Microwaves - suggestions

[daizie]

Can any one recommend which one ? Had three in two years round about ?30-40 . Dont use them much. Just seem to stop working so I bin them. Is it worth spending more ?

[????]

Top Tip - Looking to watch less television without cold turkey? Fill your old microwaves with old dolls covered in ketchup and leave in your front room. Then when you think "Oooh I must just watch a bit of casulty" - go and look at this instead.

Hope that's helpful.

[daizie]

That is f*****g priceless .

[*Bob*]

Microwaves are the work of the devil.

Water molecules oscillating at great speed to produce heat?! Pull the other one.

[daizie]

knew it ,thanks bob, that's it , back to the stove .

[woofmarkthedog]

Well..

There's safety in sandwiches Dazers

Though ASDA own brand ?34 is made by Sanyo

Though don't buy a Toyota

Oh yes ,they are made for going from A-B however, they are having trouble at B and ending up in Z

But then that's a car , not a microwave isn't it

Yes ....indeede

W**F

[SteveT]

If you buy second hand, perhaps you will buy one thats gone beyond the usual breaking down period, and it might see you out.

I thought that might cheer you up daizie.

[SeanMacGabhann]

When I was growing up and we couldn't afford a microwave I thought they were the coolest things

When I moved out and got a job and still couldn't afford one it was still high up on my list

When I got one?. I realised how grim they were - got rid and never bothered again

Sometimes, when I'm being dim and forget to defrost something I will momentarily wish I had one - until I remember how grim the result was

Good riddance I say - save your money and get the decent steak again

[daizie]

It was good for scrambled eggs . thanks

[????]

I expect that you've found the Forum especially helpful on this daize

[ruffers]

I'm just fascinated to know what you're doing to break them?

[Roll Deep]

Probably cleans them in the washing machine. And then hangs them out to dry, as it were.

[*Bob*]

I can't be 100% sure, daizie, but I'm pretty sure making crack cocaine is not covered under the manufacturer's warranty.

[Roll Deep]

Unless it's a fairtrade microwave. No one can touch you if it's an ethical accomplice.

[PeckhamRose]

Got a cheap one from Asda. Still going after one year! yayy! Such quality. Not very big though.

[Roll Deep]

That's nothing. My one looks like it was pinched off the set of The Wonder Years.

[*Bob*]

My Gran had hers for so long I thought she might want to be buried with it.

As it was, she opted for one of those wicker basket-style eco-coffins.

One of the staff at 'The Crem' told me (after the curtains had closed etc) that, ironically, it took more gas to burn the 'eco' ones because the hardwood timber used in standard coffins help the combustion process along.

How we laughed!

[wee quinnie]

I can't understand why microwaves are being dissed. For sure, you probably wouldn't want to cook your entire dinner in it. but I find them mighty useful for:

1. Cooking potatoes quickly which I can then chuck into what I am cooking on the stove. (Saves about 15 mins cooking time).

2. Reheating cups of tea/coffee that have gone cold.

3. Drinking chocolate. (Saves washing up the saucepan).

4. Quickest/best way to melt choclate for cooking (According to Nigella).

5. Reheating leftover cooked rice.

Etc etc

[Ted Max]

I can't understand why microwaves are being dissed.

I suspect they're considered common, wee quinnie. Probably only a small step up from a soda stream.

[Ted Max]

Ach, we need an intermediate step in there for the Breville toastie maker.

[*Bob*]

The truth is that Sean is afraid of microwaves. Yes - afraid.

He doesn't trust any method of cooking unless he can see a clear flame - and only then if the food is suspended over the flame in a giant copper pot, secured on a chain from a high beam.

[SeanMacGabhann]

'tis true I hold my highest suspicions for electric hobs - devil's work I tell you

[daizie]

ruffers Wrote:

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> I'm just fascinated to know what you're doing to

> break them?

I've microwaved 'nothing' a few times when iv'e just forgot . Used it as a timer to time things . I just dunno .

[Ted Max]

Suspicion falls once more on the builders, Daize.

[daizie]

What, do you think they're cooking my food as well as having a sh1t?