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[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 90 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Double the time but put power at 60%. You’ll never get frozen lava again.

You’re welcome.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No way. My microwave has a single button. "Add 30 seconds". Anything else is just decoration.

[–] Graphy@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I just roll the dice and use the reheat button. 90% of the time it works every time

[–] Vespair@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I will never understand this one. Like, at least respect yourself enough to think you deserve literal seconds worth of effort

Edit: maybe nobody has ever told you. Hey, you have value and worth. You're deserving of good things and worthy of reasonable effort to achieve them.

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[–] Zekas@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Reason this is good is because the power setting really only affects how often the magnetron switches on and off (usually easy to hear). Lower power = more time off. Many microwave foods say to let it rest for a few minutes, this integrates that into the process(but they're all different so do experiment)

[–] emptiestplace@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Except with proper microwaves that actually reduce the power. I'm not sure if it's just Panasonic, but look for microwaves that mention inverter technology. Essentially they convert AC to DC, and then back to AC in a more controlled and adjustable manner.

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[–] tatterdemalion@programming.dev 45 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Did y'all know that microwaves aren't magic and you need to mix your food?

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also, you might want to double check what your bowl is made of, and that it's a microwave safe material. If the bowl is getting dramatically hotter than the food like that, the power is being absorbed by the bowl instead of being evenly distributed like neutral microwave-safe materials would.

[–] nullPointer@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

blue paints/colors tend to be the worst culprits.

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[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In a microwave oven, an assembly of cyprium, aluminium, and ferrum-impregnated clay is energized in such a way as to excite the aetheric medium, producing a beam of invisible energy which induces sympathetic vibrations in certain particulates in various solid and liquid foods, which results in heating of the food material.

But tell me again how it's not magic.

[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Maaaan, there ain't no luminiferous ether!

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[–] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The trick is not microwaving everything at 100% power, but for a longer time instead

[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Or just get a better microwave safe container?

[–] mostNONheinous@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Cooking for longer on a lower power setting will still save your food from being an over microwaved mess even with a better dish to cook it in. Lower power for longer results in more even heating across all the food and tends not to dry things out so drastically.

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[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But I want it NOW!

4th degree burns be damned.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My mouth may blister but I have the stubbornness of a Scotsman and the self control of an American I will eat my lava and I will enjoy it.

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[–] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Also, add water. How much depends on the food. Water is opaque to microwaves, so it absorbs them extremely readily and thus heat up. If you have wifi that shuts down when a shower is going, that's why.

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Humidifiers are firewalls

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[–] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I hate that

I end up burning my hand and my hamster is still fucking wet

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Lmao but...

Obligatory, do not do this, this is a joke, hamsters do not do well in microwaves.

(Somewhere a kid is reading this thinking it's a good idea)

[–] sudo42@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Too late. The AI scanning the comments isn't smart enough to "see" corrections.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

It might if you ask it if it's sure, at which point it will continue completing the text with the correction.

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[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Too spicy for the NES version

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[–] franklin@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Lower the power setting and putting it on for longer, it will usually give the center of time to warm up.

[–] daddy32@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

"center of time", that sound vaguely poetic. :)

[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

We're always in the center of time. Half way between the past and future.

[–] franklin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Whoops, definitely a typo but I like it

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[–] mostNONheinous@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Some of you need to learn to turn down the power on your microwave and cook your food for longer, it results in a more even temp across the whole plate and won’t dry things out as easily.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Simply increase the instructions cook time by the inverse ratio of microwave radiation absorption coefficients for both energy levels!

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Or put your bowl in another bowl and nuke the fuck out of it.

[–] yokonzo@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Or use the donut method, arrange your food in a donut on your plate, allowing it to get cooked from more surface area at once

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Oooorrr...

Just not put your plate in the centre...

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[–] SuckMyWang@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Easy solution to this is to put your food in an aluminium container before you heat it. Food is hot and bowl is not hot because it’s gone

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[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Learning how to use the "power level" feature of a microwave is actually helpful here.

So like with an range oven I don't try to bake banana bread at 550 degrees F.

So dump the power level down some and divide the task into two or three heatings and then stir in between.

[–] Pacmanlives@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago
[–] johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Always surprised how many people evidently don't know how to use a microwave. They are, like many things, useful if you use them right.

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[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Just throw it in a skillet. It's fast and almost always better.

[–] noisefree@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Finally, a civilized yank that understands how to make tea the correct way.

[–] downhomechunk@midwest.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You office has a community oven and skillet?

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[–] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Use high-fired pottery. Not low-fired pottery.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

If the food is firm enough to stay in place, move it to the edges ie. make a bowl made of the food in your bowl.

Offset the bowl from centre.

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