USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN
This section gives you instructions for standard microwave cooking. Please read these instruc- tions carefully.
COOKING AT HIGH COOK POWER
1.Put the food in the oven and close the door.
Example for 1 minute, 30 seconds:
TOUCH
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Display scrolls the words “TOUCH START OR POWER”
2. Touch COOK TIME.
Display scrolls the words “ENTER COOKING TIME”
3.Touch START/ENTER.
4.At the end of the cooking time:
Display will show “END” and 4 tones will sound.
COOKING AT DIFFERENT COOK POWERS
For best results, some recipes call for different cook powers. The lower the cook power, the slower the cooking. Each Number pad also stands for a different percentage of cook power. Many microwave cook- book recipes tell you by number, percent, or name which cook power to use.
The following chart gives the percentage of cook power each Number pad stands for, and the cook power name usually used. It also tells you when to use each cook power. Follow recipe or food package instructions if available.
NOTE: Refer to a reliable cookbook for cooking times.
COOK POWER | NAME | WHEN TO USE IT |
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100% of full power | High | • Quick heating many convenience foods and foods with |
(automatic) |
| high water content, such as soups and beverages |
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| • Cooking small tender pieces of meat, ground meat, |
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| poultry pieces, fish fillets, and vegetables |
9=90% of full power |
| • Heating cream soups |
8=80% of full power |
| • Heating rice, pasta, or casseroles |
7=70% of full power | • Cooking and heating foods that need a cook power | |
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| lower than high (for example, whole fish and meat loaf) |
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| or when food is cooking too fast |
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| • Reheating a single serving of food |
6=60% of full power |
| • Cooking requiring special care, such as cheese and egg |
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| dishes, pudding, and custards |
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| • Finishing cooking casseroles |
5=50% of full power | Medium | • Cooking ham, whole poultry, and pot roasts |
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| • Melting chocolate |
4=40% of full power |
| • Simmering stews |
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| • Heating pastries |
3=30% of full power | • Defrosting foods, such as bread, fish, meats, poultry, | |
| Defrost | and precooked foods |
2=20% of full power |
| • Softening butter, cheese, and ice cream |
1=10% of full power | Low | • Keeping food warm |
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| • Taking chill out of fruit |
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