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   From: William_Gothberg@internet.co.is   
      
   On Mon, 31 Dec 2018 01:43:35 -0000, Bob F  wrote:   
      
   > On 12/30/2018 12:20 PM, trader_4 wrote:   
   >> On Sunday, December 30, 2018 at 12:16:27 PM UTC-5, William Gothberg wrote:   
   >>> On Sun, 30 Dec 2018 10:21:46 -0000, Max Demian    
   wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 30/12/2018 03:18, Bill Wright wrote:   
   >>>>> On 29/12/2018 17:35, William Gothberg wrote:   
   >>>>>> On Sat, 29 Dec 2018 17:15:05 -0000, Bill Wright   
   >>>>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> On 29/12/2018 16:27, William Gothberg wrote:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> It can take 5 minutes to warm something from frozen to eating   
   >>>>>>>> temperature.  I see no reason that couldn't be made into 2 minutes.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Conduction   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Which would be way faster if the water content the microwaves were   
   >>>>>> hitting was heated hotter.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> But the difference in temp between the outside and the inside of the   
   >>>>> food would be greater and this could result in food that was both over-   
   >>>>> and under-cooked. This is why microwave ovens have low settings, so food   
   >>>>> can cook slowly and evenly. Anyone who uses a microwave a lot will be   
   >>>>> well aware of this. For items where convection can assist conduction   
   >>>>> higher power can be fine, but not for large solid lumps of food.   
   >>>   
   >>> I can't say many things I cook have large solid lumps.  All ready meals   
   are pretty much fluid, so convection and conduction can take place, and almost   
   everything I cook is a dish of something which is only 2 inches deep.   
   >>>   
   >>>> I don't know what the low settings are for. All the instructions I've   
   >>>> seen - e.g. on ready meals - say "full power". There is the defrost   
   >>>> setting, but microwaves aren't very good at defrosting as they don't   
   >>>> heat frozen water very well.   
   >>>   
   >>> Mine thaws a frozen (already cooked) pizza extremely well, on full power.    
   It turns a -20C pizza into a +40C pizza in 4 minutes.   
   >>   
   >> Only a moron would cook a pizza in a microwave.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Or, a really smart person who like really tough pizza.   
      
   The pizzas I use are already cooked.  Asda does that part for me.  I'm just   
   defrosting them and bringing them to eating temperature.   
      
   But if I was cooking one, there's no reason you couldn't do it in a   
   microwave.  If anything I'd say they'd end up softer not harder, as an oven   
   tends to cook from the outside and make a hard crust.   
      
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