7 facts and myths about the microwave

1. Myth: the explosion of iron plates



Stubbornly hold to the claim that the iron plate can provoke an explosion of great power (in fact, in the worst case, it will cause damage to the magnetron due to arcing).

Microwave radiation can not penetrate the metal objects, so it is impossible to cook food in a metal container. Metal ware and metal Cutlery (spoons, forks), located in the furnace during heating can bring it down.

2. The myth of German military origin of the microwave

The first microwave oven, called "Radiomissor", was allegedly developed by German scientists during the Second world war, she even allegedly used in the current German army, for heating food, but turned out to be unsafe and it was abandoned (the Russian sites at the same time refer to foreign and foreign – Russian study, allegedly conducted in a non-existent Russian cities Kinski and Rajasthan).

3. Myth: microwave leads to loss of nutrients

In fact, any cooking process causes loss of nutrients and vitamins. The microwave just heats the food, with the result that the loss (dissolution, evaporation, etc.) of the substances.

4. The myth about allergies

The myth of the Allergy is: Microwave can cause allergies... electromagnetic waves.

5. Myth: the microwave radioactive

Microwave ovens are not radioactive. They, as well as the sun, and the fire is just heat up food. Ovens emit microwaves that cause friction of the water molecules (dipole shear), resulting in heating.

6. Myth: warming products in a microwave oven comes from within

There is a widespread belief that a microwave heats food from the inside out. In fact, microwaves go outside to the inside, trapped in the outer layers of the food because of heating evenly moist product occurs in approximately the same way as in the oven (to ensure this, it is enough to warm boiled potatoes "in uniform", where thin skin sufficiently protects the product from drying out).

The wrong idea due to the fact that microwaves do not affect the dry non-conductive materials, which are usually on the surface of products, and therefore the heating in some cases starts deeper than with other methods of heating (bakery products, for example, to warm it from the inside, and it is for this reason – the bread and rolls outside have dried up crust, and most of the moisture is concentrated inside).

7. Fact: in the microwave do not heat eggs

Do not heat in a microwave oven, the liquid in sealed containers and whole bird eggs – because of the strong evaporation of water inside them creates a high pressure and, consequently, they may explode. From these considerations, highly desirable to reheat the sausage product, covered with plastic wrap.

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