Favourite Microwavable Foods?

Just make sure you don't keep re-heating it over and over. And remember that it cooks from the inside out - and to leave it to stand for a minute or two, as the food will continue to heat although you've taken it out of the microwave - the atoms/particles will still be "excited" and it's best practice to leave it to stand for a minute or so. If you have a liquid, it's best to stir it every 30s or so to move the heat around (i.e. a soup).
 
Freefaller said:
No it's not - it's junk.

But I have high standards, so if you enjoy it, please carry on I won't stop you. However you will not convince me it is a) good, b) nutritious c) healthy, because the answer to all 3 is no ;)
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It's not all junk, some of it is, 80% of it is, you're just a food snob! ;)
 
System_ofa_Down said:
How on earth can you not own a microwave? How do you make delicious hot chocolate?
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I get by fine, hell, my oven has been broken the past 6 months, honestly, i don't miss it. Have a friend at uni that back home, she doesn't have a fridge & freezer :eek:, my old boss doesn't own a TV.

I don't make chocolate, but if i want to warm milk, i put it in a saucepan and heat it that way. I have "owned" a microwave when i was at uni, and it was convenient, but I never used it to cook food, i only ever use it to reheat microwave meals :eek: and left overs from the day before.

All the food i like can't be microwaved anyway. :)
 
willhub said:
It's not all junk, some of it is, 80% of it is, you're just a food snob! ;)
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I'm not exactly inclined to taking cooking advice from a man who was learning how to fry an egg less than a year ago.

Made for microwave meals are horrid imo, some veg can be cooked very well in a microwave however as i guess it's not too different from steaming them if you do it right.
 
You guys need to learn to cook!! A home made lasagne tastes a million times better and doesn't taste of salty slop. Freefallers got the right idea...
 
Azagoth said:
Much the same as they don't like it when you drunkenly try to do cheese on toast in the toaster by lying it down on it's side. :D
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My sides are aching and tears are streaming down my face. For some reason, I found that really funny. :p

It's true, you do get smarter when drunk.
 
Streeteh said:
I'm not exactly inclined to taking cooking advice from a man who was learning how to fry an egg less than a year ago.

Made for microwave meals are horrid imo, some veg can be cooked very well in a microwave however as i guess it's not too different from steaming them if you do it right.
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What's cooking advice got to do with saying some microwave meals are not junk. You don't have to be Gordon Ramsey to know if food is good or not. And tbh not everyone is a slow learner like you.
 
willhub said:
What's cooking advice got to do with saying some microwave meals are not junk. You don't have to be Gordon Ramsey to know if food is good or not. And tbh not everyone is a slow learner like you.
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What's made me a slow learner exactly? Or are you just throwing about personal insults in an attempt to strengthen your already water tight argument technique?

Oh and no you don't need to be Gordon Ramsay to know that microwave meals are junk, you just need the ability to cook some basic meals from scratch to know that they only take a tiny bit more effort, cost less and taste 10 times better.

Telling people (who can cook) microwave meals are not junk (and that they are a food snob for thinking otherwise) is cooking advice as it's suggesting that they are a good alternative to real meals, they aren't.
 
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there are some great microwave veggie meals, thai curry, shepards pie, lasagne, chilli (etc etc) - i guess you probably aren't vegetarian, but at least veggie food negates the risk of getting food poisoning if you can't store/cook it properly!!

also - you can stick pretty much anything in a tupperware pot and heat it up!! leftovers forthewin!

(i guess i must admit - i don't own a microwave myself)
 
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Streeteh said:
What's made me a slow learner exactly? Or are you just throwing about personal insults in an attempt to strengthen your already water tight argument technique?

Oh and no you don't need to be Gordon Ramsay to know that microwave meals are junk, you just need the ability to cook some basic meals from scratch to know that they only take a tiny bit more effort, cost less and taste 10 times better.

Telling people (who can cook) microwave meals are not junk (and that they are a food snob for thinking otherwise) is cooking advice as it's suggesting that they are a good alternative to real meals, they aren't.
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Well you must be a slow learner as you think everyone else is, assuming it takes a whole year to learn to cook an egg?
 
willhub said:
Well you must be a slow learner as you think everyone else is, assuming it takes a whole year to learn to cook an egg?
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I either don't understand your point or you didn't understand mine.

I was of course referring to this thread where, less than a year ago, you were learning how to fry an egg properly. You don't have the right to call people food snobs when you clearly have so little cooking experience and knowledge.
 
You are making your assumptions from a year ago and are clearly assuming I still cook eggs like that, basically telling me I am a slow learner.
 
willhub said:
You are making your assumptions from a year ago and are clearly assuming I still cook eggs like that, basically telling me I am a slow learner.
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No, i was trying to say that considering you only started learning the basics less than a year ago you can't have built up a decent amount of experience. I've been cooking meals since i was 14 (so 8 years now) and i still only rate myself as an average cook.
 
Iceland £1 ready meals are very wrong, but reasonably tasty, and a quid. A fiver a week for hot food, beat going to McDonalds, BK, KFC etc every lunchtime when I worked in a shopping centre.
 
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