HEATING OR REHEATING
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1. Directions below are for heating or reheating already-cooked
foods stored in refrigerator or at room temperature. Use
palatable results. Adjust temperatures to suit your personal
taste. Let foods stand a few minutes before serving.
microwave-safe cookware.
4. Be sure foods are heated throughout before serving. Steaming
2. Cover most foods
for fastest heating. Exceptions are some
or bubbling around edges of dish does not necessarily mean
sandwiches, griddle
foods and baked items.
food is heated throughout.
3. Bubbling around edges of dish
is normal, since the center is the
last to heat, Foods heated to
160°F.
to
165°F.
will
provide safe,
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If you use a meat thermometer while cooking, make sure
it is safe for use in microwave ovens.
Item Amount Power Level Time
Appetizers
Dips: cream or processed cheese
1/2
cup
Medium (5)
2 to 3 min.
1
cup
Medium (5) 3 to 5 min.
Pastry bites: small pizzas, egg rolls, etc. 2 to 4 servings
High (10)
I to 3 min.
Saucy: meatballs,
riblets,
I
to 2 servings
High (10)
2
to
4
min.
cocktail franks, etc.
3 to 4 servings
High (10) 3 to 5 min.
(1/2 cup per serving)
Tip: Cover saucy appetizers with wax paper. Cover dips with plastic wrap. Microwave pastry bites uncovered to retain their crispness.
Bakerv
Foods
Cake, ;offee cake, doughnuts, sweet rolls,
1
piece
nut or fruit bread
2 pieces
4 pieces
9
inch cake or
12
rolls or
doughnuts
1
2
4
6 to 8
Dinner rolls.
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Pie: fruit, nut or custard
I
slice
[
slice= l/8 of 9 inch pie
2 slices
(use minimum time for custard)
4 slices
9 inch pie
Low (3)
Low
(3)
Low
(3)
Low (3)
Medium (S)
Medium (5)
Medium (5)
Medium (5)
High (10)
High (10)
Meal-High (7)
Meal-High (7)
1/4 to l/2 min.
1
to
1
k min.
1
%
to 2 min.
2 to 4 min.
1/4 to
1/2
min.
l/2 to 3/4 min.
1/2
to
1
min.
I
to 2 min.
l/2 to 1 min.
I
to I
X
min.
2 to 3 min.
3 to 5 min.
Beverages
Cocoa, other milk based
(6
oz.
per cup)
I to 2 cups
High (10)
3 to 5 min.
(9 oz. per cup)
3 to 4 cups High (10)
7 to 9 min.
Coffee, tea, cider
(6 oz. per cup)
I
to 2 cups
High (10)
2 to 4 min.
(9 oz. per cup)
3 to 4 cups
High (10) 5 to 7 min.
Gravies and Sauces
Desserts: chocolate, butterscotch, etc.
112 cup
High (10)
1
to I k min.
1
cup
High (10)
2 to 2fi min.
Gravies:
giblet or creamy
1/2
cup
High
(10)
2 to 3 min.
I cup
High (10)
3 to 4 min.
Meat or main dish sauces, such as
1/2
cup
High (10)
2 to 3 min.
spaghetti sauce, etc.
1
cup
High (10)
3 to 4 min.
1
can (16 oz. )
High (10)
4 to 6 min.
Tip: Cover food to prevent spattering.
Griddle Foods
Pancakes, french toast or
waMes:
Plain, no topping
2 or 3 pieces
High (10)
1 to
1
fi
min.
Syrup and butter
2 or 3 pieces
High
(10)
1
to
1
K
min.
Tip:
Do not cover.
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