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On 02/01/2019 16:51:07, Commander Kinsey wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Jan 2019 16:43:20 -0000, trader_4 wrote:
>
>> On Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at 10:58:16 AM UTC-5, Commander Kinsey
>> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 02 Jan 2019 13:26:42 -0000, trader_4
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > On Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at 6:26:03 AM UTC-5,
>>> angelica...@yahoo.com 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.
>>> >>
>>> >> > > 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. Ready meals taste "nice" because
>>> they
>>> >> hit your evolutionary preferences for fat, salt, and sugar. The
>>> >> manufacturers do that deliberately so you won't notice how truly
>>> >> wretched the underlying taste is.
>>> >>
>>> >> Cindy Hamilton
>>> >
>>> > It's still mostly wretched compared to real cooked food that you
>>> prepare
>>> > yourself. The idea that a pizza cooked in a microwave is
>>> representative
>>> > of good pizza is absurd. The vast majority of the commercial
>>> frozen pizzas
>>> > that I've seen do not say that they should be or can be cooked in a
>>> > microwave.
>>>
>>> They're ALREADY cooked, you're reheating them. A microwave is
>>> perfectly capable of this. Even if you were actually cooking them,
>>> it's easy enough to change the power level accordingly. But there's
>>> no reason to reduce the maximum power available. When you just want
>>> to heat something rapidly, you need as much power as possible.
>>>
>>> > There are a few small pizzas designed for a microwave and they
>>> > have to play tricks, like have a piece of metalized cardboard to
>>> try to
>>> > crisp up the bottom. It doesn't work well and the one I tried was
>>> also
>>> > among the crappiest pizzas for other reasons too.
>>>
>>> Again, it's ALREADY cooked and crisped. If you were actually cooking
>>> it, you can turn the grill or oven function on on your microwave
>>> simultaneously.
>>
>> IDK what kind of crap you have over there, but here, in the USA, frozen
>> pizza is not cooked. The crust is dough that needs to be baked,
>> the cheese needs to be melted, etc. I suspect, as usual from past
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