XPost: alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y, alt.sci.physics   
   From: MrPounder@RationalThought.com   
      
   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.   
      
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