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Make sure all cookwarc used
ill yo/lr illicrowip,'e oven is
suitable tot microwaving.
Most glass casseroles,
cooking dislles, measuring
cups, custard cups, potte W
or cllina dinnerware wllich
does not have metallic trim
(1I"glaze witll a metallic
slleen can lie used. Some
cookwm_e is lal)eled "suitable
%r micro_:Mng."
How to test for a microwave-
safe dish,
• If you arc not sure if
a dish is microwave-sale,
use this test: Place in tlle
oven both tile disll you
are testing and a glass
measuring cup filled witll
1 cup of watel_set tlle
measuring cup either
in or next to the disll.
Microwave 1 minute at
lligh. If tlle disll lleats,
it sllould not be used
for microwm'ing.
If the disll remains cool
and only tlle water in the
cup lleats, tllen tlle disll
is II/icrowitVe-S_lt_.
If)xm use a meat
tllermometer wllile
cooking, make sure
it is sale Jot use in
II/icrowip,_ o_,_llS.
• Do not use recycled paper
products. Recycled paper
towels, napkins and waxed
paper can contain metal
flecks wllicll may cause
arcing (1i ignite. Paper
products containing nylon
(1I"nylon filaments sllould
be avoided, as tlley may
also ignite.
• Some styrofoam tca',:s
(like those that meat is
packagvd on) have a tllin
strip of metal embedded
in tlle bottom. When
microwavcd, tlle metal
can 1)urn tlle floor of
tlle oven (1I"ignite a
paper towel.
• [)(1 not use the ii/icrowip,'e
to dEy nmvspapers.
• Not all plastic wlap
is suital)le Jot use in
microw_P,'c o_,_llS.
Clleck tlle package
Jot proper use.
• Paper towels, waxed paper
and plastic wcap can be
used to cover dishes in
order to retain moisture
and prevent spattering. Be
sure to xvnt plastic wrap so
steam C}lll escape.
• Cookwarc may l)ecome hot
because of heat wanslcrred
ti'om tile heated tood. Pot
holders may be needed to
llandle tlle cookwarc.
• "Boilable" cooking
pouclles and tigllfly closed
plastic 1lags sllould be slit,
pierced (1i vented as
directed 1)ypackage.
If tlley arc not, plastic
could burst during (1I"
immediately after cooking,
possibly resulting in iqjm T.
Mso, plastic storage
containers sllould be at
least partially uncovered
l)ecause they torm a tight
seal. ¼*hen cooking witll
containers tightly covered
witll plastic wlap, remove
covering carcflllly and
direct steam away ti'om
llands and time.
SAVE THt _;SEINS TR UC770NS
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