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SPECIAL NO T/E\SAB OUF MICSrtOWAVING
Make sure all cookware
used in your microwave
oven is suitable tot
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
nlicrowaving."
How to test {or a micr0waye:
safe dish.
* If you are not sure if a
dish is microwave-sate,
use this test: Place in the
oven both the dish you
are testing and a glass
measuring cup filled with
] cup of water--set the
measuring cup either
in or next to the dish.
Microwave ] minute at
high. If the dish heats,
it should not be used
tot microwaving.
If the dish remains cool
and only the water in the
cup heats, then the dish
is microwave-sate.
If you use a meat
thermometer while
cooking, make sure
it is sate tot use in
n/icrowave ovens.
* Do not use recycled
paper products. Recycled
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.
o Some stvro%aln tFays
(like those that meat is
packaged on) have a thin
strip of me/al embedded
in the bottom. When
microwaved, the metal can
lmrn the floor of the oven
or ignim a paper towel.
o Do not use the n/icrowave
to dry newspapers.
* Not all plastic wrap is
sui/able tot use in
microwm'c ovens. Check
the package %r 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
can escape.
* Cookware may become
hot because of heat
transtcrred flom the
heated tood. Pot holders
may be needed to handle
the cookware.
* "goilable" 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 i11.jur}_Also, plastic
storage containers should
be at least partially
uncovered because they
torm a tight seal. When
cooking with containers
tightly covered with
plastic wrap, remove
covering carefl_lly and
direct steam away from
hands and ti_ce.
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