It's like the point you
made about the microwave, you didn't really use it a lot, but it was still nice to have for the times you did use it.
However, when it's 90 degrees outside and the last thing you want to do is cut on your oven but you desperately want brownies, you forget all the scary things you
hear about microwaves and just throw the darn pan in and see what happens!
We generally welcome efforts to dispel e-mail
hoaxes about microwaving with plastics, but Julie Deardorff's recent column («Internet hoax on plastic does leak some truth,» Q, June 11) only adds to the confusion.
Arlington, Va. — We generally welcome efforts to dispel e-mail hoaxes
about microwaving with plastics, but Julie Deardorff's recent column («Internet hoax on plastic does leak some truth,» Q, June 11) only adds to the confusion.
I emailed the Tilda rice company
about their microwave rice products - here's the reply: The Tilda Steamed Basmati products are suitable for vegans EXCEPT Egg Fried, Sun Dried Tomato, Butternut Squash and Roasted Pepper & Courgette.
Not sure how you
feel about microwaving, but I have made organic squash and sweet potatoes in the microwave and they come out pretty good.
As for microwave, there is SO much
confusion about microwaves but here's the deal: there are all kinds of waves, radio waves, light bulb waves, ultra violet waves, etc. microwaves are somewhere between radio & light bulb waves.
In fact, microwave popcorn made it on my «last meal» list (since it would be my last meal, I won't have to
worry about microwave popcorn being bad for me).
(
Sorry about microwave, unfortunately this is the reality of worker bees nowadays, no hobs in office kitchens; again if you are at home, just poach egg as you would normally).
We don't need inflammatory
emails about the microwave on our countertop when all I've thought about today is getting food into my queasy kid.
Nevertheless, the use of microwave radiation to cook food has raised some concerns
about microwave ovens, generally because of possible radiation leaks, nutrient loss, and the possibility of cancer causing food byproducts.
Most of my
concerns about microwaves (especially that they make food taste terrible) don't matter for something we aren't eating, so I don't mind using it for this purpose.
However, when it's 90 degrees outside and the last thing you want to do is cut on your oven but you desperately want brownies, you forget all the scary things you
hear about microwaves and just throw the darn pan in and see what happens!
I'm a bit «old school»
about microwaves.
Laura, my question is
about your microwave.