Saturday, November 1, 2008

Cooking At 2.45 GHz


Well, we finally caved in to peer pressure and bought a microwave oven. I have very little use for one, as I cook everything from scratch on the shiny stove. About the only thing I use the confounded things for is microwave popcorn, about twice a year.

But people think you live in the stone age if you don't have a microwave oven nowadays, as if it was a TV we didn't have or something.

It's not that I am being anti-technology here, I just don't like they way they cook food. I prefer browned, basted, and sauteed to pale, white and mushy, any day.

But I figure we might need the thing to heat up a bottle for Brooke someday soon, so I relented.

Just don't tell Escoffier. He would not be proud of me.

9 comments:

Dennis said...

I'm gettin' one of these; https://www.mynuwaveoven.com/index.asp

Alisa said...

Welcome to the present, Dave!

ingrid said...

What about leftovers? I wouldn't dream of cooking in mine, except for the odd sweet potato, but I use it almost daily for reheating things. Yes, I could reheat on the stove or in the oven, but for most things it's way faster and the results are not that noticeably different.

wildmary said...

I'm with Alisa. Reheating in the microwave = fewer dishes, too. I'd rather do without the 60" plasma TV than a microwave. Oh, that's right I don't have the fancy TV! :)

wildmary said...

Oops, sorry, Ingrid, that was your comment on leftovers. Well, I still agree with both of you. M

Pamela Larkin said...

Welcome to the year 2008.

Dave said...

I reheat leftovers on the stove. They reheat almost as fast and much more evenly. I also eat them cold.

Bri said...

welcome to 1976!

Dennis said...

Brian said what I was going to say at first, but I thought I'd offer an alternative.