Cooking with a microwave

[James Comey]

Yeah, what the title says.

My parents never really taught me how to use an actual oven, so I can't really cook my food there. So, what do I do? Fuck it, use the microwave!

Microwave ovens are hugely under-rated when it comes not just to heating but actually cooking food. Yes, you can actually use a microwave to cook. Especially if you're a bloke like me who was never taught an oven for whatever reason. Yeah, it's lazy as all hell, but it's quick and much easier not to fuck up.

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I actually was able to make straight-up, fresh tortilla chips with a microwave. Seriously, a little creativity and determination gets you places.

[Sharpie]

Mircowaves are absolute pleb tier, ovens aren't hard to use >.>

[brainiac3397]

Microwaves are a truckers oven man.

I helped my father discover that he could use a microwave to make rice, and now he has grains supplement his canned chicken/fish and salad meals. The do-urself packets take about 12mins, whereas the prepared ones are done within 2 minutes. I prefer the former because the latter often has some odd taste(mainly there is more oil than I like, and whatever they use to preserve the stuff). Still, the latter come with flavoring so I did occassionally get some of them to "spice up" the meal.

My mother has some odd dislike the microwave. She insists the stuff don't taste the same as if they were re-heated by oven.

[Ky]

God bless the microwave. Ever since I learned how to reheat leftovers evenly and retain their moisture (techniques that come in really handy if I want leftover pasta or pizza), I have never needed an oven, stove, or even a toaster.

[MurkScribe]

So microwave is actually better than the oven, or toaster?\

[Missile]

It depends,

When I eat a pot-pie, I could either wait 40 minutes for it took cool in the oven, or I could wait for 10 minutes for it to cook in the microwave, I use the microwave on a daily basis

[Sharpie]

re-heating anything in a microwave makes it all soggy and damp and gross learn how to use an oven you plebians

[brainiac3397]

Cuz u fail at using micro properly

[Money morkel]

microwave cooking times are shorter.

[schoolsux]

Food cooked in an oven is more evenly heated, but the microwave is quicker. I prefer the microwave.

[Cianna200]

In my opinion, food cooked in the stove tastes better than food cooked in the microwave, using an oven is actually quite simple.

[brainiac3397]

I like playing with the food as it cooks(not in the literal sense of amusing myself with the food. I mean actually interacting in the process)

Thus sticking my hand in the microwave to do it while it cooks sounds like a bad idea.

[Missile]

I don't like waiting forever for something to cook in the oven

[brainiac3397]

but the sweet smell of your long effort getting slowly cooked to a delicious crisp is worth da wait.