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Make sure all cookware
used in your microwave
oven is suitable lot
microwaving. Most glass
casseroles, cooking dishes,
measuring cups, custard
cups, pottery or china
dinnerware which does not
have metallic trim or glaze
with a metallic sheen can
be used. Some cookware
is labeled "suitable tbr
Illicfowaving."
How to test for a microwave-
safe dish.
• If you are not sure if
a dish is microwave-sale,
use tl-fis test: Place in the
oven 1)oth the dish you
are testing and a glass
measuring cup filled with
1 cup of water--set the
measuring cup either
in or next to the dish.
Microwave 30-45 seconds
at lfigh. If the dish lmats,
it should not be used for
microwaving.
If the dish remains cool
and only the water in the
cup heats, then the dish
is microwave-sale.
If you use a meat
thermometer wl-file
cooking, make sure it is
sale Jot use in microwave
()VeilS,
• Do not use recycled
paper products. P,ecycled
paper towels, napkins
and waxed paper can
contain metal flecks
which may cause arcing
or ignite. Paper products
containing nylon or
nylon filaments should
be avoided, as they may
also ignite.
• Some stvrolbam tl_ay:s
(like those that meat is
packaged on) have a thin
strip of metal embedded
in the bottom. When
microwavcd, the metal can
burn the floor of the oven
or ignite a paper towel.
• Do not use the microwave
to dry newspapers.
• Not all plastic wrap
is suitable Jot use in
ii/icrowave ovells.
Check the package
Jot proper use.
• Paper towels, waxed
paper and plastic wrap
can be used to cover
dishes in order to retain
moisture and prevent
spattering. Be sure to
vent plastic wrap so
steam Call escape.
• Cookware may become
hot because of heat
translcrred tiom the
heated tood. Pot holders
may be needed to handle
the cookware.
• "Boilable" cooking
pouches and tightly
closed plastic bags should
be slit, pierced or vented
as directed by package.
If they are not, plastic
could burst during or
immediately after
cooking, possibly resulting
in il/jury. Ms(), plastic
storage containers should
be at least partially
uncovered because they
form a tight seal. YVhen
cooking with containers
tightly covered with
plastic wrap, remove
covering careflflly and
direct steam away ti'om
hands and lace.
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