[london.food] Microwaves (was Re: Steaming vegetables)

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On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 12:28:38PM +0100, Marna Gilligan wrote:

>I have no clue about microwaving veggies, though. I have not a microwave
>and I think they are EFIL. So I've not answered your question at all, and
>have just been rambling incoherently about steaming things.

Fair enough. You won't want to read this then.

I find it quite odd that most of the information I've found about
microwave cooking assumes that one will be using it for everything. IME
there are jobs it does well and others it does badly; it's great for
reheating a single dish, steaming veg, baking potatoes and so on, but a 
gas hob is much better for general saucepan-work and thawing-to-hot, 
and I still use the oven for things that are best in that. Is the
Cooking Establishment still pretending they don't exist?

R

• Re: [london.food] Steaming vegetables Marna Gilligan 12:28 on 17 Aug 2004
  Less so spinach (I like to fry it briefly in a little butter, and then add
  • [london.food] Microwaves (was Re: Steaming vegetables) Roger Burton West 12:35 on 17 Aug 2004
    Fair enough. You won't want to read this then.
    • Re: [london.food] Microwaves (was Re: Steaming vegetables) Marna Gilligan 12:52 on 17 Aug 2004
      I will acknowledge that they're useful for reheating plates of food, and
      • too deep to show
    • Nigel Rantor 12:55 on 17 Aug 2004
      Dunno, but I didn't have one for quite some time and so I am now kind of
    • Simon Wistow 15:05 on 17 Aug 2004
      I do an odd simulcra of poached eggs in a microwave - get a cup and
      • too deep to show
• James Bywater 15:55 on 17 Aug 2004
  Bursting the yolk before microwaving it can stop it from exploding, but

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