Microwave - do you put a spoon in a cup?

Years ago I started a new job looking after someone’s children. The first night I went to cook a meal in the microwave. There was a blue flash and it went off. Thankfully when their dad got home their dad laughed and said ‘it’s always doing that’!

"MayBee*
I hope you refused to use it, after that.

mokryna

Yes, I would with my 7 year-old Siemens microwave when I am heating liquids because it has this sign on the inside frame but I wouldn’t with any other unless I saw the same.

Mine has that little picture, too. I'm still not keen.
Any liquid that I put in the microwave has just been poured or stirred, as Elegran said.

My microwave included a glass rod (I think you get them in laboratories) to put in water when heating it for this very purpose. It soon broke, of course. Now I just make sure there is plenty of space for the liquid to boil - e.g. a cupful of liquid in a litre jug. Better still in a large, wide pyrex container.

After much experimenting with porridge, even to the extent of getting a 2 litre jug, in which a portion of porridge STILL bubbled right up to the top, and for which I had to take the tray out to fit it in, I finally had the bright idea of using a pyrex casserole - no longer did the porridge rise up to the top of the dish!

I don't boil water in the microwave, though.

I still make porridge in a pan - no milk, but just add water and simmer for a few minutes. I'm sure a wooden kebab stick would work as well as a spoon, though.

What you need is a spurtle.

Still trying to get over the fact that you don't use milk

I have a spurtle!

(And I'm not Scottish!).

Hetty58

I still make porridge in a pan - no milk, but just add water and simmer for a few minutes. I'm sure a wooden kebab stick would work as well as a spoon, though.

When I was small my mother made it with water and salt (of course) in a double sauce pan on the boiler overnight. It was really tasty, followed by a boiled egg and toast, never needed a snack before school dinner.

Hetty58 the fact that your combination microwave has metal shelves when using on combi programmes, still does not mean that you can use metal in it when using a microwave programme.

The different programmes cook very differently. So in combi mode - Yes you can use any metal including roasting dishes, and cake dishes, etc. But when in microwave mode, all metal is an absolute NO, NO.

Best way to prevent anything from overflowing is to use large containers.

And, instead of using clingfilm (plastic), there are very many types, and sizes of perpetual covers for jugs, dishes, plates, etc. which can all beused in microwaves.

Hetty58 the fact that your combination microwave has metal shelves when using on combi programmes, still does not mean that you can use metal in it when using a microwave programme.

The different programmes cook very differently. So in combi mode - Yes you can use any metal including roasting dishes, and cake dishes, etc. But when in microwave mode, all metal is an absolute NO, NO.

Best way to prevent anything from overflowing is to use large containers.

And, instead of using clingfilm (plastic), there are very many types, and sizes of perpetual covers for jugs, dishes, plates, etc. which can all beused in microwaves.

All the recipe books that came with the combi microwaves I've had over the years include recipes where you grill and microwave at the same time, so use the metal grill stand. I've used some of the recipes and it was not a problem, albeit the power is usually on low power when the grill is also on.

I think my present one doesn't even go above 180° when used in combination with the grill.

180W, not 180°, sorry.