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

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From: Simon Wistow
Subject: Re: [london.food] Microwaves (was Re: Steaming vegetables)
Date: 15:05 on 17 Aug 2004

On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 12:35:03PM +0100, Roger Burton West said:
> 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

I do an odd simulcra of poached eggs in a microwave - get a cup and 
butter it, crack the egg in and cook for about 40 seconds. Easy poached 
egg. Ok, so they're a weird mix between fried and poached egg but 
they're pretty good on toast.

There's stuff above here

[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
  - David Turner 12:49 on 17 Aug 2004
    Microwaves should be used for defrosting food that you didn't have the
  - James Bywater 13:18 on 17 Aug 2004
    I agree - however I usually bake a potato by nuking it for 5 minutes (to
  - Martin Frost 15:47 on 17 Aug 2004
    I have also never really had success with vegetables in a microwave.
    - 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
  - James Bywater 15:09 on 17 Aug 2004
    Actually, I make the same thing, if I'm in a rush in the morning. I then
    - too deep to show
  - Marna Gilligan 15:16 on 17 Aug 2004
    Does that work properly? I always thought one of the best things about
    - too deep to show

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