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Do You Trust Microwaves?

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  • 27-10-2015 8:56pm
    #1
    chops018
    Registered Users Posts: 2,458 ✭✭✭


    I find myself using the microwave a lot - although I try not to reheat meat in it I do reheat vegetables and potatoes etc. in it.

    Got me wondering - do they actually take the good out of foods or does it even matter and it's just another form of heat cooking the food.

    Came across this article in particular that says it may even keep more of the vitamins in food:

    http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/02/26/jane-says-everything-you-know-about-microwaves-wrong

    Yay or nay to microwave use?


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    #2
    TheNobleKipper
    Closed Accounts Posts: 158 ✭✭TheNobleKipper


    Trust no one

    Actually, I don't, but just because I am always secretly scared that this devilish machine might explode. I don't know why :confused:


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    Cortina_MK_IV
    Registered Users Posts: 2,350 ✭✭✭Cortina_MK_IV


    Same here as in don't cook meat in it but no problem cooking/steaming veg or for convenience do those rice pouches in the mickey wave.


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    #4
    Zillah
    Registered Users Posts: 17,371 ✭✭✭✭Zillah


    It just heats food. It is safe and doesn't do any harm whatsoever. Unless you're inside of it, which would be both very bad and very improbable.


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    Billy86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,495 ✭✭✭✭Billy86


    No, they just create friction.


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    #6
    snoopy12
    Registered Users Posts: 187 ✭✭snoopy12


    Haven't had one for a few years and don't miss it. Mixture of trust, space and couldn't be bothered with one.


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    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    Is it wrong to shag a turkey carcass, after its been warmed up in the microwave, if you use a condom and it's in the privacy of your own home?








    My mate wants to know.


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    ygolometsipe
    Registered Users Posts: 882 ✭✭✭ygolometsipe


    put a mobile phone in your microwave and try to call it, if you can
    get a new microwave.


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    #9
    endacl
    Registered Users Posts: 22,231 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    You can measure the speed of light using a microwave and a cheese sandwich. How could you not trust a machine that smart?!?

    :pac:

    http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/bang/handson/lightspeed.pdf


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    Medusa22
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,400 ✭✭✭Medusa22


    Cortina_MK_IV wrote: »
    Same here as in don't cook meat in it but no problem cooking/steaming veg or for convenience do those rice pouches in the mickey wave.

    Sounds dirty :pac: :D


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    #11
    ToddyDoody
    Registered Users Posts: 4,421 ✭✭✭ToddyDoody


    I trusted it to keep itself clean and it never did


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    #12
    Strumms
    Registered Users Posts: 24,806 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    I trust it to heat my food.... as regards anything else... minding the kids, walking the dog.. id have my reservations...


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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Microwave ovens are very dangerous.


    Kind regards,
    Regular oven makers.


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    NachoBusiness
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,389 ✭✭✭NachoBusiness


    Yeah, of course I trust them. They're harmless. It's the big waves you gotta watch out for.
    biko wrote: »
    Microwave ovens are very dangerous.

    Kind regards,
    Regular oven makers.

    Biko, we know it's you. We can see your username.


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    #15
    DrumSteve
    Registered Users Posts: 10,799 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    Yeah especially when they heat the bowl and not the food


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    Billy86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,495 ✭✭✭✭Billy86


    NachoBusiness wrote: »
    Bico, we know it's you. We can see your username.

    Bico!?


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    magentis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,249 ✭✭✭magentis


    Beko make microwaves too.


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    magentis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,249 ✭✭✭magentis


    Not very well i would say though.


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    #19
    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users Posts: 9,167 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    Haven't had one in over 10 years. Only time I miss one is when making popcorn.

    Much prefer to reheat food in the oven.


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    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Jellyfish have been around for half a billion years and they never invented anything remotely like a microwave. Hell, they can't even cook.

    What does that tell you?


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    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    I once had a toaster go behind my back and tell all my secrets to my family. Since then I've never trusted a single appliance.

    You can hear them sneer at you - especially the kettle - that whiny, whistling untrustworthy b*stard!


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    Sir Osis of Liver.
    Registered Users Posts: 2,793 ✭✭✭Sir Osis of Liver.


    realies wrote: »
    Is it wrong to shag a turkey carcass, after its been warmed up in the microwave, if you use a condom and it's in the privacy of your own home?








    My mate wants to know.
    Its fine,just be careful as they heat from the inside out and may burn your mickey.






    My mate told me.


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    LDN_Irish
    Registered Users Posts: 1,188 ✭✭✭LDN_Irish


    snoopy12 wrote: »
    Haven't had one for a few years and don't miss it. Mixture of trust, space and couldn't be bothered with one.

    This reads like someone explaining why they're single.


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    #24
    Robsweezie
    Registered Users Posts: 3,434 ✭✭✭Robsweezie


    Reminds me of the time when I tried to heat Nutella in the microwave with a bit of the tin foil cover still on the jar.


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    Eugene Norman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,191 ✭✭✭Eugene Norman


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    Jellyfish have been around for half a billion years and they never invented anything remotely like a microwave. Hell, they can't even cook.

    What does that tell you?

    Not a lot.

    But I like it.


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    sonny.knowles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 607 ✭✭✭sonny.knowles


    Billy86 wrote: »
    Bico!?

    Is that you, Steve?


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    sonny.knowles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 607 ✭✭✭sonny.knowles


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    Jellyfish have been around for half a billion years and they never invented anything remotely like a microwave. Hell, they can't even cook.

    What does that tell you?

    That you are insane?


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    #28
    The J Stands for Jay
    Registered Users Posts: 5,650 ✭✭✭The J Stands for Jay


    A microwave ran off with my girlfriend. So, no. I don't trust microwaves.


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    #29
    Sir Osis of Liver.
    Registered Users Posts: 2,793 ✭✭✭Sir Osis of Liver.


    A big angry bastard of a wasp flew into the work microwave during the summer so naturally I slammed the door and turned on full power.Within 3 seconds he dropped on the spinning plate thing and died.

    A few weeks passed and encouraged by my success with the wasp,I enticed a bluebottle into the same microwave with some jam and repeated my cruel experiment.In fairness I began to feel sorry for him,buzzing around and going nuts before dying.The little bastard survived 50 seconds on full power.

    The staff canteen stank of boiled bluebottle for the afternoon.

    Can anyone explain the discrepancy in cooking times between wasps and bluebottles?


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    #30
    Summer wind
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,285 ✭✭✭Summer wind


    I remember when I was pregnant reading that you shouldn't stand in front of the microwave while you were using it. All we ever use ours for is making porridge or heating sauces.


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    lanomist
    Registered Users Posts: 245 ✭✭lanomist


    Once tried to heat a tin of beans without opening the tin. Blew the door off the microwave and showered the kitchen with beans and frightened the **** out of me . Never trusted one again.


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