Originally Posted by John_Elway:
“To everybody in this thread, whether you use a microwave or not, Merry Christmas!
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“To everybody in this thread, whether you use a microwave or not, Merry Christmas!
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Thanks! Same to you.
Who else does NOT have a microwave?
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Originally Posted by flicker:
“I couldn't survive without a microwave now. I do 95% of all my food in it. The only time I use the cooker is for things like oven chips, roasties, or to crisp off a jacket potato which has already been microed! The last time I used one of the burners on the top was to hard boil an egg, but since then, have done two more in the microwave anyway. It's so much quicker, I can't be bothered waiting around for stuff to cook in the oven, when I'm hungry, I want it NOW!
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“I couldn't survive without a microwave now. I do 95% of all my food in it. The only time I use the cooker is for things like oven chips, roasties, or to crisp off a jacket potato which has already been microed! The last time I used one of the burners on the top was to hard boil an egg, but since then, have done two more in the microwave anyway. It's so much quicker, I can't be bothered waiting around for stuff to cook in the oven, when I'm hungry, I want it NOW!
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lol ... well, as long as you're happy then great.
Originally Posted by John_Elway:
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I'm sorry but is that supposed to be impressive? That's where the saying of .. "if he'd jump of a bridge would you do it?" came from. And you said you didn't like snobbery! lol”
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“ Originally Posted by diablo
Heston Blumenthal uses such modern things as microwave ovens and pressure cookers!”
“ Originally Posted by diablo
Heston Blumenthal uses such modern things as microwave ovens and pressure cookers!”
I'm sorry but is that supposed to be impressive? That's where the saying of .. "if he'd jump of a bridge would you do it?" came from. And you said you didn't like snobbery! lol”
The point was that he is one of the very few chefs who are not limiting themselves to 19th century technology. Most TV chefs spurn microwave ovens due to snobbery.
I find your approval of myths that food which has been microwaved is harmful somewhat odd. Those sort of stories were popular in the 70s but I thought they had died out now.
But what the hey - Merry Christmas to you and your barmpot theory.
Why is what a neurologist told my friend a myth? lol Are you an expert in neurology or do you dismiss anything that you just don't like? Perhaps you have another explanation for my friend's problems? Do tell and I'll tell her to try it. I'll also tell her neurologist that you know better. Of course! lol It wasn't a friend of a friend... or somebody told me that they heard that.... it was my friend of 15 years. I thought I made that quite clear. Sorry if you don't like what I said. But no reason to make yourself feel better by calling it a myth. Well, maybe there is. 
As for:
"The point was that he is one of the very few chefs who are not limiting themselves to 19th century technology."
So what? Are you that influenced by other people? Why are you assuming my not having a microwave has anything to with snobbery? I don't have the room and don't need one. Is that so challenging you can't grasp the idea? Just because in your experience people that don't have microwaves are snobs, you shouldn't apply it across the board. That's as stupid as saying all black people are muggers or all Italians in Britain own a restaurant. lol
I'm really not that interested in what chefs do or buy, I can think for myself.
As for:
"The point was that he is one of the very few chefs who are not limiting themselves to 19th century technology."
So what? Are you that influenced by other people? Why are you assuming my not having a microwave has anything to with snobbery? I don't have the room and don't need one. Is that so challenging you can't grasp the idea? Just because in your experience people that don't have microwaves are snobs, you shouldn't apply it across the board. That's as stupid as saying all black people are muggers or all Italians in Britain own a restaurant. lol
I'm really not that interested in what chefs do or buy, I can think for myself.
Originally Posted by John_Elway:
“Why is what a neurologist told my friend a myth? lol Are you an expert in neurology or do you dismiss anything that you just don't like? Perhaps you have another explanation for my friend's problems? Do tell and I'll tell her to try it. I'll also tell her neurologist that you know better. Of course! lol It wasn't a friend of a friend... or somebody told me that they heard that.... it was my friend of 15 years. I thought I made that quite clear. Sorry if you don't like what I said. But no reason to make yourself feel better by calling it a myth. Well, maybe there is.
As for:
"The point was that he is one of the very few chefs who are not limiting themselves to 19th century technology."
So what? Are you that influenced by other people?
I can think for myself.”
“Why is what a neurologist told my friend a myth? lol Are you an expert in neurology or do you dismiss anything that you just don't like? Perhaps you have another explanation for my friend's problems? Do tell and I'll tell her to try it. I'll also tell her neurologist that you know better. Of course! lol It wasn't a friend of a friend... or somebody told me that they heard that.... it was my friend of 15 years. I thought I made that quite clear. Sorry if you don't like what I said. But no reason to make yourself feel better by calling it a myth. Well, maybe there is.
As for:
"The point was that he is one of the very few chefs who are not limiting themselves to 19th century technology."
So what? Are you that influenced by other people?
I can think for myself.
”
There have been no studies which show any change in food which has been microwaved. So the neurologist who told your friend that they are harmful was presumably just winging it for some reason.
There are a lot of nutters who pass themselves off as medical experts, homeopathists being the main culprits.
Please provide a link to any site which tries to prove that microwaved food is bad for you.
I'm not influenced much by others. Just like to use the right tool for the job - in many cases this is a microwave oven. The many TV cooks who do try to influence people to shun them are trying to brainwash the gullible that they are 'a bad thing' - and you seem to have fallen for it.
Originally Posted by John_Elway:
“No.
We used to manage leftovers before microwaves so I'm genuinely confused. Have I misinterpreted your point? Sorry if I have. ”
“No.
We used to manage leftovers before microwaves so I'm genuinely confused. Have I misinterpreted your point? Sorry if I have. ”
but the oven takes a lot longer.
We have a microwave but the only thing we have used it for in the past 6 months or so is:
- warming up a chippie supper; and
- heating fajita bread
- warming up a chippie supper; and
- heating fajita bread
Interesting thread.
I have to disagree with this. Although I'm sure that plenty of people use them just to reheat ready meals, for a period of about 3 years in the 80's, my parents didn't have a cooker/hob at all. All our cooking was done in a convection microwave/grill. Admittedly, there are foods that are less than ideal for cooking in a microwave, but it is perfectly possible to cook everyday meals from scratch in the microwave. As long as you don't mind unbrowned meat, you could probably even do without the convection component.
I now have a microwave as an adjunct to the cooker, and I must admit that it is usually reserved for defrosting/reheating food, but I know that if the situation were to arise where a microwave were the only cooking appliance I had, I wouldn't need to resort to a diet of ready meals only.
Originally Posted by stormin norm:
“I think if people what to use them, fine, they have their uses. However I do think that they are an excuse for not cooking proper food and would hate to be someone who couldn't manage without.”
“I think if people what to use them, fine, they have their uses. However I do think that they are an excuse for not cooking proper food and would hate to be someone who couldn't manage without.”
I have to disagree with this. Although I'm sure that plenty of people use them just to reheat ready meals, for a period of about 3 years in the 80's, my parents didn't have a cooker/hob at all. All our cooking was done in a convection microwave/grill. Admittedly, there are foods that are less than ideal for cooking in a microwave, but it is perfectly possible to cook everyday meals from scratch in the microwave. As long as you don't mind unbrowned meat, you could probably even do without the convection component.
I now have a microwave as an adjunct to the cooker, and I must admit that it is usually reserved for defrosting/reheating food, but I know that if the situation were to arise where a microwave were the only cooking appliance I had, I wouldn't need to resort to a diet of ready meals only.
If you want a scare, read:
http://rinf.com/alt-news/breaking-ne.../969/#more-969
or look up
Microwave Madness: The Effects of Microwave Apparatus on Food and Humans
http://rinf.com/alt-news/breaking-ne.../969/#more-969
or look up
Microwave Madness: The Effects of Microwave Apparatus on Food and Humans
The microwave in this house is older than I am
Can't recall the last time it was used - I think it was when I made myself a Ready Brek a few weeks ago.
(Actually, tell a lie; it was used yesterday to heat up a Christmas Pudding.)
There's also one in my office at work which is used primarily for heating up milk for use in coffee... it's one that goes 'DING' which is the best part of microwaves. (My one at home just beeps... not quite the same!)
Can't recall the last time it was used - I think it was when I made myself a Ready Brek a few weeks ago.
(Actually, tell a lie; it was used yesterday to heat up a Christmas Pudding.)
There's also one in my office at work which is used primarily for heating up milk for use in coffee... it's one that goes 'DING' which is the best part of microwaves. (My one at home just beeps... not quite the same!)
I remember going through a period of time without a microwave which I found really, really annoying, as the vast majority of my favorite meals are best cooked in the microwave, and I find it a real PITA to have to cook anything on the hob! 
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