GE Spacemaker II JEM23L Use And Care & Cooking Manual page 4

—Do not pop popcorn in your microwave oven
in a special microwave popcorn accessory
or udess you ,use popcorn labeled for use in
microwave ovens.
overcook potatoes.. ~ey
—Do not
and catch fire, causing damage to your oven.
—Do not operate the oven wtie empty to avoid
damage to the oven and the danger of fm. If
by accident the oven shodd run empty a minute
or two, no harm is done. However, try to avoid
operating the oven empty at dl times-it saves
energy and prolongs the tife of the oven.
—Do not use the oven for storage purposes.
Do not leave paper products, cooking utensils
or food in the oven when not in use,
oven shodd ignite,
oven door closed, turn oven off, and diwonneet
power cord, or shutoff power at the fuse or
circuit breaker panel.
Some products such as whole eggs and sealed
explode and should not be heated in this
microwave oven. Such use of the microwave
oven could result in injury.
Avoid heating baby food in glass jars,
without their lids; especially meat and egg
mixtures.
defrost frozen beverages in nmow
necked bodes (espechdly carbonated beverages).
Even if the container is opened, pressure can build
Use
dinners may be mimawaved in foil trays Iess than
3/4" high; remove top foil cover and ~etum tray
to box. men using ruetrd in the microwave oven,
of Ovem
* Cookware may ~rne hot
because of heat transfe~ from
the heated food. Pot holders may
be needed to hmdle the
cookware.
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(continued)
*Foods cooked in liquids (such as pasta) may
could dehydrate
tend to boil over more rapidly than foods
containing less moisture. Should tis occur,
refer to the Care and Cleaning section(s) for
instructions on how to clean the inside of
the oven.
food you m microwaving urdess the thermometer
microwave oven.
keep
for microwave cooking is very useful, but should
be used carefully. Even microwave-safe plastic
as are glass or ceramic materials sad may
overworking. In longer exposures to overcooking,
the food and cookware cotid ignite. For these
reasons: 1) Use 'microwave-safe plastics ody
cookware manufacturer's recommendations.
even
microwaving. 3) Do not @rrnit children to use
plastic cookware without complete supervision.
exactly and always cook the meat to an intemd
temperature of at least 170°F. ~is assures that,
Do
will build up inside egg yolk and will cause it to
burst, possibly resulting in injury.
follow tie dirwtions
such as
sausages, tomatoes, apples,
and egg yo~ (see previous
caution) should be pierced to
cooking.