~ORTA~
S~m
mS~UC~ONS
(continued)
—Do
not
pop popcorn in your microwave oven
Urdess
in a special microwave popcorn accessory
or
udess
you
,use
popcorn labeled for use in
microwave ovens.
—Do
not
overcook potatoes..
~ey
could dehydrate
and catch
fire,
causing damage to
your
oven.
—Do
not operate the oven
wtie
empty to avoid
damage to the
oven
and
the danger of fm.
If
by accident the oven
shodd
run
empty
a
minute
or two, no harm is done. However, try to avoid
operating the oven empty at
dl
times-it saves
energy
and
prolongs the
tife
of the
oven.
—Do
not
use the
oven
for storage purposes.
Do
not
leave
paper products, cooking utensils
or food in the oven when
not
in use,
—Umaterhdstiide
oven
shodd
ignite,
keep
oven door closed, turn oven off, and
diwonneet
power cord, or shutoff power at the fuse or
circuit breaker
panel.
●
Some products such as whole eggs and sealed
contiine+for
example, closed jars-will
explode and
should
not be heated
in
this
microwave oven. Such
use
of
the
microwave
oven could result in injury.
●
Avoid heating baby
food
in
glass jars,
even
without their lids; especially
meat
and egg
mixtures.
●
Don’t
defrost frozen beverages
in
nmow
necked
bodes
(espechdly
carbonated beverages).
Even if the container
is
opened, pressure
can
build
up,
Ws
can
cause
the
container
to
burst, possibly
resdting
in injury.
●
Use
mM
ordy
as
directed
in this
book
N
dinners
may
be
mimawaved
in foil trays
Iess
than
3/4” high; remove top foil cover and
~etum
tray
to box.
men
using
ruetrd
in the microwave oven,
-
keepm@M
at
Mst
1 inch away from sides
of
Ovem
* Cookware
may
~rne
hot
because of heat
transfe~
from
the heated food. Pot holders may
be
needed
to
hmdle
the
cookware.
4
●
Sometimes!
the oven tray
an
become too hot
to
touch. Be
-fnl
touching the tray during and
aftcrcooking.
*Foods cooked in liquids
(such as
pasta)
may
tend
to
boil over more rapidly than foods
containing less moisture. Should
tis
occur,
refer to the Care and Cleaning section(s) for
instructions on how to clean the inside of
the oven.
*
~emometer-Do
not
use
a thermometer in
food you
m
microwaving
urdess
the thermometer
is
designed or recommended for
use
in the
microwave
oven.
Pbstic
cookware designed
●
WC
eookw~
for microwave cooking is very useful,
but
should
be used carefully. Even microwave-safe plastic
may
not be as tolerant of overcooking conditions
as are glass or ceramic materials
sad
may
so~n
or char if
subjwted
to short periods of
overworking. In longer exposures to overcooking,
the food and cookware
cotid
ignite. For these
reasons: 1) Use ’microwave-safe plastics ody
and
use them in strict compliance with
the
cookware manufacturer’s recommendations.
2)
Do
not
subject empty cookware to
microwaving. 3)
Do
not
@rrnit
children to
use
plastic cookware without complete supervision.
Q
~en
cooking pork,
follow
tie
dirwtions
exactly and always cook
the
meat to an
intemd
temperature
of
at least
170°F.
~is
assures that,
in
tie
remote possibility that trichina maybe
present
in
the
meat, it
wfll
be
killed
and
meat
wi~
be safe
to
eat.
●
Do
not
boil eggs in
a
micmwav~
ove~
Pressure
will build up
inside
egg yolk
and
will cause it to
burst, possibly resulting
in
injury.
w
Foods
with
~nbroken
outer
‘Sh’y
such
as
~tiWS,
sausages, tomatoes, apples,
chivken
livers and other giblets,
and
egg
yo~
(see previous
caution)
should
be pierced
to
Mow
st-
to
escape
during
cooking.
