Kenmore 88963 - Manual (Page 49)

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
(Cont’d)
FOODS
Q. What is vwong when baked foods have a hard, dry, brown spot?
A A hard, dry, brown spot shows ouercooking. Shorten the cooking or reheating time.
Q. Why do eggs sometimes pop?
A. When bddngjrymg or poaching the yolk may pop due to steam build-up inside the yolk membrane.
To prevent this, simpfy pierce the yolk with a toothpick before cooking it
CAUTION: Never microwave cook e^s in the shell
Q. Why are scrambled eggs sometimes a little dry after cooking?
A Eggs dry out if they are overcooked. Though the some recipe is used each time, one may need to vary the
cooking time for one of these reasons:
® Eggs vary in size.
• Eggs are at room temperature one time and at re/i%erafor temperature another time.
» The shcipes of utensils vary, thereby making it necessary to vary the cooking time.
’« Eggs continue cooking during standing time.
Q.Is it possible to pop com in a microwave oven?
A Yes, if ttskig one of the two methods described belou/.
(1) Microuwue-poppfrig deuices designed spec ficatly for this type of microwave cooking or
(2) Prepackaged commercial microwave popcorn that contains specific times and power outputs
needed for on acceptable final product
FOLLOW EXACT DIRECTIONS GIVEN BY EACH MANUFACTURER FOR THEIR POPCORN
POPPING PRODUCT AND DO NOT LEAVE THE OVEN UNATTENDED WHIUE THE CORN IS
BEING POPPED.
IF CORN FAILS TO POP AFTER THE SUGGESTED TIMES, DISCONTINUE COOKING.
OVERCOOKING COULD RESULT IN AN OVEN FIRE.
CAUTION: NEVER USE A BROWN PAPER BAG FOR POPPING CORN.
Q.What is wrong when three potatoes bake thoroughly and the fourth one is still not cooked?
A The/ourih potato moy be slightly heavier than the others and should be cooked 30 to 60 seconds longer.
Remember to aBow space around each potato when bakmg. Also, for more even cooking, put potatoes in
a circle.
Q. Why do baked apples sometimes burst during cooking?
A ThepeeEnghm not been removed/rom the top half of each apple to allow far expansion of the interior of
the apple aimug cootang, As in regular cooking methods, the interior of the apple expands during the
coaldr^ process.
Q.How are boil-overs avoided?
A When cook%/oc^^t fend to boil over, use a larger utensil than usual for cooking. If you open the
oven doorortoum STOP, the food will stop boiling. (Remember to touch START again after closing the
door to restart the cooking cycle.)
Q. Why Is a standing tíme recommended after microwave cooking is over?
A. Standing time allows foods to continue cooking evenly throughout for a few moments after the
actual microwave oven coqking cycle. The amount of standing time depends upon the density of the
food.
Q. Why is an additional time required for cooking food stored in refrigerator? '
A, As in comenBonal cooking the initial temperature of food affects total cooking time. More time is
needed to cook food just taken out of a refrigerator versus food at a room temperature.
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