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MICROWAVE COOKING ADVICE
Check the temperature of food and drink and stir before serving.Take special 
care when serving to babies, children or the elderly. The contents of feeding
bottles and baby food jars are to be stirred or shaken and the temperature is 
to be checked before consumption to avoid burns.
Face & Hands:Always use oven gloves to remove food or cookware from
the oven. Stand back when opening the oven door to allow heat or steam to 
disperse.When removing covers (such as cling film), opening roasting bags or 
popcorn packaging, direct steam away from face and hands.
Composition
Density
Quantity
Size
Shape
Temperature of 
food
Food Characteristics
Foods high in fat or sugar (e.g. Christmas pudding, mince pies) require less 
heating time. Care should be taken as overheating can lead to fire.
Bones in food conduct heat, making the food cook more quickly. Care must be 
taken so that the food is cooked evenly.
Food density will affect the amount of cooking time needed.
Light, porous foods, such as cakes or bread, cook more quickly than heavy,
dense foods, such as roasts and casseroles.
The number of microwaves in your oven remains the same regardless of 
how much food is being cooked.The cooking time must be increased as the 
amount of food placed in the oven increases.
e.g. Four potatoes will take longer to cook than two.
Small foods and small pieces cook faster than large ones, as microwaves can 
penetrate from all sides to the centre. For even cooking make all the pieces 
the same size.
Foods which are irregular in shape, such as chicken breasts or drumsticks, take
longer to cook in the thicker parts. For even cooking, place the thickest parts
to the outside of the dish where they will receive more energy.
Round shapes cook more evenly than square shapes when microwave cooking.
The initial temperature of food affects the amount of cooking time needed.
Chilled foods will take longer to cook than food at room temperature.
e.g. A cake made with chilled ingredients, (i.e. margarine) will take longer to 
cook than a cake made with ingredients at room temperature.
The temperature of the container is not a true indication of the temperature
of the food or drink. Cut into foods with fillings, for example jam doughnuts,
to release heat or steam.
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