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Containers
WARNING : Pressure will build up in sealed containers and can
cause them to explode. Therefore, do not use the following in
your microwave:
- Sealed containers - Capped bottles - Vacuum containe
rs
- Sealed
jars - Hard-boiled eggs - Eggs in their
shells
- Nuts
• Alway
s pierce the skin of fruit and vegetables, such as
potatoes.
• Never
use scratched, cracked or damaged glass in a microwave.
• Wh
en heating food in plastic or paper containers, keep
an eye
on
the microwave oven due to the possibility of ig
nition.
Delayed
Boiling
Liquids heated in a microwave oven can boil up when removing
Take the following precautions :
• Always stir liquids, before and after cooking.
• Allow
them to
stand.
• Use
containers that are wider at the top than
at the bottom.
• Never use equipment made of metal, except aluminum foil in
your microwave oven. The microwave energy cannot pass through the
metal so it bounces o and sparks against the inside of the
microwave oven.
• Stop
the microwave oven straight aw ay if any equipment is causing
sparks.
• Remember that some crockery has a metal trim around th
e
edge. Even this tri
m can cause sp
arks.
oven Damaged glass can explode.
them
from the microwave oven .