Microwave cooking (as opposed to just heating up)?

On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 17:00:27 -0600, Arri London <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

The reason I haven't been around is that I've been ill and had major
surgery in May. Recovering nicely thank you very much.

However there has been some loss of vision (ie one eye no longer works;
the other one is its usual short-sighted self LOL).

So I don't want to cook on the gas cooker if I can avoid it until my
brain has learned to deal with the asymmetry. We have a crockpot, bread
machine and a rice cooker but I'd like to do more with the microwave.

Vegetables work out OK, including 'baked' potatoes or apples (and
microwave popcorn). What else can be cooked in the micro? We have enough
Corning Ware etc and even a weird plastic 'frying pan' given by a
neighbour. The few books in the library on the topic have strange
recipes that I'd never eat anyway!

TIA
Arri

When I get back, I can loan you my Microwave Gourmet cookbooks, by
Barbara Kafka. She has some good stuff in there..and I really respect
her knowledge.

I will be back in about 2 weeks.

Let me know if you need anything.

Christine

Arri London <[email hidden]> wrote in news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

The reason I haven't been around is that I've been ill and had major
surgery in May. Recovering nicely thank you very much.

However there has been some loss of vision (ie one eye no longer works;
the other one is its usual short-sighted self LOL).

So I don't want to cook on the gas cooker if I can avoid it until my
brain has learned to deal with the asymmetry. We have a crockpot, bread
machine and a rice cooker but I'd like to do more with the microwave.

Vegetables work out OK, including 'baked' potatoes or apples (and
microwave popcorn). What else can be cooked in the micro? We have

enough

Quoted message said:

Corning Ware etc and even a weird plastic 'frying pan' given by a
neighbour. The few books in the library on the topic have strange
recipes that I'd never eat anyway!

TIA
Arri

chicken quarters can be nuked...I believe it is 7 minutes per side for 4,
but that's remembered form 20 yrs ago. Place 4 chicken quarters on a
plate spaced evenly season and put some bbq sauce on then...nuke for 7
minutes per side.

Hamburger helper style casserole type stuff can be nuked, either homemade
or the boxed versions there of. So I thinking any ham and rice or
macaroni style casseroles would work out.

--

The house of the burning beet-Alan

It'll be a sunny day in August, when the Moon will shine that night-
Elbonian Folklore

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Quoted message said:

The reason I haven't been around is that I've been ill and had major
surgery in May. Recovering nicely thank you very much.

However there has been some loss of vision (ie one eye no longer works;
the other one is its usual short-sighted self LOL).

So I don't want to cook on the gas cooker if I can avoid it until my
brain has learned to deal with the asymmetry. We have a crockpot, bread
machine and a rice cooker but I'd like to do more with the microwave.

Get "The Microwave Gourmet" by Barbara Kafka, out of print, but
available used.

--
Peter Aitken

In article <[email hidden]>, Arri London <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

The reason I haven't been around is that I've been ill and had major
surgery in May. Recovering nicely thank you very much.

However there has been some loss of vision (ie one eye no longer works;
the other one is its usual short-sighted self LOL).

So I don't want to cook on the gas cooker if I can avoid it until my
brain has learned to deal with the asymmetry. We have a crockpot, bread
machine and a rice cooker but I'd like to do more with the microwave.

Vegetables work out OK, including 'baked' potatoes or apples (and
microwave popcorn). What else can be cooked in the micro? We have enough
Corning Ware etc and even a weird plastic 'frying pan' given by a
neighbour. The few books in the library on the topic have strange
recipes that I'd never eat anyway!

TIA
Arri

With care, chicken and pork work well in the nuker, but I have yet to
have beef come out well.

Scrambled eggs done again with care.

Rice, ramen, Oatmeal and Cream of Wheat too.

Hope this helps? :-)
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Peace, Om

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Arri-
I'm not a fan of microwave cooking, but use a crock pot often. I
don't like what microwaves do to the consistency of food.

However, I often use the microwave for baking potatoes, cooking corn
on the cob, and heating up left-overs.

Hope you are better soon!

Myrl Jeffcoat
http://www.myrljeffcoat.com

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Quoted message said:

With care, chicken and pork work well in the nuker, but I have yet to
have beef come out well.

Scrambled eggs done again with care.

Rice, ramen, Oatmeal and Cream of Wheat too.

Hope this helps? :-)
--
Peace, Om

Fish does very well in the MW. Polenta and risotto as well.

--
Peter Aitken

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Peter A said:

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Quoted message said:

With care, chicken and pork work well in the nuker, but I have yet to
have beef come out well.

Scrambled eggs done again with care.

Rice, ramen, Oatmeal and Cream of Wheat too.

Hope this helps? :-)
--
Peace, Om

Fish does very well in the MW. Polenta and risotto as well.

Do you poach the fish in any kind of liquid?
--
Peace, Om

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"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a [censored]" -- Jack Nicholson

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Fish does very well in the MW. Polenta and risotto as well.

Do you poach the fish in any kind of liquid?
--
Peace, Om

It depends. Usually not, though. My favorite is to put an individual
serving of fish, topped with chopped veggies (fennel, carrots, garlic,
onion, whatever you like as long as it's thinly sliced) and herbs,
drizzle with olive oil or perhaps a pat of butter, salt and pepper. Wrap
in parchment paper and nuke until the fish is done.

But you can also put the fish in a pan, pour over some white wine,
scatter julienned veggies, herbs, etc, cover with plastic wrap, and zap
it.

--
Peter Aitken

Microwave cooking (as opposed to just heating up)?

Group: rec.food.cooking Date: Sun, Jun 17, 2007, 5:00pm (EDT-2) From:
[email hidden] (Arri London)
" What else can be cooked in the micro?" TIA
Arri

I nuke Ramin all the time for a quick
snack.Chicken,soups,stew(premade),chili,pasta.
I defrost and half cook chicken in the micro then finish it in my
convection oven.Same with potatos.
Smitty

Omelet said:

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Peter A said:

In article <[email hidden]>,
[email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

With care, chicken and pork work well in the nuker, but I have yet
to have beef come out well.

Scrambled eggs done again with care.

Rice, ramen, Oatmeal and Cream of Wheat too.

Hope this helps? :-)
--
Peace, Om

Fish does very well in the MW. Polenta and risotto as well.

Do you poach the fish in any kind of liquid?

Um, that's the definition of poached.

Jill

Arri London said:

The reason I haven't been around is that I've been ill and had major
surgery in May. Recovering nicely thank you very much.

However there has been some loss of vision (ie one eye no longer works;
the other one is its usual short-sighted self LOL).

So I don't want to cook on the gas cooker if I can avoid it until my
brain has learned to deal with the asymmetry. We have a crockpot, bread
machine and a rice cooker but I'd like to do more with the microwave.

Vegetables work out OK, including 'baked' potatoes or apples (and
microwave popcorn). What else can be cooked in the micro? We have enough
Corning Ware etc and even a weird plastic 'frying pan' given by a
neighbour. The few books in the library on the topic have strange
recipes that I'd never eat anyway!

Visit one of the used book websites and buy any and all cookbnooks you find
by Donovan Jon Fandre; he had a couple series of shows on PBS years ago
about microwvw cooking - "Microwaves Are For Cooking" and "Microwave
Master". "Real Food Microwave" is the most comprehensive of the books with
400 recipes from appetizer to dessert an can be had for under $5 delivered.

I usually use Allbooks.com, it is a metaseach site that searces all the
major used book sites fo you. Take a look at:
http://www.allbookstores.com/author/Donovan_Jon_Fandre.html

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Change Cujo to Juno in email address.

Arri London said:

The reason I haven't been around is that I've been ill and had major
surgery in May. Recovering nicely thank you very much.

However there has been some loss of vision (ie one eye no longer works;
the other one is its usual short-sighted self LOL).

So I don't want to cook on the gas cooker if I can avoid it until my
brain has learned to deal with the asymmetry. We have a crockpot, bread
machine and a rice cooker but I'd like to do more with the microwave.

Vegetables work out OK, including 'baked' potatoes or apples (and
microwave popcorn). What else can be cooked in the micro? We have enough
Corning Ware etc and even a weird plastic 'frying pan' given by a
neighbour. The few books in the library on the topic have strange
recipes that I'd never eat anyway!

TIA
Arri

You don't mention specifically if you are vegetarian, but several years
ago before i could replace my gas stove i used the microwave to cook
meat loaf, turned out so well, i have done it several times.
--
JL

Christine Dabney said:

On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 17:00:27 -0600, Arri London <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

The reason I haven't been around is that I've been ill and had major
surgery in May. Recovering nicely thank you very much.

However there has been some loss of vision (ie one eye no longer works;
the other one is its usual short-sighted self LOL).

So I don't want to cook on the gas cooker if I can avoid it until my
brain has learned to deal with the asymmetry. We have a crockpot, bread
machine and a rice cooker but I'd like to do more with the microwave.

<snip>

Quoted message said:

When I get back, I can loan you my Microwave Gourmet cookbooks, by
Barbara Kafka. She has some good stuff in there..and I really respect
her knowledge.

I will be back in about 2 weeks.

Let me know if you need anything.

Christine

Thanks Christine! Until I can get new glasses, reading is difficult for
me (the opthalmologist said to wait until the 'good' eye
stabilised...grrr). But I might take you up on it later.

hahabogus said:

Arri London <[email hidden]> wrote in news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

The reason I haven't been around is that I've been ill and had major
surgery in May. Recovering nicely thank you very much.

However there has been some loss of vision (ie one eye no longer works;
the other one is its usual short-sighted self LOL).

So I don't want to cook on the gas cooker if I can avoid it until my
brain has learned to deal with the asymmetry. We have a crockpot, bread
machine and a rice cooker but I'd like to do more with the microwave.

Vegetables work out OK, including 'baked' potatoes or apples (and
microwave popcorn). What else can be cooked in the micro? We have

enough

Quoted message said:

Corning Ware etc and even a weird plastic 'frying pan' given by a
neighbour. The few books in the library on the topic have strange
recipes that I'd never eat anyway!

TIA
Arri

chicken quarters can be nuked...I believe it is 7 minutes per side for 4,
but that's remembered form 20 yrs ago. Place 4 chicken quarters on a
plate spaced evenly season and put some bbq sauce on then...nuke for 7
minutes per side.

Sounds good and worth a try.

Quoted message said:

Hamburger helper style casserole type stuff can be nuked, either homemade
or the boxed versions there of. So I thinking any ham and rice or
macaroni style casseroles would work out.

Thanks! We don't eat beef, but those casseroles work just as well with
pork, turkey etc.

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Peter A said:

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

The reason I haven't been around is that I've been ill and had major
surgery in May. Recovering nicely thank you very much.

However there has been some loss of vision (ie one eye no longer works;
the other one is its usual short-sighted self LOL).

So I don't want to cook on the gas cooker if I can avoid it until my
brain has learned to deal with the asymmetry. We have a crockpot, bread
machine and a rice cooker but I'd like to do more with the microwave.

Get "The Microwave Gourmet" by Barbara Kafka, out of print, but
available used.

Thanks!
Yes Christine offered to lend me her copy. Reading is hard right now but
I may borrow it later.

Quoted message said:

--
Peter Aitken

Peter A said:

In article <[email hidden]>,
[email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

With care, chicken and pork work well in the nuker, but I have yet to
have beef come out well.

Scrambled eggs done again with care.

Rice, ramen, Oatmeal and Cream of Wheat too.

Hope this helps? :-)
--
Peace, Om

Thanks! Have a rice cooker and we don't eat beef anyway. Have tried
oatmeal and semolina but never ramen.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Fish does very well in the MW. Polenta and risotto as well.

--

Fish makes sense, but polenta? We cook it for ages. Not fond of risotto
(not even when I ate it in Northern Italy LOL)

Quoted message said:

Arri-
I'm not a fan of microwave cooking, but use a crock pot often. I
don't like what microwaves do to the consistency of food.

However, I often use the microwave for baking potatoes, cooking corn
on the cob, and heating up left-overs.

Hope you are better soon!

Thanks for the good wishes. The vision loss is probably permanent but
I'm not bumping into walls or anything LOL.

Hmm..corn on the cob is worth a try. Wrapped or unwrapped?

"Arri London" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Thanks Christine! Until I can get new glasses, reading is difficult for
me (the opthalmologist said to wait until the 'good' eye
stabilised...grrr). But I might take you up on it later.

Arri, I'm happy to hear you are getting better, whatever it was
had to be pretty scary. Good luck, nice to see you back.

nancy

J S said:

Microwave cooking (as opposed to just heating up)?

Group: rec.food.cooking Date: Sun, Jun 17, 2007, 5:00pm (EDT-2) From:
[email hidden] (Arri London)
" What else can be cooked in the micro?" TIA
Arri

I nuke Ramin all the time for a quick
snack.Chicken,soups,stew(premade),chili,pasta.
I defrost and half cook chicken in the micro then finish it in my
convection oven.Same with potatos.
Smitty

Thanks! At this altitude ramen takes longer anyway but should work. Have
never tried cooking any other pasta in the nuker.

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