Microwave Oven – Life After The Microwave
There are many out there now, which include my husband, who do not remember life before the microwave oven. Oh how things have changed since then. Imagine using your stove or oven to reheat food. It is the ideal way to save time. Leftovers have always been nice, but they have definitely gained their appeal after microwave ovens have become popular in homes.
Lunches at the job have also changed owing to the introduction of the microwave oven. You no longer have to depend upon cafeteria food or going out in order to get a warm lunch. This is useful for people like me who do not want the brown bag sandwich lunch. Then there are the people who have become culinary experts on using the microwave oven and hardly use their stoves or normal ovens for preparing meals anymore.
When my mother-in-law was given the built in microwave, she never turned back. Eggs, bacon, vegetables, pizza and so on all gets cooked in that microwave. It is really too fast and simple to try to do it any way. It is better to give up the taste for the comfort. It still surprises me to find what things could go in there and what you could do.
As much as the microwave is convenient, though, you do have to be cautious. The microwave oven is highly temperamental and really unforgiving. Occasionally keeping your food for 20 seconds longer and you might be left with something like a wooden block. I recall the first time I reheated shrimp in there. Little did I know how little time the shrimp needed to heat up.
Then there are the splotchy messes. If you ever fail to remember to cover up your food, you know what I am referring to. So, even with all the advantages of using the microwave oven, there are lots of drawbacks too. You just have to weigh out what things take priorities: save time and enjoy a mushy pizza or have that great crispy crust.
