"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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On 30/11/2019 11:23, tim... wrote:


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On 30/11/2019 09:54, tim... wrote:


"Max Demian" wrote in message
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On 29/11/2019 20:06, wrote:
On Friday, 29 November 2019 17:40:36 UTC, John wrote:
All such items are sold with an instruction manual. Most can be
found on
the internet as well.

The only nuke I encountered that had such a wacko UI that I couldn't
even use it without the destructions was an Asda. I avoid them.
Daewoo has not been a good UI experience either, but at least usable
after some experimenting.

Mine is a Daewoo two knob job. Cost £39.99 3.5 years ago - still going
strong.

Yup

All I ever use mine for is heating up pre-cooked stuff and making
"baked" potatoes

Any other "cooking" returns unsatisfactory results IMHO


Blimey.
Poppadums. 1 minute full power, Perfect.

never eat them

Rice. Simmer for 12 minutres at 2:1 eater to rice ratio by volume.
Perfect

see my other comment about getting the saltiness correct

same salt goes in as wehn boiling

no

I put a "handful" of salt in when boiling because I don't boil away all the
water

in the microwave you have to put in a tiny pinch and if you get it wrong the
result is far too salty


Baked potato. 3 minutes in microwave then 10 minutes in AGA oven.
Perfect.

Ditto sausages.

I grill mine

Scrambled eggs. About 5 mins full power pause to stir half way.

Just as easy to cook on the hob

Bacon. Full power 3 minutes

absolutely not - comes out rubbery

Almost any veg: teaspoon of water, cover with cling film 10 minutes full
power.

see comment about saltiness



just learn

after having to throw away 15 portions in the process

no thanks


Boiled eggs: use microwave egg boiler. Full power 5.7 minutes

or 4 minutes on the hob - what the point?

less fuss

no it's not

Pork scratchings - remove half baked pork rind and nuke for 5 minutes
full power. better than any oven.

OMG

you make, as a separate item, pork scratching?

(FWIW I don't really like them - crunchy skin on the outside of the roast
OK, but rock hard scratchings - not!)

when microwaved they are not roick hard, they are melt in the mouth

Steamed puddings. 5 minutes full power.

Why would I even be starting with a steamed pudding that didn't fall into
the category of "pre cooked food"?

Because you are not a TOTAL ****?

Now now

I'm lazy

I don't make baked products from scratch

I simply don't have a cupboard full of the the raw materials

I think you find I am in the majority

In short anything steamed or with water in it that you dont want a brown
outside in is perfect,

and that doesn't need to have salt added during cooking
Just add less.

point is that the tolerance is far smaller

a little pinch is often far too much