"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 27 Aug 2012 02:07:02 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>> Mostly I do not use the microwave to cook stuff. I melt chocolate. I
>> reheat stuff. I have made sweet potatoes for my daughter and she likes
>> them
>> that way. And I have made fresh broccoli and asparagus in there.
>>
>> But meat? Doesn't sound right to me. Do you do it?
>
> Doesn't sound right is putting it rather mildly, it sounds disgusting
> to me. I reheat leftovers and boil water in my microwave (I don't
> even make popcorn in it). If I didn't want another gadget taking up
> counter space, I'd buy an electric tea kettle - but I don't need
> boiled water very often and when I do, it's usually for tea. Using
> the microwave to boil water in the teapot serves two purposes for me.
> One of them saves the step of warming the teapot with hot water, the
> other is obvious.

I love my electric tea kettle and in the winter I have been known to drink a
pot of tea a day.