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   From: CFKinsey@military.org.jp   
      
   On Tue, 01 Jan 2019 20:17:15 -0000, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:   
      
   > Commander Kinsey wrote:   
   >> On Mon, 31 Dec 2018 20:49:18 -0000, trader_4    
   >> wrote:   
   >>> On Monday, December 31, 2018 at 3:36:05 PM UTC-5, William Gothberg   
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>> 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.   
   >>>   
   >>> You can't get most frozen food, like sauce, out of a one quart   
   >>> plastic container until it's at least partially defrosted moron. You   
   >>> wouldn't even know, because you apparently don't prepare and then freeze   
   >>> food in those kinds of   
   >>> containers.   
   >>   
   >> I don't freeze things in stupid containers, no.   
   >>   
   >>> You're living off pre-cooked, TV dinner crap. Anyone that makes a   
   >>> post saying there is no reason not to cook pizza in a microwave has   
   >>> already said way more than enough about their knowledge of food and   
   >>> cooking.   
   >>> We have a show here you could be on, Worst Cooks in America.   
   >>   
   >> You carry on wasting your time if you like, I have hobbies and other   
   >> things I prefer to do than fucking about making food. Food is a   
   >> fuel, if it tastes nice and gives me energy, that's fine, then I can   
   >> get on with my life.   
   >> And fix your newsreader, why is it allergic to crossposts? You're   
   >> breaking the conversation into four parts moron.   
   >   
   > Prick.   
      
   Go on, get yourself a hobby.   
      
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