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You can't cook in a microwave
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i only use microwave to reheat food.
or precook jacket potatoes
or the odd suet pudding.
but use the oven for proper cooking
or precook jacket potatoes
or the odd suet pudding.
but use the oven for proper cooking
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I was about to dive in here and defend scrambled eggs in the microwave, but it looks like many beat me to it!
The trick to getting them as close to pan-made as possible is to really whisk it up well beforehand, cook it in small bursts of 10-15 seconds stirring inbetween, and to never let it cook completely. If you leave a small amount runny at the end, the heat from the rest of it will solidify it after you've taken it out. The absolute worst thing you can do is cook it completely and turn it to rubber - this is what I suspect 99% of people do who try it.
The trick to getting them as close to pan-made as possible is to really whisk it up well beforehand, cook it in small bursts of 10-15 seconds stirring inbetween, and to never let it cook completely. If you leave a small amount runny at the end, the heat from the rest of it will solidify it after you've taken it out. The absolute worst thing you can do is cook it completely and turn it to rubber - this is what I suspect 99% of people do who try it.
if you do it right (need one of those special tray things) it does work quite well.
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I'm not sure how - because you don't have a hot pan and the residual heat in the rest of the egg to continue cooking very slowly even after its come off the hob, I've found on the microwave it either stays runny, or it goes rubbery - I've never managed to get it inbetween.
As for the bacon, the best way I've found is putting between two pieces of kitchen towel - if you know of a better way, I'm all ears
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I do all my cooking in a combi Microwave\Grill\Fan assisted Oven. It's great and takes up little space and easy to clean
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Microwave is great helping when cooking.
It melts chocolate much quicker then messing around with a pan over water.
When making toasted sandwiches in a toaster bag, microwave the sandwich first then place in the bag, makes it extra hot and melted.
It melts chocolate much quicker then messing around with a pan over water.
When making toasted sandwiches in a toaster bag, microwave the sandwich first then place in the bag, makes it extra hot and melted.
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I'm not sure how - because you don't have a hot pan and the residual heat in the rest of the egg to continue cooking very slowly even after its come off the hob, I've found on the microwave it either stays runny, or it goes rubbery - I've never managed to get it inbetween.
As for the bacon, the best way I've found is putting between two pieces of kitchen towel - if you know of a better way, I'm all ears
The better way is to cook scrambled eggs properly in the microwave, see Belmet's post.
The better way to cook bacon is to cook it another way, ie. grill it. It doesn't take any longer - it can grill in pretty much the time it takes to toast some bread, use foil if you don't want to make a mess.
I don't know how you can moan about microwaved scrambled eggs tasting bad and then mention ruining bacon in it!!
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I used to think that, but you can get perfectly cooked eggs, like this. You just have to keep opening stirring and putting back in.
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You've obviously never tried it (or at least properly) - and why is it 'vile' exactly?
You say the weirdest things sometimes - cooking scrambled eggs in a pan is hardly michelin star cooking, if you can make it just as well in an easier way - why not?.
You've obviously never tried it (or at least properly) - and why is it 'vile' exactly?
It has a horrible texture and is easy to overcook. It's supposed to be runny and it's difficult to do in the microwave, plus I add crème fraiche and chives to mine. It's just easier.
Calm down dear, it's only scrambled egg.
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You're doing it wrong.
Plus if your way is easier, why is it lazier to do it in the microwave?
Plus if your way is easier, why is it lazier to do it in the microwave?
I'd agree with this. It might be possible to do in the microwave, but it's definitely easier to get close to perfect in a pan. And it takes less than 5 minutes, so it's hardly arduous.
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Awesome if you have a grill - mine sucks though, and takes ages to heat up.
Most of the time, I'll use a frying pan.
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Frying > grill.
takes 1:15 seconds in the microwave for 4 rashers iirc.
you can get these little plastic trays with like 1cm high ridges on them that collect all the fat/water as it cooks works well.
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I'm very anti microwave also, the food never has the same taste or consistancy when compared to other more traditional cooking methods.
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