The microwave oven has changed the way we spend our time in the kitchen.
Can you imagine it? The microwave oven has become such a fixture in our lives and in our kitchens that we use it, without much thought, almost everyday.
We heat our food in it, we boil water for our tea or coffee in it, and some people cook dishes from scratch in the microwave. In the United States, the “convenience food” capital of the world,
you can have all your meals – breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack, even `freshly made’ desserts – with microwavable meals that you buy in the freezer section in the supermarket. Just take it out of the box and nuke it.
Popcorn and sandwiches are popular microwave snacks.
Not that it’s healthy, but there’s a huge variety of food that you can eat without putting a saucepan on the stove.
I got thinking about this when I happened to read about the history of this ubiquitous appliance. The first microwave oven for home use was introduced in October 1955 by the Tappan Stove Company of Ohio. Its size was 24”x24”, almost the size of a small conventional oven or a television set. And it cost a whopping $1,300!
As they say in the famous line, you’ve come a long way, baby, So, happy belated birthday to the microwave oven, one of the modern inventions that have revolutionized our lifestyle, like the automobile and the computer. Wonder if we will see another such innovative invention in the near future.
Sharifah, The Microwave oven is one of the best inventions after the wheel. Like you narrated, it solves a lot of cooking and it saves time and energy too.
I get my half boiled egg every morning without fail in just 40 seconds with the microwave oven, whereas it would take 15 minutes by the conventional way. It also takes just 10 minutes to steam five cob of corns or steaming a bawal fish (pomfret).
Well, that is one technology that we cannot do without. No way would I part with my Microwave oven.http://idrus.blogspot.com/2007/02/of-microwave-oven-and-fine-living.html
Have a nice day and take care.
Hi Pak Idrus, thanks for stopping by, and for sharing your thoughts on the microwave oven and its place in your household.
I’ve not tried to cook fish in the microwave oven. I remember one occasion when a friend cooked a pomfret in the microwave, with plum sauce, spring onion and ginger. It was delicious.
Sharifah, steaming fish using a microwave oven is by using cling wrap.
Just put the fish in a container, add the other ingredients like shallot, garlic, mushrooms and soy sauce and cling wrap it, (do not use the cover of the container). Put it in the microwave oven on High for say 10 minutes the most. Voila you would get a perfect steamed fish.
Remember when steaming use cling wrap and not the cover of the container.
Thanks for the tip, Pak Idrus. I’ll definitely try it soon.