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From: CFKinsey@military.org.jp
On Mon, 21 Jan 2019 17:14:35 -0000, Fredxx wrote:
> On 21/01/2019 16:04:44, Commander Kinsey wrote:
>> On Mon, 21 Jan 2019 15:36:46 -0000, 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
>>>>>>>> > 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
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