Be sure you understand the basics of microwave oven cooking before you start
Start with recipes from your MICRO MENUS, Cookbook Follow the directions carefully.
NEVER START THE OVEN WHEN IT’S EMPTY. The oven can be damaged For testrng. use at least a cup of water
Be sure you have read and understand the dlrectlons.
1.Put food in the oven
2.Close the door Make sure It locks The oven won’t work if the door Isn’t closed trghtly
3.Set Cook Power to
desired setting from HI to KEEP WARM. Some recipes require different Cook Powers for
best results. (See chart below).
4.Set cooking times up to 10 minutes by pushing in the timer knob and turn- ing clockwise. The oven light will go on.To settime for less than 30 seconds, turn timer past 30 sec- onds, then back to de- sired time.
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DEFROSTING
Example: To set 22 minutes, 30 seconds...
l Set 2 minutes, 30 seconds by pushing in and turning knob;
l Set 20 minutes by pushing up on wheel
For defrosting, set Cook Power Control to DEFROST
COOK POWER CHART
Recipes in the MICRO MENUS Cook- book use Cook Power settings from HI to LO. Recipes in other books and maga- zines may use different percentages
of cooking power. The following chart will be helpful:
HI - 100% of full power
KEEP WARM
l Hot, cooked foods can be safely kept warm for 60 minutes
l Resetthetimer if more time is required. Keep- ing foods warm longer than about 1 hour, 40
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some foods will suffer with | extended | time. | |
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l Pastry items [pies, turnovers, etc.) should be uncovered during KEEP WARM.
l Meals kept warm on a plate should be cov- ered during KEEP WARM.
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