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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
Special Notes About Microwaving
Microwave-Safe
Cookware
Make sure all cookware
used in your
microwave
oven is suitable lk)r
microwaving,
iVh)st glass casseroles,
cooking dishes, nleasuring
cups, custard
cups, pottery or china diimemvare
which
does not have metallic trim or glaze with a
metallic sheen can be used. Some
cookware
is labeled
"suitable lbr
microwaving."
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How to test for a microwave-safe
dish
. If you are ilot sure ira dish is microwave-
sal_, use this test: Place
in the oven
both
the dish you are testing
arid a glass
measuring
cup filled wilh
1 cup of
water--set
the measuring
cup either
in
or next
to the dish.
Microwave
30 45
seconds
at high.
if the dish heats,
it
should
not be used lbr microwaving.
If the dish remains
cool arid only the
water
in the cup heats,
then
the dish is
microwave-sal_.
, If you
use
a meat
thermometer
while
cooking,
make
sure
it is sale
l_.)r use
lit
lllicrowave
()veils.
• Some slyrol_)am trays (like those dmt
meat is packaged
on) have a thin strip of
metal embedded
in the bottom.
When
microwaved,
the metal can burn the
floor of the oven or ignite a paper towel.
• DO IlOt use recycled
paper
products.
Recycled
paper
towels,
napkins
and
waxed
paper
can contain
metal
flecks
which
may cause
arcing
or ignite.
Paper
products
contaiifing
nylon
or nyh)n
filaments
should
be avoided,
as they may
also ignite.
• Do not use the microwave
to dry
newspapers.
• Not
all plastic
wrap
is suitable
lbr use in
microwave
ovens.
Check
the package
liar
proper
use.
• Paper
towels,
waxed
paper
and plastic
wrap can be used
to cover
dishes
in
order
to retain
moisture
and
prevent
spattering.
Be sure to vent plastic
wrap
so steam
can escape.
• Cookware
nlay become
hot because
of
heat
transferred
fiom
the heated
lbod.
Pot holders
m W be needed
m handle
the
cookware.
* "Boilable" cooking pouches
and dghtly
closed plastic hags should
he slit, pierced
or vented as direcmd by package,
if they
are not, plastic could burst during or
immediately
after cooking,
possibly
resulting in illju U. Also, plastic storage
containers
should be at least partially
tmcovered
because
they li)nn a tight
seal. When cooking with conmiImrs
tightly covered with plastic _wap, remove
covering carefully
and direct steam away
li-om hands and l_tce.
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