/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Learn to use your tools faggot.

>>17983197
To cook potatoes.

Literally the best way.

>>17983197
This would be a good thread to ask. Anon, who got a glorious Nihon microwave, how is it going? Did you fix the plug with a separate ground cable thing?

>>17983211
I got an electrician to come and he fixed the plug situation, but the machine itself was not working properly. It gave me an error message pretty much all the time, and the microwave itself wasn't heating things up even if I got it to function. So I called a repairman and he told me the megatron or whatever was bad, and there was something wrong with some of its board... so it's being repaired. He told me he got someone from Toshiba to help (not the Japanese Toshiba, obv). Supposedly it gets fixed by the end of the week. I told him I don't mind paying for the repair so long as the machine as a whole is operating as it should. Let's see...

>>17983197
Idk how to use the stove and mom won't teach me

>>17983197
that's my corn on the cob machine

Why for Salmon a la King, of course.

>>17983197
>he cant use more efficient superior technology like the microwave

Sad. Fuck off troll. Anything you can make with your grill or oven I can make more efficiently with a microwave.

>>17983197
Time to take the microwave scrambled eggs redpill, OP. I'd put them up against any top chef's stove scrambled eggs.

>>17983520
It's a pain in the ass. You have to stop and stir or it turns into rubber. It's doable, though.

How the fuck else am I going to boil water?

>>17983197
It's the convenience factor that appeals to lazy people, TV dinners and whatnot

I really only wanted it for microwave popcorn. that's a unique treat nothing else can do the same.

Using them for processed frozen food is degenerate. Toaster oven / stove / real oven is far superior.

>>17984371
Is this.... A porkchop?

I reheat most things in the microwave and then finish them off in the toaster oven to crisp them back up

Sometimes I just need a thing to be warmer than it is in a relatively short time. I'm not an impoverished retard so I use a microwave in those instances.

>>17984384
Honestly i also only use it for popcorn.
I tried to melt cheese onto my spaghetti but it ruined the whole sauce and i got sad :<

>>17983197
Only someone who eats solely by someone else cooking for them could make this thread.

>>17983201
This. Nuke a spud, add some cheese or butter and salt. That's a snack, or even a meal on a budget

>>17984792
Nah just i just use literally anything else.

>>17983197
For when you need melted butter as an ingredient
For defrosting meat when i forget to pull it out of the freezer
For reheating leftovers from my homemade dishes

>go out for thai/indian/italian
>order way too much food and have a feast
>end up bringing home multiple boxes of leftovers
>make up a plate the next day and nuke it for a few minutes for lunch
Do 3rd worlders really not do this?

>>17985176
hmm defrosting and butter i guess it makes sense

>>17983197
There are lots of instant food products that are basically made for microwave heating.
e.g. a cup of easy mac or a maruchan noodle block. Though not the cup kind of instant noodles because the styrofoam will poison you or something.
Most of the bad quality people stereotype microwaves with involve not using the microwave correctly. If you don't use enough water or you use way too much heating time then you'll probably end up with nasty hard plastic-like texture. If you use plenty of water though and keep the heating times to a minimum you can guarantee perfect quality every time.
That said, don't use microwaves for spam. There is no way to match pan frying with a microwave for that. You can end up with an almost edible microwaved spam result but it will be nowhere close to as good as if you used a frying pan and stove.

>>17985284
Are you by chance Filipino? And you just recently moved into a place with a microwave for the first time in your mid-20's?

>>17985327
No, I'm American and have used microwaves for 30 years. My house has both a microwave and a gas range in it and I use both depending on what the food is.

Micromeme aside, are portable ovens worth it if you're renting and don't have enough space for a normal one?

>>17983197
For single people who don't have a boyfriend or girlfriend to nag them.

>>17983197
Idk why do YOU exist anon?

>>17985911
No they suck

>>17985911
Yes, they're very good.

>>17985911
Why wouldn't you just get a combination microwave then?

Microwave , Convection oven and grill.

>>17983258
Bruh, whats so good about IT anyway?

>>17986137
Cause I never knew they existed, honestly. But if they do all 3 things, aren't they as large as normal ovens?

Nice just had a microwave thread and now we get another