Quake3World

A pretty funny read that clears up any misconceptions about the "dangers" of using a household microwave oven.

Clicky

Do microwaves "nuke" the nutrients in food?

No.

However, there is never a shortage of crankery from Mike Adams who asserts Microwave ovens destroy the nutritional value of your food. There may be too much idiocy here to address but let's get started.

Nuking hot dogs is always good, they break and warp, but taste fine.

Whenever I'm in Canada I'll nuke a pizza pop.

red wont let me you the microwave anymore

depends on the food. most leftovers are good for the microwave except for pizza. pizza i must warm up in an oven otherwise it's too soggy.

When I moved I didn't buy another MW. I’ve got into the habit of cooking and steaming food now. It not as quick but taste better.

Steamed veggies are the win. I find microwaves a necessary evil as they tend to dry out pretty much everything.

for the occasional instant oatmeal, but other than that no. don't plan on replacing the one i have if/when it kicks the bucket.

i use it to heat wateer for sause, or maybe thickin sause with it.

i dont like it cuz if i stand near it when its on, i get all confused and then i forget why i was confused.

If you're that stupid you have to concentrate to breathe then maybe you shouldn't.

anything with bread and meat always ends up like ass in a microwave, specialy chicken, fucking nasty

Grandpa Stu wrote:depends on the food. most leftovers are good for the microwave except for pizza. pizza i must warm up in an oven otherwise it's too soggy.

I never use mine for cooking, simply because it doesn't taste as good. I do tend to make enough of a meal to supply ample leftovers, so I regularly use it for reheating. That and making popcorn.
I also use it for defrosting food before cooking.

Nevertheless, yeah... people who think nuking is any less healthy are dumb.

GONNAFISTYA wrote:If you're that stupid you have to concentrate to breathe then maybe you shouldn't.

read betweenst the lines you lump of dumb!

the field my thing ozzes effects my head.

have you ever been behind a large wall of crt's?

that massive electromagnetic fielrd of somwhat.

lol

Never for cooking, only for heating up leftovers.

Grandpa Stu wrote:depends on the food. most leftovers are good for the microwave except for pizza. pizza i must warm up in an oven otherwise it's too soggy.

Get a microwave with a browner, and that dont happen.

my new micro. Fucking mini over.

Yeah anything doughy goes all wet and shit. Microwave cheese sandwich doesn't work unless you grill it too.

Don't you yankees have like 9-billion-watt microwaves? Over here they top out around 1200w

most things you put in the microwave get mushy and tasteless. I only use it very rarely, mostly for warming milk.

unfortunately, almost everything. too much shit to reheat during the day.

rarely, mostly reheating

Each year when we discuss nuclear chemistry one of the first questions I get is "do microwaves make food radioactive?" So I can vouch for there being a lot of misconceptions out there about how they work. Sometimes I just say yes and keep going without missing a step.
But I don't use them that often either, maybe microwave a bag of popcorn once every 3 months or so. The thing I hate most about microwaving frozen food is the all-too-common microwaved food that is hotter than the Sun on the outside and still frozen solid on the inside. Nothing better than biting into ice crystals at the center of a microwaved burrito that is almost too hot to touch. hehe.

great for re-heating coffee and the occasionally ready meal snack, but there's no way i'd microwave pizza or chips. fuck that shit

seremtan wrote:great for re-heating coffee

Ehh it always goes kinda 'stale' when I reheat it. Don't know how to describe it, but not nice.

tnf wrote:Each year when we discuss nuclear chemistry one of the first questions I get is "do microwaves make food radioactive?" So I can vouch for there being a lot of misconceptions out there about how they work. Sometimes I just say yes and keep going without missing a step.
But I don't use them that often either, maybe microwave a bag of popcorn once every 3 months or so. The thing I hate most about microwaving frozen food is the all-too-common microwaved food that is hotter than the Sun on the outside and still frozen solid on the inside. Nothing better than biting into ice crystals at the center of a microwaved burrito that is almost too hot to touch. hehe.

You gotta put the burrito on the outside of the plate so it's not in the center which doesnt get as much power.