These foods cannot be put into the microwave

Take stock of daily food taboos and which ones should not be put into the microwave.

1. Avoid heating meat until it is half-cooked and then heating it in a microwave oven : bacteria will still grow in half-cooked food, and it is impossible to kill all the bacteria when heating it in a microwave oven for the second time due to the short time. Frozen meat products must be thawed in the microwave before being heated to cooked food.

2. Avoid refreezing meat that has been thawed in a microwave oven : After the meat is thawed in the microwave, the outer layer has actually been heated at a low temperature. Bacteria can multiply at this temperature. Although refreezing can stop their multiplication, it cannot kill the living bacteria. If meat that has been thawed in a microwave is put back into the refrigerator, it must be heated until fully cooked.

3. Avoid fried foods

High temperature oil may splash and cause fire. If a fire accidentally occurs in the furnace, do not open the door. Instead, turn off the power first and then open the door to cool down after the fire is out.

4. Avoid overheating : If you put food in the microwave to thaw or heat it and forget to take it out, and if the time exceeds 2 hours, you should throw it away to avoid food poisoning.

5. Avoid using ordinary plastic containers : Use special microwave containers to hold food and put them in the microwave to heat it. First, hot food will deform the plastic container. Second, ordinary plastic will release toxic substances, contaminate food, and endanger human health.

6. Avoid using metal utensils : because iron, aluminum, stainless steel, enamel and other utensils placed in the oven will produce electric sparks and reflect microwaves when the microwave oven is heating, which will damage the oven body and heat up uncooked food.

7. Avoid using closed containers

When heating liquids, you should use a wide-mouth container, because the heat generated by heating food in a closed container is not easy to dissipate, causing the pressure inside the container to be too high, which can easily cause an explosion. Even when frying or boiling food with shells, you should pierce the shells with a needle or chopsticks in advance to prevent them from bursting after heating, splashing and dirtying the stove wall, or splashing and injuring people.

8. Avoid placing the microwave oven in the bedroom : Also, be careful not to cover the heat dissipation window grille on the microwave oven with objects.

9. Avoid working in front of a microwave oven for a long time : After turning on the microwave oven, people should stay away from the microwave oven or at least 1 meter away from it.