Basic Microwaving [Import] [Unbound]

Barbara Methven (Author)

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Publication Date: 1978

Author is Barbara Methven.

Product Details

• Unbound
• Publisher: Cy Decosse (1978)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0865735018
• ISBN-13: 978-0865735019
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,295,895 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love IT - Perfect Even Today, September 13, 2009

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Ms Book "Ms Book" (Roseburg, Oregon United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Basic Microwaving (Microwave Cooking Library) (Hardcover)

I bought this book several years ago when I first bought a microwave and it has been extremely helpful. Mainly, I cooked vegetables with these instructions. It really helped with corn on the cob and YES I did cook ACORN SQUASH p 111 for the first time with these instructions. It was excellent. I never had it growing up and I haven't cooked it again. I guess I am still scared of it because I wasn't used to it, but it was excellent with brown sugar and butter- yum. I still remember it :) I had my books packed away and now I am reviewing and making a list of them all. One of the recipes I always use is how to make macaroni and cheese !! It is so much easier to make a white sauce in the microwave, you do not have to stand at the stove continuously stirring with a whisk. You can use this idea for any sauce or gravy. You first melt the butter in large bowl, then add flour, salt and pepper, whisk together and microwave for 30-45 seconds, then add milk and microwave one minute at a time , remove and whisk. Takes about 3-4 minutes depending on amount and microwave. The key is just to remove and stir every minute until just starts to boil, then remove and stir in cheese and voila! perfect cheese sauce! This is one book in a series. It includes how to microwave broccoli, which I have done a lot, asparagus, artichokes, carrots, potatoes, green beans spinach, corn on the cob, zucchini, etc. I won't cook meat such as a meatloaf , they do have a recipe for that, but there are many good ideas to incorporate into your recipes and do part in the microwave.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Heavy on the pictures, June 30, 2005

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Gagewyn (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Basic Microwaving (Microwave Cooking Library) (Hardcover)

The pictures are the highlight of Basic Microwaving. All are full color and they cover every page. This leads to a major drawback: despite being long in pages there is not so much content here. There is an average of less than one recipe per page. So even though this is a long microwave cookbook it has fewer recipes than do more compact options.

So there aren't as many recipes here as you would expect. Brace yourself... there are even fewer. This is because many of these recipes involve using specialized equipment. One of these specialty items it a hotplate that you heat up in the microwave and then cook on top of, like a stove top. Recipes that involve this may as well be recipes written for a stovetop, since the food never goes into the microwave. Also many of the recipes involve wrapping aluminum foil around portions of the food to even out the cooking through the food. I'm not sticking aluminum in my microwave so those are out.

A major lack in this book is that there are no cooking charts. Want to know how to cook an acorn squash in the microwave? You are out of luck. Most foods that I look up in the index are not to be found, so this book makes a poor reference. Most microwave cookbooks will have a section in them somewhere that gives a table of foods and cooking time as well as very brief notes on preparation. This book doesn't, so without another microwave cookbook you will not be able to adapt the recipes to different ingredients (unless you are using another microwave cookbook in conjunction with this one).

Recipes that I have tried from this book turn out well, with the exception of breads that rise from yeast (breads that rise from baking soda were excellent and it does have seven different bread recipes). So if you just want a book to try a recipe from now and then, then this one will be reliable.

I don't recommend this cookbook unless you want it for a specific recipe that you know is in here. Recipes turn out well and have good taste and texture. The pictures are pretty but compete with content so that you only get about one recipe per page - not many recipes. Also many of these recipes require specialized utensils that you are unlikely to have. There is more fluff than content here even though the content is good.