Am I killing myself?

[Anonymous No.9765809]

I don't know much about microwaves, so I'm just checking here to make sure that I know what they do. They just warm the food up, right? Like, if the food's already been cooked and has been put in the fridge, microwaving it won't do anything to make it safe to eat (e.g. killing bacteria), it'll just make it warmer and therefore nicer to eat, right?

Long story short, I'm asking because I've recently been tipping my pasta into a saucer of warm pasta source and just warming up the pasta that way. I'm just worried in case the usual method of microwave cooking actually has some medical benefit. In theory, would I be totally fine to just eat my pasta cold?

[Anonymous No.9765817]

Youll be fine

[Anonymous No.9765819]

You're all good dude

[Anonymous No.9765823]

You're killing your father, Larry

[Anonymous No.9765828]

always reheat stuff before eating. the method doesn't matter, just heat it through.

[Anonymous No.9765855]

>>9765809
Quick rundown how microwaves work:
Magnetron generates EM waves at 2.4 GHz (same frequency as older wi-fi) which are funneled into the food compartment where they bounce around creating standing wave.
This frequency matches water molecule's resonance frequency which causes them to vibrate which is basically what heat is.
To say in less technical way:
Magnetron: [screams in physics]
Water in your food: "Oh shit man, better jiggle!"
Bada bing bada boom hot pasta

[Anonymous No.9765859]

>>9765855
>Magnetron
lost me there

[Anonymous No.9765876]

>>9765859
I'm not making this name up, that's what it's called.

[Anonymous No.9765886]

>>9765876
>no speed holes
dropped

[Anonymous No.9765889]

>>9765876
my CPU runs at 4.5 GHz, can I microwave pasta with it?

[Anonymous No.9765892]

>>9765876

Am I the only one who still calls it a "nuker"?

[Anonymous No.9765900]

>>9765889
OC it to 4.8 and it potentially could, but with 50% losses.
If only the number refferd to microwave's frequency.

[Anonymous No.9765903]

>>9765809
No actually microwaves are the leading cause of mesothelioma

[Anonymous No.9765933]

>>9765828
>always reheat stuff before eating
Why?

[Anonymous No.9765984]

>using your microwave to re heat shit
Just pop those noodles into a pan, homie.

[Anonymous No.9766159]

>>9765892
I imagine you as a bald 45-year-old, large beer belly, wifebeater, and a cold one permanently in hand.

Carl minus the charm.

[Anonymous No.9766177]

>>9765933
Because eating cold food sucks

[Anonymous No.9766181]

>>9765809
Microwaves were first invented by a scientist that was working in low-frequency radio communication. In his experiments, he noticed that the chocolate bar in his pocket had melted. He discovered, you can warm food up, using low-frequency radio waves! That's all there is to it. He didn't die from cancer or anything, he had a chocolate candy bar melt in his pocket. They're a useful appliance for heating up soup or boiling water or whatever.

[Anonymous No.9766192]

>>9766181
>microwaves are low frequency
Retard.

[Anonymous No.9766210]

>>9766177
potato salad, bro!

[Anonymous No.9766243]

>>9766192
>low frequency "radio"
2.4 GHz is low for radio wave frequency, you fucking mong

[Anonymous No.9766856]

>>9766181
>useful for boiling water
Because apparently stoves are too much to handle for spergs

[Anonymous No.9767968]

>>9765855
>Magnetron: [screams in physics]
>Water in your food: "Oh shit man, better jiggle!"

kek

[Anonymous No.9767999]

>>9765809
Just like any cooking method, if you heat food enough it'll kill the microorganisms.

The trouble is that microwaves don't heat solid food evenly so it's generally not safe to use them to cook raw chicken, for instance.

Cooked pasta isn't likely to harbour bacteria anyway, and unless you've left your sauce opened on the counter for days on end it will almost certainly be safe as well, even cold.

[Anonymous No.9768404]

>>9766243
>2.4 GHz is low for radio wave frequency, you fucking mong
2.4 GHz is UHF; LF is 30-300 kHz, jackass.

[Anonymous No.9768411]

>>9765809

Avoid microwave ovens. A punishment for being in a hurry.

[Anonymous No.9768572]

>>9765855
Best explanation in laymans terms ive ever heard., great post anon.

[Anonymous No.9769924]

>>9766177
>>9767999
So it's purely a pleasure thing and not a medical thing?

[Anonymous No.9770288]

>>9765809
core temp of food must be over 75c to kill bacteria. just make sure you only reheat food once after it's first cooked cooking. any more than that and you're just asking for food poisoning

[Anonymous No.9770322]

>>9765809
>They just warm the food up, right?
Yes.
Though heating food also kills bacteria, assuming you get it quite hot and not just "warm".

[Anonymous No.9771817]

It's fuckin spaghetti. You could eat it raw if you wanted to