To Nuke or Not to Nuke?

[Rusty]

What are your thoughts on microwaving food?

 

I work with a woman that nukes her lunch everyday.  She puts seran wrap over her food then stares into the microwave as her food pops and sizzles.  The seran wrap melts onto her food and she pulls it off in gloppy chunks.  

[Nomad]

I put a paper towel over mine.

[Lunatic]

What are your thoughts on microwaving food?

 

I work with a woman that nukes her lunch everyday.  She puts seran wrap over her food then stares into the microwave as her food pops and sizzles.  The seran wrap melts onto her food and she pulls it off in gloppy chunks.  

 

 

That's a disturbing visual:-)

We have one, my wife uses it every now and then I never use it. I don't really know if its good or bad for you, I just don't have any need for it. Everything I cook or reheat goes on the stove top.

[3Blade]

I don't nuke much, maybe one or twice a week. I also do most of my reheating on the stove top. I would think there has to be some long term health risks to people that nuke their food daily.

[Hunter115522]

I thought FOR SURE this was about North Korea     

[Haskell_Hunter]

I honestly don't know how to use a microwave.  To make food that is.  I have been known to do experiments with tin foil and pencils.  I find that they're better to do physics experiments with.

 

My wife could not survive in the wild without one.

[not on the rug]

I know there is a lot of anti-microwave sentiment out there, but I'm not convinced that microwaves are bad.

 

What I will say is that I will NEVER microwave plastic. Plastics release some nasty shit when you heat them. If/when I do reheat something, its always in glass.

[Rusty]

I thought FOR SURE this was about North Korea     

 

I was actually going to start this thread with, "No this is not a post about North Korea".  

[stratocaster]

mine broke two months ago. Learned to live w/o it.

[Woodsman416]

Every morning I cook a deer burger on a George Foreman grill. I put it in a baggie and bring it to work. At lunch I heat it uncovered on a paper plate in the nuker for 45 seconds. Then put it on a potato roll with cheese and ketchup. It's juicy and delicious!

Edited August 30, 2017 by Woodsman416

[Sticks n' Stones2]

What are your thoughts on microwaving food?

 

I work with a woman that nukes her lunch everyday.  She puts seran wrap over her food then stares into the microwave as her food pops and sizzles.  The seran wrap melts onto her food and she pulls it off in gloppy chunks.  

I use it for reheating foods like pasta, or a quickie grilled cheese, or nachos with using slices of cheese (that's the good stuff right there) on porcelain. BTW which teacher is that Rusty? The sacrilege of seran wrap in the microwave reminds me of someone. 

[Rusty]

 BTW which teacher is that Rusty? The sacrilege of seran wrap in the microwave reminds me of someone. 

 

I'll never tell.  

[Buck154]

I use it little as possible. You have to eat what ever you heat up in it quick before it cools down or it will be hard or like shoe leather. One thing I do like cooked in there are clams. Put them in there till the open and they are great.

[BHC]

nuking for me is just to heat up

[Haskell_Hunter]

Actually, there is a very important role to plastic wrap in the microwave.  If you're going to reheat something, put 4-5 drops of water onto the plate your food is residing on.  Cover the whole thing in plastic wrap, sealing it.  Pop it into the nuker.  Microwaves agitate water molecules and create heat that way.  So the 4-5 drops of water turn into steam, and the plastic wrap will expand.  The steam will heat the food faster and more thoroughly while keeping it moist.  When the nuker is done, carefully remove the plastic wrap.  I can't tell you how many times I've gotten blisters on my fingers doing this, so you're forewarned.

 

Dirty little secret:  I used to work in various restaurants growing up and through college.  We used to cook pasta in the afternoon and chill it down with cold water.  Into a plastic bucket it went with a wet towel over it.  When someone ordered a plate, I'd go into the walk-in, grab a handful, pour some water into it, and nuke it for a couple of minutes.  Pour some red sauce over it, and dinner was served.  That's where I learned the water/plastic trick, and where I suffered with burnt finger tips.