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From: fredxx@nospam.com
On 21/01/2019 16:04:23, Commander Kinsey wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Jan 2019 15:49:20 -0000, trader_4 wrote:
>
>> On Monday, January 21, 2019 at 10:36:50 AM UTC-5, Fredxx wrote:
>>> On 21/01/2019 15:11:41, Commander Kinsey wrote:
>>> > On Mon, 21 Jan 2019 14:56:52 -0000, Fredxx wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> 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
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