Food and Drink Venting your microwave meal. - Page 5

**Rain Man** · 01-30-2013, 12:18 PM

Pretty much every microwave frozen meal I have says, "Slit the top film with a knife to vent." I look at it and then peel up the corner. I'm not going to get a knife out for that.

Is there a difference between peeling up the corner and slitting with a knife? Am I losing 20 or 30 International Flavor Units (IFUs - I just made that up) by not slitting it with a knife? It's so much easier to just peel the corner that I don't know why they don't just tell me to peel the corner. Do they perhaps have a partnership with the Big Knife companies?

Poll forthcoming.

ChiefsNow · 01-30-2013, 07:27 PM

I just throw it in and wait for the popping noise when it blows it's own vent hole.

**mlyonsd** · 01-30-2013, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

I appreciate your ongoing support. This is an important issue, because the time cost of finding a knife for 50 million people per day times 5 days per week times 365 days per year at 10 seconds per knife is about 4.9 million lost hours of productivity per year. And if every one of those knives costs 1 cent to wash, we're talking about $130 million in avoidable costs. If you want to know why we're losing ground on the Chinese, look no further than our frivolous uses of knives in venting microwave dinners.

I'll bet your microwave looks like a discarded petri dish from the CDC.

scott free · 01-30-2013, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

Now I'm curious about the proportion of knife users who wash the knife versus just putting it back. That might not rise to the level of a whole new poll, though.

A quick rinse and wipe on the kitchen towel does the trick for me, keeps me as healthy and strong as a russian caveman.

Dayze · 01-30-2013, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by mlyonsd

I'll bet your microwave looks like a discarded petri dish from the CDC.

**GloryDayz** · 01-30-2013, 07:59 PM

I thought today was a waste, then I read this thread. I'm glad I woke up...

Rugby Thompson · 01-30-2013, 08:16 PM

I put it in the oven, microwave is ****ing disgusting.

aturnis · 01-30-2013, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Pestilence

Kids meals are the ****ing worst.

Remove the cover except over the corn. Remove chicken nuggets. Microwave for a minute. Stir the mac and cheese. Put nuggets back in and cook for 2 minutes.

****ing hell.

FUUUUUUUUUCKKK! Enough already. Our poor ****ing children...

Miles · 01-30-2013, 09:49 PM

Depends if its a plastic bag covering the entire tray like you find on some of the fancy ones (Amy's) or just a film covering the top (Lean Cuisine). The ones with the bag matter since it may not fill with steam correctly if you cut it in the wrong place.

Mr. Pink · 01-31-2013, 11:34 AM

What does my lower back tattoo have to do with me not knowing how to use a microwave?

**Rain Man** · 01-31-2013, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Pink

What does my lower back tattoo have to do with me not knowing how to use a microwave?

I posted a while back that if you have a lower back tattoo, the phosphorus in the ink can interact with the microwave signals to ignite a phosphorus fire in your back.

Please spread word about this to everyone you know. I don't have children, so I want this and 'disigerent' to be my legacy.

Dayze · 01-31-2013, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Pink

What does my lower back tattoo have to do with me not knowing how to use a microwave?

I knew it.

gblowfish · 01-31-2013, 11:47 AM

What if I eat the meal frozen, then poop in my crisper bin?

Mr. Pink · 01-31-2013, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

I posted a while back that if you have a lower back tattoo, the phosphorus in the ink can interact with the microwave signals to ignite a phosphorus fire in your back.

Please spread word about this to everyone you know. I don't have children, so I want this and 'disigerent' to be my legacy.

Link?

**Rain Man** · 01-31-2013, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Pink

Link?

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showt...ghlight=tattoo

Mr. Pink · 01-31-2013, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showt...ghlight=tattoo

well, shit. Looks like I better drop my class at JUCO. Microwave 101

View Poll Results: When getting ready to heat a frozen microwave meal, I...
Slit the film with a knife, per the explicit instructions on the box.	26	38.24%
Peel back the corner, because I'm a rebel without a cause.	25	36.76%
I never eat frozen microwave meals because I kill my own meat and vegetables.	13	19.12%
I've never learned to use a microwave. I have a lower back tattoo so I have to stay away.	4	5.88%
Voters: 68. You may not vote on this poll

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Miles MVP Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Dallas, TX Casino cash: $44093	Depends if its a plastic bag covering the entire tray like you find on some of the fancy ones (Amy's) or just a film covering the top (Lean Cuisine). The ones with the bag matter since it may not fill with steam correctly if you cut it in the wrong place.
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01-31-2013, 11:47 AM	#72
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