IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION

SPECIAL NOTES ABOUT MICROWAVING

Make sure all cookware

If the dish remains cool

• Paper towels, waxed

used in your microwave

and only the water in the

paper and plastic wrap

 

is suitable for

cup heats, then the dish

can be used to cover

 

. Most glass

is microwave-safe.

dishes in order to retain

 

cooking dishes,

• If you use a meat ther-

moisture and prevent

 

cups, custard

spattering. Be sure to

 

mometer while cooking,

 

pottery or china

vent plastic wrap so steam

 

make sure it is safe for

 

which does not

can escape.

 

use in microwave ovens.

 

metallic trim or glaze

 

 

• Do not use recycled

• Cookware may become

 

a metallic sheen can

 

hot because of heat

 

paper products. Recycled

 

. Some cookware

 

transferred from the

 

paper towels, napkins

 

“suitable for

 

heated food. Pot holders

 

and waxed paper can

 

.”

 

may be needed to handle

 

contain metal flecks

 

 

 

 

 

 

the cookware.

 

 

 

which may cause arcing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

or ignite. Paper products

• “Boilable” cooking

 

 

 

containing nylon or

pouches and tightly

 

 

 

nylon filaments should

closed plastic bags should

 

 

 

be avoided, as they may

be slit, pierced or vented

 

 

 

also ignite.

as directed by package.

 

are not sure if a

• Some styrofoam trays

If they are not, plastic

 

could burst during or

 

(like those that meat is

 

microwave-safe,

 

immediately after

 

packaged on) have a thin

 

test: Place in the

 

cooking, possibly resulting

 

strip of metal embedded

 

the dish you

 

in injury. Also, plastic

 

in the bottom. When

 

and a glass

 

storage containers should

 

microwaved, the metal can

 

cup filled with

 

be at least partially

 

burn the floor of the oven

 

water—set the

 

uncovered because they

 

or ignite a paper towel.

 

cup either

 

form a tight seal. When

 

 

 

to the dish.

• Do not use the microwave

 

cooking with containers

 

30–45 seconds

to dry newspapers.

 

tightly covered with

 

the dish heats,

 

 

• Not all plastic wrap is

plastic wrap, remove

 

be used for

 

suitable for use in micro-

covering carefully and

.

 

 

wave ovens. Check the

direct steam away from

 

 

 

 

 

 

package for proper use.

hands and face.