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About food
Food Do Don't
Eggs,
sausages,
nuts, seeds,
fruits &
vegetables
• Puncture egg yolks before coo king to
prevent “explosion”.
• Pi erce s kins of p otato es, ap ples ,
squash, hot dogs and sausages so that
steam escapes.
• Cook eggs i n shells.
• Reheat whol e eggs.
• Dry n uts or seeds in shells.
Popcorn • Use speci ally bagg ed popco rn for
microwave cooking.
• L isten wh ile popp ing cor n f or the
popping to slow to 1 or 2 seconds or
use special popcorn pad.
• Pop p opcorn in regular brown bags
or glass bowls.
• Exceed maximum time on popcorn
package.
Baby food • Transfer baby food to small dish and
heat carefu lly, sti rring often. Chec k
temperature before serving.
• Put nipples on bottles after heating and
shake thorough ly. “Wrist” test before
feeding.
• Heat dispo sable bottles.
• Heat bottl es with nipples on.
• Heat baby food in or iginal jars.
General • Cut baked goods with filling after heat-
ing to release steam and avoid burns.
• Stir liquid s bri skly before and after
heating to avoid “eruption”.
• Use deep bowl, when cooking liquids
or cereals, to prevent boilovers.
• Heat or cook in c losed glass jars or
air tight containers.
• Can in the m icrowave as h armful
bacteria may not be destroyed.
• Deep fat fry.
• Dry wo od, gourds , he rbs or wet
papers.
Information You Need To Know