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Some plastics were not designed to handle or hold very hot liquids. Boiling a liquid in a plastic bowl that might melt or become flimsy could be considered "dangerous". I imagine that there may even be few types of plastic out there that do not react well to microwave radiation and may outgas if heated in such a manner.
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Witch vassele you should use to cooking in microwave?
You can use ceramic or glass containers in the microwave. Occassionally, plastics are also okay.You can read some microwave tips and tricks at http://www.desigram.com/pages/articles/Food/Cooking-Tips/Microwave-Tips.html.
Does microwave cooking change your food?
no it does not change it but then again it all depends on what you are cooking in the microwave
What is microwave cooking and how does it allow cooking of food?
A microwave makes the particles in the food accelerate, making it hotter, eventually cooking it
Chemical reactions in a typical day?
Examples are:- burning of fuel in a car- cooking in a microwave oven- washing with soaps or detergents- rusting of iron objects- degradation of some plastics and rubbers
What is a description of the microwave oven?
A microwave oven is a cooking appliance, which is predominantly used for more rapid cooking
Can I adjust the Microwave from low to high cooking temperatures?
Yes you can adjust the cooking temperature that this microwave will use.
Is polypropylene plastic 5 safe to microwave?
Yes. There are many different safety concerns with plastics, but it is generally safe to use plastics marked #5 (polypropylene in the microwave). There are two concerns with plastics and heating or microwaving. One is that the plastic itself will become unstable. Polypropylene is considered quite stable under heating. More troubling is that there will be plasticizers, such as bisphenol-a, used in the manufacture of the product. These can definitely be dangerous. However, the US Dept of Health and Human Services states clearly that all plastics marked number 5 are "very unlikely" to contain any of these dangerous plasticizers. Those that do will be containers that are not used to contain food. A research group at McPherson college used mass spectrometry across a wide variety of polypropylene containers and found that there is no danger posed by microwaving polypropylene that contains food. If you want to lower your risk as far as possible, always microwave food in glass or plastics with an explicit "microwave safe" label. However, the evidence is overwhelming that polypropylene food containers poses no health risk in the microwave.
Cooking in a microwave is an example of?
radiation
What is the difference between microwave cooking and infa-red cooking?
A microwave uses radiation to cause friction in food, causing it to heat up or cook in a microwave. Infared cooking inserts heat at the core of a food and cooks it inside out.
What are the recommendations for cooking eggs in the microwave?
You will have to pierce the egg, otherwise the egg would explode in the microwave. You can also purchase utensils for cooking eggs in the microwave that will automatically pierce the egg & shell.
What ways can the use of plastics harm you?
To heat a liquid in the microwave oven using a plastic bottle is harmful because the substances employed in the plastic manufacturing can be released into the liquid. Some substances are very dangerous to your health.
How has the microwave impacted society in a positive way?
cooking food in the microwave 4 us
