Question: DO YOU MICROWAVE ANYTHING?

[Guest guest]

Well, I'll stand out as the lone person who has yet to

make the switch. It wasn't until recently that I

started to question the safety of the microwave.

Given the many food changes we were making, finding

alternatives to the microwave didn't fall high on my

list. It's moving up, though. I use it mostly as a

crutch for thawing when I haven't planned ahead

(amazing how poor our food choices are when I fail to

plan ahead.) Hubby is absolutely adament that there

is nothing wrong with it. If it were up to me, I'd

replace it with a convection oven so that I couldn't

use it even if I " wanted " to, but I don't think it'll

happen anytime soon. I'm still working on him. But I

also want a goat & he doesn't, so I have to pick my

battles...

So a question, if you have a portion of leftovers do

you heat your oven to warm it up? Or do all of you

have a small appliance for doing that? Would be hard

for me to feel good about heating up the oven for

every little thing. (I realize some food could be

heated on the stove.)

Dawn

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[Guest guest]

NO microwaved food for house guests unless they do it themselves. I do not use

ours and discourage anyone from doing so. My wife has the right to do as she

wants (she's usually short on time after work) for the food she eats. Mine is

reheated in our pizza oven, where I usually set the timer to reheat leftovers-

seven minutes of heating and another seven to absorb the heat in the oven after

shutoff. Works for plates as well as bowls. It might take more energy than the

nuke, but it leaves more energy in the food. Wasn't hard for me to give up as I

never did believe in radiated food. Alvin

P.S. Most of our meals are done in the big oven of slow cooker and we always

have leftovers for next day or two so I don't take time to cook.

Will Winter <holistic@...> wrote:

I'm wondering if there is ANYONE here who still owns a microwave oven, and if

so, whether or

not you can justify using it under any circumstances, even for water? What

rationale do you

use? (this is AT HOME, not in a restaurant or on-the-road where cooks and

servers are

sneaky)

Also, since most of my chronic health problems came from the fact that MY

PARENTS DIDN'T

KNOW ANY BETTER to modulate what I ate, I'm wondering if anyone here is brave

enough to

admit they let their kids consume microwaved things? Again, if so, under what

rationale?

Would you give microwaved food or water to your guests?

Will, the devil's little advocate

[Guest guest]

I still own a very nice microwave that even has a sensor, but have taken it

out of the kitchen about 3 years ago, and wondering what to do with it. I

don't want anyone else to use one, but do know people are still buying them

so I hate to just destroy it. Or worse yet need to pay the recycling center

to take it.

Wanted to use it for educational purposes to teach other the dangers of

microwaves. Any suggestions??? It is quite big and heavy to drag to

display.

PS When I took it out of the kitchen I opened it to clean it. There was a

plate of food that probably had been put in 2 years previous. I must have

been distracted and forgot about it. Food still looked great. Dead does

not decay.

Will Winter wrote:

Question: DO YOU MICROWAVE ANYTHING?

I'm wondering if there is ANYONE here who still owns a microwave oven, and

if so, whether or not you can justify using it under any circumstances, even

for water? What rationale do you use? (this is AT HOME, not in a

restaurant or on-the-road where cooks and servers are sneaky)

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[Guest guest]

Yes stoves work great for warm ups just like they did before we had

microwaves when I was first married 50 years ago.

Question: DO YOU MICROWAVE ANYTHING?

Well, I'll stand out as the lone person who has yet to

make the switch. It wasn't until recently that I

started to question the safety of the microwave.

Given the many food changes we were making, finding

alternatives to the microwave didn't fall high on my

list. It's moving up, though. I use it mostly as a

crutch for thawing when I haven't planned ahead

(amazing how poor our food choices are when I fail to

plan ahead.) Hubby is absolutely adament that there

is nothing wrong with it. If it were up to me, I'd

replace it with a convection oven so that I couldn't

use it even if I " wanted " to, but I don't think it'll

happen anytime soon. I'm still working on him. But I

also want a goat & he doesn't, so I have to pick my

battles...

So a question, if you have a portion of leftovers do

you heat your oven to warm it up? Or do all of you

have a small appliance for doing that? Would be hard

for me to feel good about heating up the oven for

every little thing. (I realize some food could be

heated on the stove.)

Dawn

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[Guest guest]

We gave our microwave away maybe 8 years ago. THen we bought a house

with a built in microwave, and I started finding myself using it more

and more. When we moved out here last year, we did not get a

microwave, so I'm back to reheating the traditional way. The only

time I wish I had one is for heating a rice sock...

[Guest guest]

I agree that it would be nice to have a book, pamphlet or website to give or

refer someone to. (For the dangers of

microwaving food or other things like teflon, etc.) But I also have to admit

that I think it's usually a better idea to tell someone about it only IF

they happen to ask why you don't use the microwave or teflon, etc. If I just

say something on my own, some people think I'm either weird or worse, that I

think I'm smarter and better than them. I have members in my family that

seem to think that if I just THINK AND ACT differently than them WITHOUT

even saying anything about it, that it's a personal insult and challenge to

their lifestyle. To them, the simple fact that I am different is somehow my

way of " saying " that I'm right and they're wrong. I'm the " crazy " one in the

family.

People will listen (and really hear) the truth only when they are truly

READY to hear it.

That's one of the reasons I am truly grateful to have the group!!!!!!!!!!!

Therese

[Guest guest]

Therese,

I agree. So, when they finally ask why I heat up my

leftovers at work in the oven instead of the microwave

or why my wife and I refuse food at her parents' house

because her mom uses the microwave for (almost)

everything, I would love to have something small and

handy that can explain or at least refer them to a

place where they can learn of the dangers in layman's

terms (all I know to say is, " it's bad. " ). This would

also prevent what could be a " heated " discussion often

in a place where it could be awkward. Once at work I

got the response, " Everything is bad for you! Even the

sun is bad for you. " I let that one go. I was once in

the same place and would not have responded either to

being beaten over the head with the truth.

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