XPost: alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y, alt.sci.physics   
   From: William_Gothberg@internet.co.is   
      
   On Mon, 31 Dec 2018 13:29:15 -0000, trader_4  wrote:   
      
   > On Sunday, December 30, 2018 at 3:22:52 PM UTC-5, William Gothberg wrote:   
   >> On Sun, 30 Dec 2018 20:16:33 -0000, Mark Lloyd  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> > On 12/29/18 12:52 PM, William Gothberg wrote:   
   >> >   
   >> > [snip]   
   >> >   
   >> >> Microwaving something in a cheap shit plastic container is insane.  I   
   >> >> always cook or eat things in a real pot bowl.  Plastic melts!   
   >> >   
   >> > The first thing I heated in a microwave was frozen macaroni and cheese.   
   >> > The instructions said to cover it in plastic wrap. It didn't take me   
   >> > long to figure out that it was a really bad idea, consider trying to   
   >> > separate melted plastic from melted cheese.   
   >>   
   >> Indeed, that cheap shit plastic melts in a 700W microwave oven.  Or in any   
   microwave oven, it can't handle boiling water, which inevitably you get from   
   the food.  And I bet it's rather toxic.   
   >   
   > Which is why when DEFROSTING something that's in a plastic container you   
   > use the DEFROST cycle that uses low power and then cycles even that after   
   > about 75 secs.   
      
   I'm not talking about defrosting.  I've bought ready meals which are sat at   
   room or fridge temperature, they go in the microwave to heat and the plastic   
   melts.   
      
   > You've said you just use yours for cooking pre-made   
   > frozen dinners and the like, which is crap I wouldn't even eat.   
      
   It's more tasty and quicker to make :-)   
      
   > Others here use microwaves for other uses, including defrosting raw foods   
   that   
   > you don't want to cook in the microwave.  I gave you an example, pork chops.   
   > I want them DEFROSTED, not cooked.  Once DEFROSTED, I can then brine them,   
   > marinate them, grill them, so what I would with any fresh pork chops.   
      
   What a palava. We invented ready meals for a reason.   
      
   > Or defrosting tomato sauce that in a plastic container.  I want the sauce   
   > DEFROSTED, not a melted container.  I suppose I should only freeze foods   
   > in ceramic bowls that go in a microwave?   
      
   You take them out of the container they were in dumbass.   
      
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