoli with sad brown/blackish tips. Boo.
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Pay attention to those instructions. My mother set her microwave on fire, twice, while living in an apartment complex for the elderly. At least the old folks got some exercise while evacuating.
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“Twice” was my favorite part of that sentence. Bless!!
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Yeah, our relatives in Virginia might go with “bless her heart.”
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And what do they mean by ‘safe’? One that does not melt or leech chemical in our food? 🤦♀️
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TRUE FACTS.
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it’s all trial and error for me, as many situations in my life are )
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An excellent attitude, Beth!
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Confusing directions , to say the least!
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Sometimes yes.
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👍😉
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An absolute necessity for one or two situations. Otherwise not so much…
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Yep, I do mostly reheating in that thing now. Too irritating to try to cook in it.
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I invested in a microwave cooking bowl with lid. A lid with with holes which you can adjust. It’s like putting a food volcano in the microwave. It just fires boiling hot food constantly at the microwave top. And yes the middle is still undercooked.
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Food volcano sounds like *awesomeness*. Someone has seriously gotta invent the thing that manages to cook to the middle, though.
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