Disinfect bottles and rags
In families with babies, the microwave oven can sterilize the bottles. You can add water to the bottle for 7 minutes, wrap it with plastic wrap, and put the nipple in a container filled with water. To prevent floating, press it in a small pot and heat it in a microwave oven for about one minute. When guests visit, send a hot towel and you will feel at home. Just wring out the clean towel, wrap it in plastic wrap and heat it for one minute. After cleaning the rag, put it in a plastic bag and heat it to achieve the effect of cleaning and sterilization. Dry it while it is hot, and it is a clean rag that can be used at any time.
Flexible use of baking and frying cooking
When food is heated in the microwave oven, the surface of the food will not turn brown. For example, to roast chicken legs in a microwave oven, you need to soak the chicken legs in the sauce in advance, and apply the sauce on the surface of the chicken legs with a small brush when roasting, so as to show the feeling of brown.
However, when overheated, black lumps will appear inside the food, so pay special attention. When you want the surface of food to feel brown, you can heat it in the microwave oven and bake it on the grill, which is perfect.
Disinfection and heating of tableware
Microwave ovens can also be used to disinfect daily tableware. Don't dry it after washing, just heat it in the microwave oven. Some tableware needs to be heated before use, or it can be heated by microwave oven. However, the use of microwave ovens should be avoided as far as possible for tableware with gold and silver threads or delicate patterns and cups with thin materials.
● Disinfection of food and tableware: put the leftover food in the microwave oven into the refrigerator, and then put it in the microwave oven for heating before eating, which can prevent the survival of bacteria; Cooked food bought in the market can be heated by microwave oven before eating, which can not only keep the original flavor and nutrition of the food, but also kill all bacteria. Tableware except metal products can be sterilized by microwave oven.
● Drying and dehydration of vegetables: heat vegetables with low power until the skin shrinks into a dry shape and is slightly soft, pack them in plastic bags and seal them, soak them and cook them, then you can eat seasonal vegetables.
Mothproof and mildew-proof drugs: put precious Chinese herbal medicines in a microwave oven, cool them and seal them in plastic bags, which can be preserved for a long time.
Food Brittleness: After the oxidation of biscuits, melon seeds, peanuts and other foods, the brittleness can be restored by microwave oven treatment.
● Dish cloth deodorizing: Dish cloth with peculiar smell in the kitchen can be thoroughly disinfected by washing it with water and heating it in the microwave oven.
● Juicing: pierce citrus fruits such as lemon, orange and grapefruit, open the lid at high temperature, heat for 15-20 seconds, let stand for 1-2 minutes, rub by hand, cut the fruits and squeeze out the juice.
● Making scented paper towels: Spray the soaked paper towels with lemon juice, heat them in the microwave oven for 20-30 seconds at maximum power, and then take them out for cooling.
Ten Taboos of Using Microwave Oven
1, avoid overtime heating: food thawing or microwave heating. If you forget to take it out, throw it away after more than 2 hours to avoid food poisoning.
2. Avoid heating ordinary plastic containers in the microwave oven: First, hot food will deform the containers; Second, ordinary plastics will release toxic substances, pollute food and endanger human health.
Don't heat the meat until it is half cooked and then put it in the microwave oven: because the bacteria in the half cooked food are not completely killed, even if it is put in the refrigerator, the bacteria will still grow. When it is heated in the microwave oven for the second time, it is impossible to kill all the bacteria because the time is too short. Frozen meat must be thawed in the microwave oven before it is heated and cooked.
4. Avoid using metal utensils: Because there are metal utensils such as iron, aluminum, stainless steel and enamel in the furnace, electric sparks will be generated when the microwave oven is heated, which will not only damage the furnace body, but also cook uncooked food.
5. Avoid freezing the meat thawed in the microwave oven again: Because the outer layer of the meat has actually been heated at a low temperature after thawing in the microwave oven, bacteria can reproduce at this temperature. Although freezing can prevent its reproduction, it can't kill living bacteria. If the meat thawed in the microwave oven is frozen in the refrigerator again, it must be heated until it is fully cooked.
6. Avoid using closed containers: When heating liquid, use wide-mouth containers, because the heat generated by food heating in closed containers is not easy to dissipate, which makes the pressure in the containers too high and easily leads to explosion accidents. Even when cooking food with a shell, you should pierce the shell membrane with a needle or chopsticks in advance to avoid bursting and splashing after heating to pollute the furnace wall.
7. Avoid plastic wrap touching food: When using plastic wrap, it is best not to let it directly touch food during heating. You can put food at the bottom of a large bowl and seal the bowl with plastic wrap or cover it directly with glass or porcelain without plastic wrap, so that the water vapor can be sealed and heated quickly and evenly. Before taking out the food, you can pierce the plastic wrap to prevent it from sticking to the food.
8, avoid fried food: because high-temperature oil will splash and lead to open flame. When there is an accidental fire in the furnace, don't open the door, turn off the power first, and then open the door to cool down after the fire is extinguished.
9. Avoid putting the microwave oven in the bedroom, and at the same time pay attention to the grille of the cooling window on the microwave oven not to be blocked by objects.
10, avoid working in front of the microwave oven for a long time. After turning on the microwave oven, people should stay away from the microwave oven or at least 1 m away from the microwave oven. Pregnant women and children had better stay away from the microwave oven. The microwave oven should be cleaned frequently, and special attention should be paid to removing the residue on the door to avoid microwave leakage caused by lax closing of the door.