Still want to use a microwave for cooking with

[pigletwillie]

Microwaved Water - See What It Does To Plants

http://www.4hoteliers.com/4hots_fshw.php?mwi=1065

[di]

Pleased I can now base my hatred of them on proper science & not just irrational phobia!!
Most people think I'm odd for not wanting one,or that it's a case of lack of funds...they've just never seemed right to me!!...Now I am armed with a better response than just "I don't trust them".
Cheers!!

[FionaH]

Ok thats scarey!

[pigletwillie]

Would you eat a baked spud out of a microwave, they taste kak and thats without the science.

[scarey55]

Would you eat a baked spud out of a microwave, they taste kak and thats without the science.

You're right there - much better wrapped in silver foil and cooked in the fire.

[Nicos]

ooooo...heck

[smallblueplanet]

Not sure about the validity of the science, but here's a reply...interesting last para!

Microwaves Damage Food (Great Moments in Science, ABC Science)

But one thing you can be sure of - that delicious slightly burnt crispyness that you get with barbequed meat definitely contains chemicals that can (in studies involving lots of rats) cause cancer. Even so, most of us ignore this scientific finding and eat barbequed meat with no ill effects.

You giving up your BBQ PW?

[lynda66]

i've always done my spuds in the microwave, then put em in the oven to crisp and now what am i gonna do when i forget to drink my brew ....... i'm gonna have to make a fresh one ........ and baked beans, i hate washing bean saucepans, beans jugs are so much easier ..... and scrambled egg saucepans ........ and floppy cheese on toast ..... and sardines and and ............................ i'm gonna starve ......... i need a new way of cooking

[SarzWix]

We hardly use ours, except when we forget to defrost meat, might have to think again about that...

[pigletwillie]

Not sure about the validity of the science, but here's a reply...interesting last para!

Microwaves Damage Food (Great Moments in Science, ABC Science)



You giving up your BBQ PW?

No, but then I dont do black bbq food.

[Growem]

"Proper science"? Some 11 year-old kid's school science experiment is a nice start, but hardly what I would call proper science. Proper science is peer-reviewed, meaning other scientists have had access to the original data and a chance to emulate results.

As for your second link Pigletwillie, I'm afraid I've seen nearly the exactly same post all over the internet, but it's really scarce on links to the actual studies it quotes, so it's hard to argue rationally about it.

In your previous post in the other topic about Dulce de Leche, you write, "Microwaves, generated by the alternating current in an oven, cause the water molecules in the food to rotate billions of times per second. This results in an enormous amount of friction among these molecules, thus causing the food to get hot." Just as a matter of information, heating in the oven also heats food by creating friction - the exact same thing.

I agree that probably more research should be done about microwaves, but I hardly think you have to worry that much. Unless of course, you are that concerned about microwaves that you also totally avoid the other common source of microwaves - mobile and cordless phones.

[nelliegemini]

I'll sit on the fence on this one, but I just can't understand a hospital putting a live thing (blood) in a microwave to warm it! Was that true? I know it was only for a short time to warm it but the way microwaves cook it just means the blood was only a little bit cooked, which is a world away from a little bit warm, isn't it?

[lainey lou]

I got rid of my microwave ages ago after doing some energy experiments.
Microwaves kill your food, I mean they totally zap it of energy.

[janeyo]

I had to buy one especially for the upstairs as the baby screamed so loud he woke the neighbours when he wanted a feed and we had to heat the bottle FAST.
No wonder he's a little odd.....

[pigletwillie]

Ah but there lies the rub, Microwave ovens came about when a scientist noticed that walking past a radar set during WW11 melted chocolate in his pocket.

A microwave oven works by passing non-ionizing microwave radiation, usually at a frequency of 2.45 gigahertz (GHz) (a wavelength of 12.24 centimetres (4.82 in), through the food. Microwave radiation is between common radio and infrared frequencies.

Yes phones do give off microwaves and research is needed but, they dont melt chocolate or cook potato's.