Microwaved food actually makes some people ill. I'm one of them. I've heard a few different (very different!) explanations, but I don't know enough to say if any of them are reasonable.
And before you say it, no, I don't think it has anything to do with radiation.
I've never brought it up with a doctor myself - I don't go to the doctor much. But the few other people I've met who seem to have a similar problem say their doctors brush it off as nothing. I've read about a few more people in some popular science magazines, but I can't recall which.
One explanation I saw had something to do with the polarity of water molecules. Another had to do with altering the chemical bonds in some kinds of protein. There were others, but they're not springing to mind. I'm waiting to see a little more agreement before I pay more attention. For now, all I know is that if I eat microwaved food, knowingly or unknowingly, I have somewhere around a 25-30% chance of developing a violently upset stomach.
2. What is the most expensive ingredient you've ever used? I actually bought a real Prime rib roast one year for Xmas. I couldn't tell the difference. :)
I love whole wheat pasta. :)
Artichokes with hollandaise sauce!!! Heaven. :) My husband said he couldn't get over eating that much fat and cholesterol. Before he'd met me his knowledge of sauces came in a pouch. He was astounded at the amount of egg and butter. However, he has no problem at all using broccoli as a medium to slurp bernaise sauce.
We tried Hodgeson Mills's whole-wheat pasta a few years back, and it was dry and grainy. I tried the President's Choice stuff a month or two ago, just because it was on sale, and actually liked it.
You could point out how much of the sauce runs right off the artichoke leaves.
You could point out how much of the sauce runs right off the artichoke leaves.
If you cup it in the proper way, that's not a problem. Hehe.
America's Test Kitchen didn't choose Hodgeson Mill's product when they did a taste test on whole wheat pasta. I hold the brand in high regard because they were doing the stone ground, "natural" products decades before it was popular. However, I don't think I actually have bought anything by them in years.
Mmmmmmmm I loves me some dry turkey! But then again, you already knew I was a weirdo. Hubby doesn't make dry turkey either, so I have to leave me some out. ;)
The only thing our microwave is used for is melting butter or warming up milk (hubby makes english muffin bread and the milk is supposed to be warm when you add it in). Microwaves are the debil! When our old one died (so old it had the knob i/o digital) we bought the cheapest one Sams had to offer.
I'll keep an eye out for that brand knives. I'll alert my MIL too - she's a great bloodhound for things like that.
We have a nice big toaster oven (big enough to do a 2 1/2 quart casserole). I keep waiting for someone to mistake it for a microwave and stick a plastic container into it.
Thanks for going through the trouble, but I'm a little weird about second-hand kitchen stuff from people I don't know, and I'm looking more for paring knives and chef's knives and such. But I will think about it.
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And before you say it, no, I don't think it has anything to do with radiation.
They are good for things like grape racing.
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Wow! Didn't know that.
Is the science of this understood? Is the condition even known to the medical profession?
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One explanation I saw had something to do with the polarity of water molecules. Another had to do with altering the chemical bonds in some kinds of protein. There were others, but they're not springing to mind. I'm waiting to see a little more agreement before I pay more attention. For now, all I know is that if I eat microwaved food, knowingly or unknowingly, I have somewhere around a 25-30% chance of developing a violently upset stomach.
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I actually bought a real Prime rib roast one year for Xmas. I couldn't tell the difference. :)
I love whole wheat pasta. :)
Artichokes with hollandaise sauce!!! Heaven. :) My husband said he couldn't get over eating that much fat and cholesterol. Before he'd met me his knowledge of sauces came in a pouch. He was astounded at the amount of egg and butter. However, he has no problem at all using broccoli as a medium to slurp bernaise sauce.
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You could point out how much of the sauce runs right off the artichoke leaves.
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If you cup it in the proper way, that's not a problem. Hehe.
America's Test Kitchen didn't choose Hodgeson Mill's product when they did a taste test on whole wheat pasta. I hold the brand in high regard because they were doing the stone ground, "natural" products decades before it was popular. However, I don't think I actually have bought anything by them in years.
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I like some of Hodgeson Mills's stuff, like their tricolor rotini, but I did not like their whole-wheat spaghetti.
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The only thing our microwave is used for is melting butter or warming up milk (hubby makes english muffin bread and the milk is supposed to be warm when you add it in). Microwaves are the debil! When our old one died (so old it had the knob i/o digital) we bought the cheapest one Sams had to offer.
I'll keep an eye out for that brand knives. I'll alert my MIL too - she's a great bloodhound for things like that.
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Thanks for going through the trouble, but I'm a little weird about second-hand kitchen stuff from people I don't know, and I'm looking more for paring knives and chef's knives and such. But I will think about it.
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