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| Author: | LadyKate [ Fri Nov 04, 2011 8:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Microwaves...need 'em? |
Just realized it's been almost 6 months since we last owned a microwave....don't miss it really. We never have leftovers to reheat because it all gets eaten the night we cook it. I do miss those stupid little microwave baked potatoes though, and popcorn, but not enough to warrant buying a microwave. I really enjoy not having one....for the first time in my whole life. I feel like such a rebel, hahaha! 
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| Author: | Timmit [ Fri Nov 04, 2011 8:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Microwaves...need 'em? |
It's easy enough to pop popcorn in a pan if you really miss it. |
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| Author: | Hopwin [ Fri Nov 04, 2011 8:32 am ] |
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I don't have one. Haven't since I moved into my house 2-3 years ago. I pop my popcorn on the stovetop. |
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| Author: | Taskiss [ Fri Nov 04, 2011 8:40 am ] |
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I cook up all the meat for our meals through the week on Monday evening then nuke the burgers or steaks Tuesday through Friday along with whatever individual frozen veggies packages we choose. I also chop and wash the lettuce on Monday's too. We'd have to redo the whole schedule if we didn't have a microwave. |
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| Author: | Kirra [ Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:03 am ] |
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I would starve without a microwave...I can't cook 
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| Author: | Diamondeye [ Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Microwaves...need 'em? |
We have one, and frankly with 3 kids (even with just 2 kids at home and one off at college) its indispensable. When I was down here before my wife got here, it was a royal pain in the *** not having it as well simply because I was getting home from work damn late and while I grilled almost every main course, making sides was a pain without it. Of course, the oven conked out when I moved in and it was some bizarre nonstandard size so it took the landlord quite a while to find a replacement, and that dodn't help either, but it is a huge help. If we didn't have one we could make it without one I suppose, but the time-savings is more than worth the relative inexpense of even a fairly powerful microwave (I bought a new one right before the family got here since our old one was 13 years old and really a bit small for a family of 5) and the cost of electricity. I would say that if you're cooking everything in it though, you're not eating well because you're probably eating a lot of breaded/fried instant meals and relatively few vegetables. |
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| Author: | Diamondeye [ Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:05 am ] |
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Kirra wrote: I would starve without a microwave...I can't cook We have a 21-year-old guy where I work that can't cook. If he doesn't eat out or get invited to someone's house for dinner, he basically eats hot pockets and raman noodles. Evidently, he's not even that good at microwaving! |
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| Author: | Kirra [ Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:08 am ] |
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Not true, DE....I microwave veggies in it  I am quite good at Microwaving ) |
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| Author: | Müs [ Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:09 am ] |
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Kirra wrote: Not true, DE....I microwave veggies in it I am quite good at Microwaving ) You have become better at Microwaving! (96) |
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| Author: | Lex Luthor [ Fri Nov 04, 2011 10:02 am ] |
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I get most of my food from the Indian take out place next door, so I don't prepare anything ever. Preparing food is unpaid labor. |
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| Author: | Vindicarre [ Fri Nov 04, 2011 10:27 am ] |
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Yup, use it to warm up leftovers, canned goods and frozen vegetables. Lex Luthor wrote: I get most of my food from the Indian take out place next door, so I don't prepare anything ever. Preparing food is unpaid labor. If that's your view, carrying your own personal items and driving yourself from place to place are also unpaid labor. Cooking your own food is labor you don't have to pay someone else to do. |
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| Author: | Jasmy [ Fri Nov 04, 2011 10:34 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Microwaves...need 'em? |
I have one and use it almost every day to warm leftovers. It is convenient and fast, but I could get by without it if it broke down. |
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| Author: | Lex Luthor [ Fri Nov 04, 2011 10:43 am ] |
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Vindicarre wrote: Yup, use it to warm up leftovers, canned goods and frozen vegetables. Lex Luthor wrote: I get most of my food from the Indian take out place next door, so I don't prepare anything ever. Preparing food is unpaid labor. If that's your view, carrying your own personal items and driving yourself from place to place are also unpaid labor. Cooking your own food is labor you don't have to pay someone else to do. This is all true, if I could afford it then someone would drive me everywhere and carry my things. In India managers for my company get a personal driver. |
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| Author: | Darkroland [ Fri Nov 04, 2011 10:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Microwaves...need 'em? |
Microwaves and toaster ovens are awesome. Could live without one but wouldn't want to. In my current place, we actually ended up having 2 microwaves. One that was built in above the oven but isn't very good, and the super she-bang-a-bang we bought while we were renting that we use constantly. It gets used many times a day right now for sterilizing baby bottles and various gear. |
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| Author: | Arathain Kelvar [ Fri Nov 04, 2011 11:31 am ] |
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Great for warming up leftovers. Also steaming rice and frozen vegetables. Otherwise, it just use it to reheat my coffee. |
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| Author: | Talya [ Fri Nov 04, 2011 1:00 pm ] |
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Arathain Kelvar wrote: Great for warming up leftovers. Also steaming rice and frozen vegetables. Otherwise, it just use it to reheat my coffee. Mostly, this. Also use it for several side-dishes. For instance, rice is always boiled in the microwave. It's faster and easier than stovetop. |
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| Author: | NephyrS [ Fri Nov 04, 2011 1:05 pm ] |
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It's all about the beverages. I use it to reheat leftovers, but most things I'm also OK with just eating cold. But what's really useful for is heating up beverages/soups that would be a lot more trouble (and an extra dirty pot) to reheat on the stove. I can heat up a cup of soup really easily and quickly in the microwave, but I really don't have any pots small enough to do a cup of soup on the stove- so I end up re-heating a lot more soup than I want to eat, and then cooling it down and storing it again. Not good for the soup, and not very energy efficient. Same for hot drinks- heating up a cup of milk for hot chocolate is quick and easy- a cup of milk on the stove takes more attention, heat control, and usually, a larger volume. |
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| Author: | Corolinth [ Fri Nov 04, 2011 2:41 pm ] |
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My mother has a series of microwave cookbooks from back when the microwave was a new invention and people were under the mistaken notion that they would be used for actual cooking rather than simply reheating stuff. |
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| Author: | NephyrS [ Fri Nov 04, 2011 3:08 pm ] |
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There are some things they're great for quickly and easily cooking- I find them especially useful for hard shelled squash and pumpkins- poke a couple of holes in them, and throw them in the microwave. They're also great for a quick and easy sweet-potato dinner. |
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| Author: | shuyung [ Fri Nov 04, 2011 3:58 pm ] |
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I'd ask why you're poking holes in squash and pumpkins, then heating them in a microwave, but I've decided I don't want to know. |
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| Author: | FarSky [ Fri Nov 04, 2011 4:04 pm ] |
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So they don't asplode. |
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| Author: | NephyrS [ Fri Nov 04, 2011 4:20 pm ] |
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shuyung wrote: I'd ask why you're poking holes in squash and pumpkins, then heating them in a microwave, but I've decided I don't want to know. Quick and easy? It's either that, or halve them and lay them cut side down on a baking tray. That option uses up my oven while they're cooking, and requires a lot more energy than 15 minutes in the microwave. |
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| Author: | Aethien [ Fri Nov 04, 2011 4:36 pm ] |
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We don't have one, ever since moving into this house a little more than a year ago. I do miss it sometimes, but, honestly, you adjust. The only time I do miss it is when I want to cook something that's frozen and needs to be defrosted. And, yeah, the occasional cup of coffee, but I generally just drink it at room temperature. |
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| Author: | Taamar [ Sat Nov 05, 2011 2:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Microwaves...need 'em? |
Ever have a sudden desire for cake? And really want instant gratification? This is what the microwave was born for! Chocolate mug cake 4 TBSP flour 4 TBSP sugar 2 TBSP cocoa 1 egg 3 TBSP oil 3 TBSP milk vanilla chocolate chips Stir dry ingredients in a large mug with a fork Add wet ingredients and stir until mostly smooth Stir in chocolate chips Microwave 3 minutes Please note that this is not terrific cake... what it is is FAST cake. And sometimes that's just what you need. A little ice cream and caramel sauce and all the cake's shortcomings are obscured. 
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| Author: | Micheal [ Sat Nov 05, 2011 3:33 pm ] |
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I don't "need" the microwave. I could survive quite nicely if a little more slowly without it. I like having it. |
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