Questions and Answers (continued)

Food

Question

What is wrong when baked foods have a hard, dry, brown spot?

Why de eggs sometimes pop?

Answer

A hard, dry, brown spot indicates overcooking. Shorten the cooking or reheating time.

When baking, frying, or poaching eggs, the yolk may pop due to steam build-up inside the yolk membrane. To prevent this, s)mp]y pierce the yolk with a wooden toothpick before cooking. CAUTION: Never microwave eggs in the shell.

Why ere scrambled eggs sometimes a little dry after cooking?

Eggs will dry out when they are overcooked, even ff the same

recipe is used each time. The cooking time may need to be varied for one of these reasons:

•Eggs vary in size.

•Eggs are at room temperature one time and at refrigerator temperature another time.

•Eggs continue cooking during standing time.

Is it possible to pop popcorn in a microwave oven?

Why do baked apples sometimes burst during cooking?

Yes, ff using one of the two methods described below:

(1)microwave-popping devices designed specifically for m)crowave cooking

(2)prepackaged commercial microwave popcorn that is made for specific times and power output needed

Follow exact directions given by each manufacturer for its popcorn popping product and do not leave the oven unattended while the corn is being popped, If corn fails to pop after the suggested time, discontinue cooking, Overcooking could result in an oven fire.

CAUTION:

• Never use a brown paper bag for popping corn or attempt to pop leftover kernels.

*Do not pop prepackaged commercial microwave popcorn directly on the glass turntable. To avoid excessive heating of the glass turntable, place the popcorn bag on a plate.

The peel has not been removed from the top half of each apple to allow for expansion of the interior of the apple during cooking. As in conventional cooking methods, the interior of the apple expands during the cooking process,

Why do baked potatoes sometimesIf the cooking time is too long, fire could result. At the end of the

burn during cooking?recommended cooking time, potatoes should be slightly firm.

CAUTION: Do not overcook.

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