Microwave - do you put a spoon in a cup?

180W, not 180°, sorry.

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.

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.

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.

I have a spurtle!

(And I'm not Scottish!).

What you need is a spurtle.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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’!

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Well I blew up the microwave in my treatment room clinic heating a pastie in tinfoil. The fire alarm went off and the whole health centre was evacuated. 3 fire engines came (as it was a health centre) and I endured a lecture in front of everyone outside by the head fireman. Then we were banned from having kettles, microwaves etc anywhere but in the main kitchen so no I would not even think of putting a metal spoon in a cup in the microwave - ever ?

Calistemon

Chewbacca

I didnthe same as Callistemon, lovely bone China bowl with a gold trim. BOOM! End of bowl.

oh dear!

I heard it and stopped it straight away so no harm done.

However, I've reheated gravy in a jug in the microwave, stirred it and it bubbles up alarmingly.
But then, I'm the person who blistered her fingers frying an egg .....

That happened when I stirred a sauce I was making. Took it out of the microwave and when I put a spoon in it exploded!

I use a gadget like those Shysal shows up-thread, useful f or making custard or, occasionally, lemon curd. I also have several short wooden spoons.

And the spoons I use are metal.

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.

Hetty58

My microwave has a metal rack for the combination cooking and grilling - so I don't see why not.

So has mine, and it’s over 30 years old.

It was years ago and on the main news (perhaps it wasn't the whole house) SueDonim

Did they, Calistemon? Thankfully, that wasn’t my Dh.

I do if what I am heating has been standing, and/or if it is something thick like an Ambrosia individual custard in a little plastic container (very handy to have in the store cupboard!). I don't if I have just poured water or milk into a container, so it is presumably still moving.

Calistemon

I put something with a metal trim in once by mistake and the microwave made a horrible noise!
What about using a wooden teaspoon or chopstick?

The problem is that liquid heated in the microwave could boil over when you stir after you take it out of the microwave and scald you.

This actually happened to me once!

Elegran do you do that stirring beforehand?

grandMattie

Old one, NO,
New one, yes…

Ooh, a person who does do this without mishap!

It's definitely a metal spoon they mean, as the handbook goes on to say "Metal, e.g. a spoon in a glass, must be kept at least 2cm from the oven walls and the inside of the door. Sparks could irreparably damage the glass on the inside of the door"

By the way, it's a Bosch microwave so not some obscure maker.