Marty___Mcfly
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- Sep 14, 2011
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For me the latter. It's a question that divides my family. Thoughts welcome.
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Microwaves- essential kitchen appliance or waste of worktop space?
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Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
I used to find the space factor annoying but since we had our kitchen refitted last year, it's been great. Integration is the answer!
pastafarian
Well-known member
Its essential..........a complete no brainer...........name me another kitchen appliance that can blow up an egg in under 30 seconds or reduce the Tory Scum Imperialist Warmongering Action Man Doll to pliable molten peoples putty in a matter of minutes.
Scrambled eggs are a breeze as well in a microwave.
Scrambled eggs are a breeze as well in a microwave.
pastafarian
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Gullflyinghigh
Registered User
- Apr 23, 2012
- 4,279
Essential for me. I don't do the cooking in my house for a few reasons (I'm bad at it and don't enjoy it at all, the other half is the opposite) so when left to my own devices it's a godsend.
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
Then I guess don't get one. Personally I use the microwave much less than my wife but sometimes it's useful.what if your kitchen is full and there is no more space?
surrey jim
Not in Surrey
At Chez Jim its used to heat up beans and not much else!! Have tried using microwave to cook more in the past but never gave good results.
Tricky Dicky
New member
I can cook properly, so almost never use the microwave. Defrosting, possibly.
Had this debate in the pub the other day, i really dont get it. Is it to much effort to stir them on a hob? I find microwaved scrabled eggs horrible.
El Sid
Well-known member
I thought the microwave was quite a useful appliance until someone invented the microwave cheeseburger.
pastafarian
Well-known member
Correct seasoning,butter content and cooking times make microwave scrambled eggs dead easy,done properly you cant tell the difference ......its just cooking temperature and science with eggs.
microwaved bacon however is a different matter,very handy when moosed at 3am but you dont get the same flavour with grilling or frying as the fat renders down
It's got nothing to do with space, but we've not had a microwave for years and no intention of getting one.
The only use case I can think of where one would be handy is for jacket potatoes - part-cooking in a microwave before crisping up in the oven.
The only use case I can think of where one would be handy is for jacket potatoes - part-cooking in a microwave before crisping up in the oven.
pastafarian
Well-known member
no microwave.......this makes no sense.............how do you reheat the left over kebab from the night before?
By being vegetarian.
pastafarian
Well-known member
Vegetarians Without Microwaves........great name for a band
Yoda
English & European
You can do so much more in a microwave than reheat ready made meals.
I've made a delicious vegetable & cheese soup in the microwave before.
I've made a delicious vegetable & cheese soup in the microwave before.
- Jul 10, 2003
- 27,774
If you think it's a waste of worktop space, may i suggest
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
- 36,018
yes, if you dont cook the same ingredients it will be different. if a ready meal isn't particularly nice in the microwave, its the ready meal that's probably the problem (is it nice in the oven?) there are exceptions, pastry is awful in the microwave. i find the microwave very useful for beans, steaming veg and defrosting.
Mine has precisely two uses - quickly heating a plate on which to rest meat or quickly reheating pasta sauce / bolognaise for a lunch after a lunchtime run when I have limited time. Last bought a microwave meal in about 1993 (no it's not still in the fridge).
Microwaved scrambled eggs are well wrong..
Microwaved scrambled eggs are well wrong..
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