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ABOUT FOOD (continued)
ABOUT MICROWAVE COOKING
• Arrange food carefully. Place
thickest areas towards outside of
dish.
• Watch cooking time. Cook for the
shortest amount of time indicated
and add more as needed. Food
severely overcooked can smoke or
ignite.
•Cover foods while cooking. Check
recipe or cookbook for suggestions.
Paper towels, wax paper, microwave
plastic wrap or a lid. Cover prevent
spattering and help foods to cook
evenly.
• If possible stir foods from outside to
center of dish once or twice during
cooking,.
• Turn foods over once during
microwaving to speed cooking of
such foods as chicken and
hamburgers. Large items like roasts
must be turned over at least once.
• Rearrange foods such as meatballs
halfway through cooking both from
top to bottom and from the center
of the dish to the outside.
• Add standing time. Remove food
from oven and stir, if possible.
Cover for standing time that allows
the food to finish cooking without
overcooking.
• Check for doneness. Look for signs
indicating that cooking
temperatures have been reached.
-Doneness signs include:
-Food steams throughout, not just at
edge.
-Center bottom of dish is very hot to
the touch.
-Poultry thigh joins move easily.
-Meat and poultry show no pinkness.
-Fish is opaque and flakes easily with
a fork.
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FOOD DO DO NOT
Baby Food •Transfer baby food to small
dish and heat carefully, stirring
often. Check temperature
before serving.
•Put nipples on bottles after
heating and shake thoroughly.
“Wrist” test before feeding.
•Heat disposable bottles. Heat
bottles with nipples on.
•Heat baby food in original jars.
General • Cut baked goods with filling
after heating to release steam
and avoid burns.
• Stir liquids briskly before and
after heating to avoid
“eruption”.
• Use deep bowl, when cooking
liquids or cereals, to prevent
boilovers.
• Heat or cook in closed glass
jars or airtight containers.
• Can in the microwave as
harmful bacteria may not be
destroyed.
• Deep fat fry.
• Dry wood, gourds, herbs or
wet papers.
