Cooking
Place the food in a microwave-safe
dish and cover it.
When cooking fresh vegetables, fish,
meat, poultry first select power setting
of 850 watts and then select 450 watts
for more gentle continued cooking.
Vegetable cooking times depend on
the texture of the vegetable. Fresh ve-
getables contain more water than ve-
getables which have been stored and
usually cook more quickly. Add a little
water to vegetables which have been
kept stored. Stir and turn food at least
once during cooking.
Ensure that food, such as meat and
fish, are cooked for an appropriate
length of time.
For dishes such as rice or semolina
pudding first select a power setting of
850 watts and then turn down to 150
watts to simmer.
Food with a thick skin or peel, such
as tomatoes, sausages, jacket pota-
toes and aubergines, should be
pierced or the skin cut in several
places before cooking to allow steam
to escape and prevent food from
bursting.
Eggs can only be cooked in their
shells in the microwave oven in a
specially designed egg-boiling de-
vice available from specialist shops.
Similarly, hard-boiled eggs should
not be reheated in the microwave
oven as this may lead to the eggs
bursting, even once they have been
removed from the oven.
Eggs can be cooked without their
shells in the microwave oven only if the
yolk membrane has been punctured
several times first. The pressure could
otherwise cause the egg yolk to ex-
plode.
Bottling
Bottling should only be undertaken by
an experienced cook who has received
proper training in this method of pres-
erving fruit and vegetables in an oven
or microwave oven, and understands
the implications of the chemical reac-
tions involved.
Cooking
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