James Silverton wrote:

> "Dave" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> 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?
>>
>>
>> Wife used to 'cook' boiled potatoes in ours. They tasted awful. Now I
>> have taken over the cooking, I get proper tasting boiled.
>>
>
> That's a matter of opinion! Small potatoes, like fingerlings etc., are
> pretty good nuked as long as you don't overdo it and, while baked
> poatoes are best cooked in an oven, 4 minutes for an acceptable one is
> often attractive.

OK. I'm willing to learn, I'll try some nuked potatoes done my way and
see how they come out.

Dave