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Peter Huebner > wrote:

> Never had a microwave, until we were given one by a customer loyalty scheme a
> few months ago. So I am pretty inexperienced when it comes to anything beyond
> reheating a cup of coffee in that gadget.
>
> I've tried defrosting pork, sausages and ground beef a few times and my
> results
> are pretty abysmal. I used the built in defrosting program where you set the
> weight, then press start. Alas, I find that usually the meat is still part-
> frozen in the centre, yet already partly cooked on the outside by the time
> the
> cycle ends. This is hopeless; it ruins the food.
>
> Any tips? (think I'll go back to defrosting under the running cold tap in the
> meantime - but sometimes it would be convenient to do it more quickly).
>
> -P.


I use the microwave for defrosting all the time...

I just don't turn it on. ;-)

It's a handy place to stash stuff for room temperature thawing where the
cats can't get to it!

Cheers!
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