Maybe microwaving isn't so bad

by Sarah J. Gim, Posted Jul 9th 2007 @ 12:01PM

You know how we, in all our food snobby ways, always snicker a little when we hear about those poor, ignorant people who think using the microwave oven is "cooking?"

Well, using the microwave might not actually be so bad.

According to "green" experts and The Green Book authors Thomas Kostigen and Elizabeth Rogers, microwaves are more than 4x more energy efficient than traditional ovens! If everyone in North America cooked exclusively with a microwave for a year, we could use the saved energy to light up the entire continent of Africa for a year (not that Africa needs lighting, but you know what I mean). Keeping your microwave clean helps maximize its energy.

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7-09-2007 @2:46PM Barry said... Some small veggies, a little acid (lemon juice, vinedar), a little fat (oil, butter) and some herbs and you can make a mean "salmon (or other fish) en papillote" in 5 minutes in a micro. Really irks (in a good natured way) the coworkers who're eating frozen entrees.
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7-09-2007 @3:25PM Kiwi Carlisle said... Barbara Kafka's Microwave Gourmet cookbook can make a believer out of anyone who thinks you can't do real cooking in a microwave.
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7-09-2007 @3:07PM John Henderson said... However, that's compared to an oven as opposed to a range. It'd be far more interesting to see the micro comped with a range.
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7-09-2007 @5:50PM James Gess said... I would also recommend Julie Sahni's Mogul Microwave. cooking Indian food the modern way.
with the current trend for Indian foods, this is a must have book

Later
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7-10-2007 @11:19AM Crabby McSlacker said... I should get more creative with the microwave as I usually just use it to heat up leftovers or popcorn.

A few weeks back some supposed Expert was claiming that microwaves are responsible for the obesity epidemic.

It was all very silly:

http://crankyfitness.blogspot.com/2007/06/microwaved-food-healthy-alternative-or.html
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8-11-2007 @4:17PM andrea said... america is full of ignorance...

if everyone switched over to microwave ovens, we would all be much unhealthier, despite the energy savings.

the effects of microwaving food has not yet been fully evaluated by most health professionals in america, there is alot of money in the microwave business but not so much money in getting ppl to quit using them.but in other countries there has been extensive research proving that microwaves cause long term effects debilitating our immune system, nervous system, our blood becomes more cancerous, colon cancer becomes more common, brain damage is caused, memory loss, bad concentration, it ruins the little nutrients left in our food, and changes good minerals and vitamins into foreign substances that our body cannot metabolize, it creates a very unnatural and unhealthy way of eating.

be more concientious before you go encouraging the use of microwave ovens, because in reality they are more dangerous than we had ever imagined.

and dont spend another dime on cancer research b/c the first step is throwing away your microwaves, all us lazy americans...

did you know one professional even said that he insists that quiting microwaves should be a higher priority than even quiting smoking or quitting drinking...

why dont you publish an article about that? the truth.
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