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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Use my microwave every day. It's terrific for vegetables, particularly corn. And plain popcorn, which I enjoy as a snack

Also use my high-end toaster oven every day. It's an air fryer and convection oven, too, so we use it when the main oven is occupied.

It's nonsense that a stove or oven are just as fast for leftovers. Those appliances take forever just to heat up.

Oh, and I'm a food editor. 
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+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.
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+1 yes. All good ways to prep ingredients/meal components with less fuss. It just takes some imagination and command of the kitchen. [/quote]

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