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How to Heat or Reheat
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Two plates of leftovers maybe
reheated together. Arrange thick
or dense foods to outside edges of
plate and cover with plastic wrap.
Microwaveat High (10)for 2 to 3
minutes. Reverse position of plates
(top to bottom) and rotate 1/2turn.
Continue microwaving at High (10)
for 2 to 3 minutes. Continue
heating, if necessary, until hot.
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Reheating two casseroles (height
should be less than 3%inches) is
possible. Cover with plastic wrap.
Use staggered arrangements of
food, placing food on right side of
shelf and left side of floor. Refer to
Heating or Reheating Guide in
cookbook for suggested microwave
time per casserole and add the times
together. Microwaveat High (10)
reversing position of foods (top to
bottom) after half of time. Several
small bowls of leftovers maybe
heated in the same way,stirring and
reversingpositions after half of time.
llvo frozen individual entrees
(5 to 7 oz. each) or two TV
dinnem (10to El oz. each) are
both ready to serve at the same
time. Remove trays of food from
their boxes and turn back one
comer of the plastic cover to vent.
If there are foil covers, remove
them and return the trays of food to
their boxes. (Batter foods should be
removed from the trays and cooked
conventionally.) Place in oven with
one TV dinner on right shelf and
the second dinner on left floor.
Microwave at High (10)for 8
minutes. Reverse positions (top to
bottom) and rotate foods 1/2turn.
Continue microwaving at High (10)
for 8 minutes. Check dinners for
heating. If one dinner seems less
done than desired, return it to the
box and continue heating on floor
1to 2 more minutes.
How to Reheat Several
Different Types of Foods
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When heating severaldifferent
types of food together, foods which
should be served hot must be placed
on the ovenfloor, while foods which
areonly warmed should be placed on
the shelf. This isbecause microwave
energy enters the ovenfrom the
bottom only. Also, it is important to
remember that foods absorb
microwaveenergy atdifferent rates.
Rates can be affectedbythe sizeof
the fbod, and its startingtemperature.
Because ofthe varying rates, you
mayneed to start reheating alarge
or dense food a fewminutes ahead
oftime, then add other smaller or
less dense foods. Alternately, if
one ofthe foods you are heating
seems undercooked but the others
are heated satisfactorily, let the
underheated food continue cooking.
Heat or reheat different types of
food at High (10).Todetermine
heating times, add times for all
foodstogether. (See heating guide
in cookbook.) After half oftime,
stir or rearrange foods (do not
reversepositions). Check foods
(especially those on ovenfloor)
after 3/4 oftotal time and remove
any which are done. Continue
cooking others.
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Place on floor, large or dense
foods which need the most heating,
such as leftover fried chicken,
casseroles ofcanned or leftover
vegetables, rice or pasta. Place on
ovenshelf those foods which need
only be warmed, such asbakery
pies, rolls, muffins or breads.
I%ppopcorn on the microwave
oven floor only. Popcorn placed on
the ovenshelf will not pop properly.
Use a special microwavepopcorn
accessory or popcorn labeled for
use in microwaveovens.
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