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What Was Your First Experience With A Microwave?

ECBG — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 01:40:18 GMT

Can you remember the first time you used a microwave?

I was at work and tried to warm some sausage balls from the fridge. I used minutes and not seconds! They smelled to high heaven! (And were burned in the center!!!!!).

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Mary Bailey — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 01:44:37 GMT

My Dad wanted to buy one for Mom, but it was so expensive he asked me to chip in. I did. He bought it from Osco. It was huge!

we were the first ones to have microwave, apple computer and pong!

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EatWell — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 02:00:06 GMT

When I was attending university, I put a dozen uncooked eggs in the microwave. To make hard boiled eggs. They exploded and made a mess.

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Kachina624 — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 01:51:33 GMT

I was the first person i knew who got one. I got it for Christmas in mid '70s. It was a whopping 450 watts and cost about $400. My bil who was visiting took a shine to it and spent all of Christmas morning trying to make eggs for the family. All he made was a big mess. Now i know cooking eggs is one of the trickier things to cook in the microwave. Not for beginners.

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millieshops — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 02:07:15 GMT

I do remember going to shop for my first microwave at a local appliance shop. As I checked out a few of the larger units, the owner came over and asked me a few questions. His advice - buy small - you'll only use it to soften your Hagen-Daz!

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conlt — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 02:10:57 GMT

I was across the street at my friends house and my dad called me home telling me he was going to show me how to cook and egg in 1 minute. Well he did. We had the first microwave on the block.

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on the bay — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 02:30:13 GMT

For years I never wanted want and were sure they were evil and dangerous.

At work I put in a bagel and it tuned out like a car tire.

Then when we finally got one, I find I can't live without one (as so many things we think).

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Carmie — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 02:49:34 GMT

We had one in our family restaurant. I don't remember my first time using it, but I am not a big fan of microwave ovens.

I use mine for defrosting meat in a hurry, and softening brown sugar, but not much more.

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cookie16 — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 03:01:36 GMT

My first microwave was bought by my husband and baby daughter in 1985. He took her Christmas shopping for a gift for me and bought me a full size microwave/convection oven with a J.C. Penny nameplate on the front. I still have it, use it everyday. We put an over-the-range microwave in when we remodeled our kitchen but I rarely use it, preferring my oldie.

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Renata22 — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 03:27:22 GMT

I was a kid when we got our first one. I promptly caught a potato on fire. Took us forever to get that smell out of the house.

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Snowpuppy — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 03:46:47 GMT

I didn't use it, I observed it. 😁

Guy I was seeing bought an Amana Radarange. Like $1,000 bucks in the day. He believed it was a Babe Getter.

Yep, got me to run out of the kitchen like my hair was on fire!

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Susan Louise — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 16:10:12 GMT

The 1st time I used a microwave was in my apt in 1985 (when I was single and 13 yrs before I met my DH)...using my brand new large capacity Kenmore I bought at Sears.

The microwave is still working like new in our home...it is 34 years old now!!! Things just aren't made to last like that anymore. I also love it because it doesn't have a turntable.

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CamilleP — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 05:10:31 GMT

I was at 4-H Summer School at one of my state's two universities, and an Amana representative did a demonstration of their new, not-yet-available-to-the-public, Radarange. All of us in that particular "home-ec" class got to try it to see what it could do. We melted chocolate fondue, as I remember, and dipped chunks of fruit in it with toothpicks, and also marshmallows, of course. I remember, when I went home, telling my Mom all about it, and how we were going to want one someday. What a fun question to bring up a happy memory, ECBG, thank you!

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Carol Diane — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 05:19:10 GMT

I'm guessing we got our microwave oven around 1969. We were the first ones in the neighborhood to get one....I can't remember anyone else having one for years. My dad was a builder so he knew what was on the horizon. It was attached above the stove and we called it an "electronic" oven and it even had a browning unit which was wonderful. That thing lasted for years!

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sissel — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 05:37:00 GMT

I remember this guy had a microwave cooking show which I would watch before I got a micro oven. My g/f was the 1st to get one and hated it so bad but she didn't want to throw it out it was a gift so she used it to store plactic wrap, alum. foil sandwich bags etc...

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StylishLady — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 12:02:41 GMT

Our first was a counter top model. I was baking potatoes and accidentally set it for 50 minutes instead of 5. Went to do something and lost track of time until I noticed it was on fire inside. Seems that once all the water was evaporated out of the potatoes, the starch caught fire. Our home insurance paid for a repair job. Lesson learned.

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queendiva — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 12:45:06 GMT

My ex, who had to always be the first to buy a new anything, bought one around 1984.

After we were married he bought a huge one for my mother.

I remember them having dials for the time,LOL.

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ID2 — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 15:14:36 GMT

My dad was always the first to buy anything in electronics. I know we got one sometime in the 60's. I remember it was a big, huge box-like appliance that set on our counter. My mom was the cook since I was a kid in grade school. But I remember my mom saying it was the best coffee warmer upper on the market!

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sidsmom — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 15:30:22 GMT

Microwave = Popcorn Making Machine 😀🍿

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depglass — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 16:49:56 GMT

DH's boss had some connection to buy these wholesale when they first came out in the early 70's. It actually had a wire grid in the ceiling that browned your food when it cooked. You couldn't turn that feature off, and the grid was constantly clogged with burned food. I was relieved when we gave up and scrapped it.