XPost: alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y, alt.sci.physics   
   From: CFKinsey@military.org.jp   
      
   On Wed, 02 Jan 2019 11:26:00 -0000,  wrote:   
      
   > On Tuesday, January 1, 2019 at 3:58:10 PM UTC-5, Commander Kinsey wrote:   
   >> On Tue, 01 Jan 2019 13:00:40 -0000,  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> > On Monday, December 31, 2018 at 5:39:43 PM UTC-5, Commander Kinsey wrote:   
   >> >> On Mon, 31 Dec 2018 11:34:40 -0000,  wrote:   
   >> >>   
   >> >> > On Sunday, December 30, 2018 at 3:24:35 PM UTC-5, William Gothberg   
   wrote:   
   >> >> >> On Sun, 30 Dec 2018 20:20:18 -0000, 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.   
   >> >> >>   
   >> >> >> No, anyone who wants it ready more quickly.  I buy the frozen pizza   
   in the supermarket, place it in the microwave, then I can eat it in 4 minutes.   
   >> >> >>   
   >> >> >> Why would you think pizzas shouldn't go in microwaves?!  Every   
   foodstuff can be cooked in a microwave.   
   >> >> >   
   >> >> > Because some of us are more interested in good results than in speed.   
   >> >> >   
   >> >> > When I want pizza, I make the crust from scratch, wait for it to rise,   
   >> >> > shape it, top it, and bake it at 550 F.   
   >> >>   
   >> >> And your stomach is happy to wait?!   
   >> >   
   >> > Sure.  I plan ahead, and the pizza is ready when my stomach is.   
   >>   
   >> When I see food, I get hungry, it's a natural instinct.  Therefore I cannot   
   prepare food without consuming half the ingredients during the cooking   
   operation.   
   >   
   > Like a child.   
      
   No, it's an INSTINCT.  Look it up.   
      
   >> > If I want something fast, I have scrambled eggs.   
   >>   
   >> I always want something fast, therefore I cook EVERYTHING in a microwave.    
   Even things that say you have to use an oven, I ignore it and use the   
   microwave, funnily enough it tastes nice and is edible.   
   >   
   > You have an undeveloped palate.   
      
   I eat because I need energy.  There are plenty thing in life that are more fun   
   than eating.  I don't eat as a hobby.   
      
   > Ready meals taste "nice" because they   
   > hit your evolutionary preferences for fat, salt, and sugar.   
      
   My tastes tell me what I need to eat.  Fat salt and sugar are requirements for   
   survival.   
      
   > The manufacturers do that deliberately so you won't notice how truly   
   > wretched the underlying taste is.   
      
   What's wretched about food that gives me energy?  It's a fuel and nothing   
   more.  Do you buy your car tasty petrol?   
      
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