Serene Vannoy wrote:
> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>> Serene Vannoy wrote:
>>
>>> Corey Richardson wrote:
>>>> Microwave cookers are an ingenious invention, but does anyone really
>>>> use
>>>> them for cooking rather than reheating?
>>>>
>>>> Sure, I use mine for softening butter or reheating tinned beans and
>>>> soups etc. but I could never see myself actually cooking a raw chicken
>>>> in one.
>>>>
>>>> What do you use your microwave oven for?
>>> I don't have one, but when I did, I used it almost exclusively for
>>> reheating or thawing things.
>>
>> Ditto -- plus popcorn.
>>
>
> Oh, I dislike microwave popcorn. I grew up on the stuff cooked in a pot
> on the stove, and I'm spoiled by it. That artificial butter flavor stuff
> just tastes really yucky to me. (Note that I'm not saying there's
> anything wrong with people who DO like it.)
>
> Serene
>
You don't have to use that vile prepackaged stuff in the
microwave. My daughter makes popcorn in the microwave all the
time, and she just uses the plain kernels.

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Jean B.