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~ORTA~ S~m mS~UC~ONS

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—Do not pop popcorn in your microwave oven Urdess in a special microwave popcorn accessory or udess you ,use popcorn labeled for use in microwave ovens.

—Do not overcook potatoes.. ~ey could dehydrate and catch fire, causing damage to your oven.

—Donot operate the oven wtie empty to avoid damage to the oven and the danger of fm. If by accident the oven shodd run empty a minute or two, no harm is done. However, try to avoid operating the oven empty at dl times-it saves energy and prolongs the tife of the oven.

—Do not use the oven for storage purposes. Do not leave paper products, cooking utensils or food in the oven when not in use,

—Umaterhdstiideoven shodd ignite, keep oven door closed, turn oven off, and diwonneet power cord, or shutoff power at the fuse or circuit breaker panel.

●Some products such as whole eggs and sealed contiine+for example, closed jars-will explode and should not be heated in this microwave oven. Such use of the microwave oven could result in injury.

●Avoid heating baby food in glass jars, even without their lids; especially meat and egg mixtures.

●Don’t defrost frozen beverages in nmow necked bodes (espechdly carbonated beverages). Even if the container is opened, pressure can build up, Ws can cause the container to burst, possibly resdting in injury.

●Use mM ordy as directed in this book N dinners may be mimawaved in foil trays Iess than 3/4” high; remove top foil cover and ~etum tray to box. men using ruetrd in the microwave oven,

-keepm@M at Mst 1 inch away from sides

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*Cookware may ~rne hot because of heat transfe~ from the heated food. Pot holders may be needed to hmdle the cookware.

●Sometimes! the oven tray an become too hot to touch. Be -fnl touching the tray during and aftcrcooking.

*Foods cooked in liquids (such as pasta) may tend to boil over more rapidly than foods containing less moisture. Should tis occur, refer to the Care and Cleaning section(s) for instructions on how to clean the inside of the oven.

*~emometer-Donot use a thermometer in food you m microwaving urdess the thermometer is designed or recommended for use in the microwave oven.

●WC eookw~Pbstic cookware designed for microwave cooking is very useful, but should be used carefully. Even microwave-safe plastic may not be as tolerant of overcooking conditions as are glass or ceramic materials sad may so~n or char if subjwted to short periods of overworking. In longer exposures to overcooking, the food and cookware cotid ignite. For these reasons: 1) Use ’microwave-safe plastics ody and use them in strict compliance with the cookware manufacturer’s recommendations.

2) Do not subject empty cookware to microwaving. 3) Do not @rrnit children to use plastic cookware without complete supervision.

Q ~en cooking pork, follow tie dirwtions exactly and always cook the meat to an intemd temperature of at least 170°F. ~is assures that, in tie remote possibility that trichina maybe present in the meat, it wfll be killed and meat wi~ be safe to eat.

●Do not boil eggs in a micmwav~ ove~ Pressure will build up inside egg yolk and will cause it to burst, possibly resulting in injury.

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‘Sh’y such as ~tiWS,

sausages, tomatoes, apples, chivken livers and other giblets, and egg yo~ (see previous caution) should be pierced to Mow st- to escape during cooking.