Nuke Veggies, Not [insert some country that hates us here].

I have to admit, I hate the microwave. On occassion I use it to heat up leftovers, make popcorn, or as storage for useless kitchen appliances. I cry (seriously) when people use it to heat up cold pizza. Whyyyy? When you can heat it up just as quickly in the toaster oven/real oven and still have it crispy/delicious not soggy/gross? Just the idea of the microwave, and how it works using radio waves, freaks me out. My mom drilled it into my head that standing in front of the microwave would make you grow 3 heads (but she also claimed that going to sleep with your hair wet made you blind too, so there goes all her credibility).

There’s no middle ground when you use the microwave. It’s either still frozen/cold or it’s nuclear. I’ve tried to use it to defrost things (like chicken or beef) when I’ve forgotten to leave anything out for dinner that night and it has always ended in disaster. Chicken breast would have rock-hard yellow edges, but with an icy popsicle inside. Frozen shrimp became indistinguishable rubbery worms.

Apparently my problem was that I was using it for all the wrong things, because veggies is where the microwave (allegedly) succeeds.  Some other interesting highlights of the article include: debunking the foil in the microwave myth and reaffirming the awesome exploding egg phenomenon.  We tested that one at work one day.  Not to be confused with Pancake Day or Luther Burger Day.

You Use It Everyday. But Can You Make It Cook?