is a microwave worth it?

>>62062342
not worth, got one since im little. never used it other than hot Chocolate

>>62062342
It's worth, I'm not American.

No, it takes all the taste out of the food

Dont buy it, i use it just for those popcorns,nothing else. Any food from microwave tastes like shit.

Learn to cook

>>62062342
why do you want to die

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If your supermarket has steam meals then yes get one

It's great for reheating leftovers.

>>62062563
i always thought this,
Who would buy a microwave just so that he can eat trash freezed food?

I use it like once a week for things like reheating food and making oatmeals. My roommates are using it everyday to make shitty ready food (it taste like shit, and is unhealthy af)

American
Haven't used one in 5 years

>>62062563
This
Or cooking rice

Do Americans actually make food with them?

>>62062645
You can cook some pretty decent meals on a microwave oven as long as you don't just blast everything on max

>>62062619
frozen veggies>?

>>62062418
>since i'm little

>>62062563
how do you reheat leftovers without a microwave? serious question. do you put it in a frypan or something? or put shit in the oven for an hour?

>>62062695
You put it in a trash bag and hide it up your ass for an hour duh

>>62062342
get a toaster oven instead

>>62062342

My parents don't believe me when I say microwave is not for baking, cooking etc. For some fucking reason, they believe that microwave is for baking and cooking.

tips for some tasty meals from microwave?

>>62062645
>cooking rice
>microwave
blasphemy

>>62062695
did you try putting it on a plate??

I thought you guys used those for your hot pockets

>>62062762
Anything that just needs to be boiled can be microwaved... Not necessarily the most efficient way of doing it, but you make do with what you've got.

>>62062645
>cooking rice in the microwave

I mainly use it to re-heat coffee

>>62062342
if you want to reheat leftovers and ruin their texture, heat some liquids, defrost meats because you forgot to get them out the night before they're fine

>>62062695
pizzas, stews, soups, etc, can be reheated on a hob or on a frying pan pretty easily and come out way better than being reheated in a microwave but yeah some stuff does need to be done in a microwave

>>62062762
>>62062820
cooking rice in the microwaves is one of those things that seems retarded at first, and the texture is a tiny bit different as a result (rice on the top layer is a bit dry), but it's done in half the time and is basically impossible to fuck up once you know how to do it
I mean if you have a rice cooker you'd always just use that right but if you want to cook more than usual in a hob you can't just double the rice/water and have it come out properly

Fuck I posted on a wrong thread

>>62062867

>>62062418
fucking manlets cant even reach the countertop to heat things up

>>62062342
It heats water molecules.. good for unfreezing shit and quick cooking or steaming occasionally

I use mine to thaw the inside of frozen foods so you don't have to fry or bake it as long (for health and cut down on cooking time)

if you don't mind soggy food you can use it for everything

Idk you got a hamster?

>>62062859
>>62062805
that's disrespectful towards rice it's unholy, you're taking a most healthy food for the human body and killing it's nutrients and turning it into poison
>:( yes i mad

>>62062859
>cooking rice in the microwaves is one of those things that seems retarded at first, and the texture is a tiny bit different as a result (rice on the top layer is a bit dry), but it's done in half the time and is basically impossible to fuck up once you know how to do it
A cup of rice takes about half an hour to cook, can you really put up with the annoying microwave beep for 15 minutes?
>I mean if you have a rice cooker you'd always just use that right but if you want to cook more than usual in a hob you can't just double the rice/water and have it come out properly
Get a bigger rice cooker. You'll never need to cook more than like 4 cups of rice anyway. Hell, you could even cook rice on the stove.

>>62062342
Worth what? You haven't stated a price.

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I have a combi oven and microwave. Pretty good tbqh

>>62063027
I bought this back in 2004 for 1400 euro. Never had any problems. I love siemens

I use the microwave to re-heat leftovers, to defrost and to cook potatoes. they're pretty energy-efficient, last virtually forever (don't ignore if the fan is broken) and even decent ones are quite cheap. so yes, I'd say they're worth it.

>>62062990
Rice is just fucking carbs. Especially the white rice.

>microwave two sausage and blueberry pancake corndogs for breakfast
>microwave easy mac for lunch
>microwave hungry man or kid cuisine (whichever is on sale) for dinner
I would die without mine. not to mention heating up poptarts for snacks

>>62062805
>>62062859
>>62063000
>welcome to cu/ck/
cup of rice, clean it in hot water if needed
prepare wok(-like pan) with a few spoons of oil (to cover bottom)
drop rice in wok when oil is hot
set water to boil in a separate utensil
stir rice in wok with wooden spoon/stick/whatever so it doesn't burn
rice is ready when the seeds are separate from each other (not sticking together)
rice should not change colour (become orange like) it's just not necessary to heat it that much
allow oil to cool a little
water should be boiling now
add a bit of salt in water
pour water in wok
cover wok
lower heat
leave for 20-30mins to boil
after it's ready leave for 5-10mins to cool down (wok still covered)
add tomato sauce to rice
enjoy tasty healthy meal

>>62062695
I own a microwave but sometimes if you have like left over fast food like pizza or tacos it tastes better to put them in the oven or a pan,

For instance you can use pam or the non stick grease on a frypan and warm up your pizza and it tastes like it just got out of the oven, or if you have left over fried chicken you can put that shit in the oven to keep it's crisp, microwaves always soften the food or mush them whenever you use it

>>62063060
rice is best food along with beans

>>62062513
Aaah those good ol'days in Amsterdam

>>62063086
Beans are alright but rice is just empty.

>>62063105
rice made my penis bigger

>>62062513
That actually looks pretty decent. Never seen those before. Are they any good?

>>62063112
second dick
I fill my boxers with rice and about 150ml of water let it soak overnight
the best part is you get fresh rice to take to work with you in the morning after

>>62063112
Only black rice does that. White rice makes your dick smaller.

>>62063169
>black rice
there is only brown rice but it makes you drive planes into buildings

>>62063016
worth buying, you retard

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What about convection "microwaves", are they dual purpose (as in dual cooking modes) or completely different?

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>>62063187

>>62063112
I call bullshit on this.
t. Indian

>>62062563
No you don't nigger they're best cold

>>62063126
Yeah they are pretty good and fresh (they are kept in the fridge, not the freezer). The microwave steams them so the vegetables are also pretty crispy. In Holland they are called Stoommaaltijden from Albert Heyn supermarket and they have them with fish, chicken or veggie.

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>>62063196
nvm, they are dual purpose

>>62063213
Sounds like a great concept. Healthy as well. Pretty jelly actually.

>>62063201
curry suppresses rice voodoo

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>reheating cold pizza

>>62063197
shiieeeet

>>62062513
>700 watts

Fucking wattlets

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>>62063263

some food can be reheated in the pan but microwave is easier

>>62062513
This.

I'm an Ameriburger and my supermarket has all sorts of steam-in-bag/tray/etc. foods. For obvious reasons they're good to take to work too, though I'd never bring this salmon thing for obvious reasons. But yeah they're great at home.

>>62063270
>not owning a 1100 watt microve in $CURRENTYEAR
wattlets out REE

>>62062342
In what kind of shithole do you live in ? Everyone has one in the first world

>>62063197
WE WUZ GRAINS N SHEEIT

>>62062990
>you're taking a most healthy food for the human body
Enjoy your arsenic

>>62063000
>can you really put up with the annoying microwave beep for 15 minutes?
What kind of microwave do you have that constantly beeps?

>>62063315
(((proofs)))

>>62063329
A cheap Sharp from 1999.

>>62062342
Yes. Just because you have one doesn't mean you have to throw out your range and oven. It's another tool in you kitchen to prepare meals. It saves so much fucking time, and here's one thing that microwaves, in my own cooking experience, do best: potatoes. Pop a six oz. russet potato in four four and a half minutes and it'll be more delicious than any boiled or stewed potato, and at a fraction of the time. No salt or pepper needed

do people bring their own food to microwave at their workplace in america?

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>>62063315

>>62063394
I do. Prepared food has too much oil/salt/sauce/etc. compared to the food I make for myself.

>>62063394
not often unless you have an office job or something similar.
Other than that, people mostly just use their lunch break to go get something to eat at a fast food restaraunt or the like

>>62063385
>Israel News
Trust us goy, you don't have to worry about the arsenic

>>62062695
a true gentooman

They're great for heating my mince and cheese pie and putting shitloads of tomato sauce on it. I then go and fuck my girlfriend who is a sheep. Guess my nationality.

>>62063401
>>62063423

>>62063434
Welsh

I use microwaves to heat up left overs. Pretty much it
>Ruining the flavor or texture
I don't eat left overs for flavor or an enjoyable experience.

>>62063434
Clearly English, to be talking such shit.

>>62062695
You put it on a 7900x for a nanosecond.

>>62063434
kiwi

>>62063449
:^)

>>62063289
you know that different wattages are for different uses right?
Try unthawing your mince meat with 1200W I dare you

>>62063467
Not him but I thaw mince with my 1100W. They have power settings. The defrost button sets it to like a 50% duty cycle.

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>>62063467
>thawing meat in the microwave

>>62063203
No, warm is better.

>>62063492
It works great. Obviously if you go too far you'll start getting little rubbery cooked spots and that's gross. But if you stop just as the frost completely disappears, you can eat two hours off of the thaw time in just two minutes.

>>62063492
You don't thaw your frozen bacon in the microwave so it becomes easier to peel apart?

You could always leave it in the fridge or sun or something but that much longer

>>62063252
Cold pizza is a fucking meme.
Cold anything is a meme.
Except for ice cream.
Why eat something cold when you could eat it hot?

The real problem here is
>freezing meat
Gross.

>>62063538
Don't be ridiculous. There are plenty of meats where the prep will radically change the texture anyway. Mince for pretty much anything other than burgers, bacon, organs, etc.

>>62063478
Thats what I am implying, the package only says warm up at 700w for x minutes

>>62063564
You can warm at higher watts but you have to adjust the cook time. If you leave for same amount of x minutes as 700w then obviously you fuck up your product.

>>62063564
So use algebra. 700W for X minutes is 700 Watt-minutes. Set the power level on your microwave such that you end up delivering 700 Watt-minutes as well.

>>62063604
Derp I meant
>700*X Watt-minutes

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>>62063522
>frozen bacon

Why is /g/ so obsessed with frogs?

>>62063633
We're taking it back from the fascists.

>>62062342
Where the fuck do you even live?
I live in a European shithole and everyone owns one. It's a musthave tool.
Modern ones have extra features like included grill, and/or "separate zone heating" (they all have different buzzwords) where it heats your entire food, not just the middle.

>>62062342
If you have the space.

>>62063604
Mine only has 600 and 900 as nearest options so I choose 600 and add a minute, comes out pretty good.

>>62062436
are you one of those people that also believes that sticking a bag of pebble to a 600ohm audio cable will clear up the external interference and keep the sound crystal clear

Microwaves are primary used to heat up food that was already prepared before, like leftovers or frozen meals.

>>62062436
It only takes the taste of meals with a sensible water structure, like potatoes, certain kinds of fish and spinach.

>>62062342
the microwave is a godsend for neets and lazy people who dont want to cook every single day and/or buys lots of frozen/reheatable food
i use mine almost every day

>>62062342
Eastern Europoor here, I actually don't know a single person without a microwave.

I rate 3/8.

>>62063434
A /co/ poster.

>>62062342
they are useless to do anything, besides maybe making fresh popcorn and boil water - solid meals and even soup always end up unevenly warmed

>>62064302
>boil water
>microwave
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=microwave+water+plant

>>62062342
microwave a shit A SHIT

>>62063054
>I love siemens
>I love semen
Really makes you think

>>62064337
if it does to plain water it does to any water in any meal, dipshit.

also - who the fuck in their right mind woul give a plant boiled water? It would be free from all minerals it lives off.

>>62063538
I know, why don't these faggots just kill their own animals and immediately prepare the meat for maximum freshness?

>>62063538
>I get my meat fresh from the meat farms.
>I don't buy meat from the store, or butcher that was previously frozen during shipment.

>>62063270
volts(joules/coloumbs) times amperes(coloumbs/sec)

The coloumbs cancel out and you get wats(joules/sec)

>>62062774
That's r9k

>>62064372
>if it does to plain water it does to any water in any meal, dipshit.
>i am a retard