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

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From: James Bywater
Subject: Re: [london.food] Microwaves (was Re: Steaming vegetables)
Date: 13:18 on 17 Aug 2004

Marna wrote:

> I really don't like microwaved
> baked potatoes - the skin has the wrong texture so I don't want to eat it,
> and the skin is the best bit of a baked potato.

I agree - however I usually bake a potato by nuking it for 5 minutes (to 
half-cook it) and then putting it in the oven for half an hour (to make 
the skin crispy).

> I think there are too many Bad & Wrong things done with microwaves and
> this also biases me. Microwaved scrambled eggs - one of the most terrible
> things in the universe.

Egg-foam... my folks always make scrambled eggs in the microwave and I 
can't stand it. But they can't stand my slightly wobbly scrambled eggs 
with butter and lots of salt and pepper, so we're even.

RE: steaming things: those stackable steamers are great, if you get one 
you may never boil anything ever again.

James

There's stuff above here

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.
  - Kake L Pugh 15:56 on 17 Aug 2004
    Microwaves are like any other tool - you don't get born knowing how to
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
  - Nigel Rantor 15:51 on 17 Aug 2004
    So, I hadn't had lunch yet and was hungry.
    - 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
  - James Bywater 15:20 on 17 Aug 2004
    "properly", no... I much prefer proper poached eggs. But when I am in a
  - Nigel Rantor 15:54 on 17 Aug 2004
    Yeah, I was worried about that.

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