I don't own a microwave and that seems to blow a lot of people's minds, but honestly... I don't need it.
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Anonymous
| Haven’t had one for 20 years. Don’t miss it. |
Anonymous
Millions and millions of people figure out how to get on a plane with two kids without crowd-sourcing that, but it's a topic on DCUM pretty much every other week. OP -- I'm with you. Don't own a microwave and don't miss it. I never got the joy in reheating one family's member's meal at a time. Here you go Bobby Sue! Leroy, you need to wait your turn. Microwave only holds one plate at a time. |
). I commute 2 hours each way. My kids can quickly microwave leftovers I spent hours cooking over the weekend a lot safer than they could by using my gas stove top. Happy now?
Anonymous
+1 on all of this*+ from someone who is not a food editor, but a serious cook who has lots of gadgets because they all do different things much better than any single alternative appliance (and also enough counter space to make this feasible). Here’s a good list from Serious Eats about microwave utility: https://www.seriouseats.com/best-microwave-shortcuts-8715821 I use my microwave every day to reheat coffee and steam vegetables in the same bowl I will serve them in with virtually no added water and weekly to melt butter and par-cook potatoes. I’ve used it for every other function mentioned in the article as well. Like the PP said, it is absolute nonsense that the stovetop is just as fast or easy as the microwave, and beyond absolute nonsense that the oven is. Those appliances excel for other food preparations. People like the OP who are using microwaves to reheat whatever Factor meals are and those who don’t have a lot of counter space and/or didn’t fall in love with their microwave in the first week of ownership probably should not have them. They’ll never make the most of them. *Basket style air fryers are vastly better than toaster oven style ones, I’m sorry to say, because they are space gobblers and homely. +You found a way to make peace with plain popcorn? I envy you. I always want it with (microwave-melted) butter and salt at a minimum. |
Anonymous
+1 yes. All good ways to prep ingredients/meal components with less fuss. It just takes some imagination and command of the kitchen. |
Anonymous
How dangerous is it? Driving a car dangerous or shark attack dangerous? |
Anonymous
| You'll never have to worry about microwaved rice! |
Anonymous
+2. I didn't grow up with one (and I'm young enough that was rare then) but it's definitely part of my kitchen arsenal, including a Breville/airfryer and oven. Especially for cooking a more complicated meal, if I can save some time and a pan/stovetop burner by using a microwave to do something like melt that butter of steam corn, I'm doing it. I use it for reheating too, depending on what it is. I have the Away bowls and love them in the microwave for steaming. Sure, you can do some of that on the stove, but when you have a million things happening in the kitchen it's nice to have a set-it-and- forget-it option for shortcuts that don't make a measurable impact to the end dish. |
Anonymous
Awful person alert. When people tell you who they are, believe them. |
Anonymous
Blah, blah. No one but you is giving rice this much thought. Don’t eat it if it gives you anxiety, but no, there isn’t some huge risk of reheating rice and people do it all the time. |
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The rice poster made a whole thread about it. insane.
Anyway-I truly don’t understand people who think not owning a microwave is some kind of flex. Like-if you want to spend extra time and make more items dirty for you to clean then go ahead but as other posters mentioned-it’s so much easier to do things like melt butter in the microwave than on the stove. Also if i’m reheating a plate of food for my self for lunch i’d really not to have to wait for the toaster oven/oven to heat up then wait 15 minutes for my food to be ready to eat when it will take 1-2 minutes from start to finish with the microwave. |
Anonymous
I did not have a septic system, I lived in nyc where many people don’t have disposals. Prior to that I lived in Europe and had no dishwasher, microwave or disposal and was lucky enough to have a separate washer and dryer instead of a combo unit. And prior to that, I lived in Hong Kong, where it’s common not to have a dishwasher, disposal or microwave because everyone has live in help who does all that for you. There were days I never went into my own kitchen. The world is bigger than your neighborhood full of microwave kitchens. |
Anonymous
| I can’t believe this thread has gone on for so long! I use my microwave for warm eye compresses and food reheating. My mother is anti-microwave and prefers to reheat on the stove. It generally takes longer and means we dirty and extra pan, but isn’t a huge deal to keep her happy. |
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Haven't had a microwave for 15 years. Don't miss it. But anyone who finds out we don't have one is absolutely astonished and acts like we've gone full-on Amish.
My mom and MIL just can't let it go. Darn near every time one of them is over, there's some comment about it. And when I had a baby? Screeching "HOW WILL YOU EVER LIVE WITHOUT A MICROWAVE WITH A BABY?!?!" Their obsession about the lack of microwave is quite the thing. |
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I honestly can’t recall the last time I used the microwave. It’s been months. Dovetailing…
Our toaster broke and both my husband and I lapsed on ordering a replacement. It’s been 6 months. Really don’t miss it, either. |
Anonymous
| I haven’t used my microwave in a decade or more. I love popcorn made in a pot on the stove. Not using the microwave also means that I eat a lot less processed food because I don’t buy many frozen entrees. I do use an electric pot for heating water quickly. I also use a rice cooker a lot — and often use it for reheating food. Once I got an Instant Pot I used the microwave less, then eventually just stopped using it. |