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| What shape should the pan be that you cook foods in the microwave be? | Round |
| How many minutes will it take to bake 3 potatoes | 10 minutes |
| By what amount of time should you increase cooking time if you place to of the exact same items in the microwave? | Double the cooking time |
| What are the 3 types of food that are good for microwave cooking? | Foods with a lot of sugar, fat, or moisture |
| What does standing time mean? | The time that you leave food alone after removing from microwave. |
| Microwaves cook from the ---------- to the -------------- | outside, inside |
| Microwaves penetrate to what depth in food? | 1 1/2 inches |
| What is a watt? | Unit of electrical power |
| What happens when you change the power setting of a microwave oven from high to medium? | produces fewer microwaves |
| Food in the center of the microwave cooks? | Slower |
| Why should you avoid using products containing recycled paper in a microwave oven? | It may contain metal fragments or chemicals that could catch fire. |
| What is a factor that affects how a food cooks in a microwave? | Shape & size of food |
| What is the purpose of stirring, rotating and turning food during cooking? | To make sure food cooks evenly |
| How does a microwave cook? | Microwaves, make food molecules vibrate |
| What type of fat have low smoking points? | Animal fats -- butter & lard |
| What types of fat have high smoking points? | Safflower, soybean, corn & peanut oils |
| What is smoking point? | Temperature at which fats begin to give off irrating smoke and break down chemically. |
| What is arching? | Electrical sparks that can damage the oven or start a fire |
| Four suitable materials for microwave cooking are? | glass, stoneware, plastic, paper |
| What food should never be cooked in a microwave | A whole egg. |
