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Default Do you cook meat in the microwave?

Jean B. wrote:
> Julie Bove wrote:
>> The person who asked me this does very little cooking and mostly
>> dines out. But he acted a bit shocked that I do not. I may have
>> tried it once some many years ago when I first got a microwave. Back then
>> I did eggs in it a few times. I made muffins. I made
>> chocolate pudding. And cheese sauce. 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?
>>
>>

> Just bacon sometimes. Oh, and sometimes hot dogs. That's about
> it. I don't think meat benefits from the microwave approach.


I had forgotten that I have done bacon in there. Not for many years. Now I
only buy the precooked from Costco but I do heat/crisp it in there. Hot
dogs are pre-cooked. So I would count those as reheating.