topic Re: Dead Microwave in Kitchen

Dead Microwave

rustiehead — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 20:59:15 GMT

Hey everyone,

My microwave just dies this morning. It fizzes and cracks at the top of the inside. So I was wondering if there's anyone out there who gets by without using a microwave. If so, what are your suggestions? I have a lot of frozen veggies, so what do I do with them now? Should I steam them?

Thanks for your time!

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rhinovodka — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 21:02:22 GMT

you should buy a toaster or convection oven, so much better than a microwave. and yes, you can steam frozen vegetables.

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FunkyHulaGirl — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 21:40:40 GMT

I mostly use my microwave as a breadbox these days - microwaving changes the DNA of food.

You can steam frozen veggies, or heat them in a pot with a little bit of water. I got a small cast iron pot for melting chocolate and butter, and reheat food in the oven. People got along until 30 or so years ago without a microwave, so it's hardly a necessity.

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chrystaltree — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 21:51:24 GMT

Can't you just buy a new microwave? Like refigerators, stoves and televisions; microwaves are a very necessary part of life now. I don't know anyone who doesn't have one or would want to be without one. Ours died around this time last year and I had to go a WHOLE 6 days without one. And it was hard. Until then, I had no idea how often I just "popped" something into the micro. You can go old school and use your stove top, the oven the broiler. It will all come back to you. None of grew up with microwaves.

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Zhills — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 22:09:00 GMT

You can roast veggies from frozen in a good toaster oven. I prefer roasting to steaming.

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stilltamn8r — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 23:14:30 GMT

They are disposable these days- Love the panasonic that I got when mine died a couple years ago- and they are so CHEAP now - My very first huge Litton cost over $600 and it DID last about 15years- those days are gone-

I , for one, don't want to live without a microwave, not when I can get a good one for about $100!

Re: Dead Microwave

stilltamn8r — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 23:15:36 GMT

On 4/15/2014 FunkyHulaGirl said:
I mostly use my microwave as a breadbox these days - microwaving changes the DNA of food.

You can steam frozen veggies, or heat them in a pot with a little bit of water. I got a small cast iron pot for melting chocolate and butter, and reheat food in the oven. People got along until 30 or so years ago without a microwave, so it's hardly a necessity.

How, exactly, does the microwave "change" the DNA of food?

To put it bluntly, it can't-Microwaves are a nonionizing form of radiation, which means they cannot break apart the nucleus of a cell, they cannot break DNA apart, and there
is no evidence to suggest that it could cause cancer.

Not like ionizing radiation, which can beak apart DNA and cause
cellular damage. Examples of these are: x-rays, ultraviolet rays, gamma
radiation, and cosmic radiation. This is why humans should minimize
x-rays, wear protective spacesuits in space, and useon sunscreen whenin the sun-

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FunkyHulaGirl — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 01:44:34 GMT

There are hundreds of articles about the harmful effects of microwaves; a Google search will bring them up. Start here:

http://www.naturalnews.com/036224_genetic_disorders_DNA_electropollution.html

http://www.naturalnews.com/039404_microwave_ovens_vitamins_nutrients.html

http://www.naturalnews.com/030665_microwaved_food_cancer.html

http://www.naturalnews.com/022015_microwave_oven_power.html

Of course you'll find "scientific studies" that will tell you microwaving is safe, but as with all studies you need to look at who's funding them. It's perfectly legal for a company to perform hundreds of tests...and then choose the one whose results are closest to what they're trying to "prove."

Personally, I think taking a chance with your health just to save a few minutes is foolish, not when there are so many viable alternatives to cooking and even reheating food.

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betteb — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 01:47:06 GMT

If you buy a new microwave, buy a Sharp. Best, longest lasting microwave on the market, IMO.

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lovesrecess — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 01:54:35 GMT

Microwaves are about the least expensive appliance to replace now since the price has come down so much....get another one and enjoy the convenience again.

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ilovedaisies — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 02:09:25 GMT

I am pretty sure you can get a nice microwave for well under $100. We bought one for our camper for about $59. It just depends what size you want.

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Snowpuppy — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 02:20:43 GMT

Alternative directions for making various frozen foods should be on the packaging.

Like using the stove.

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Irshgrl31201 — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 02:29:19 GMT

Microwaving food does NOT change its DNA. That is ridiculous. I suggest you look at where some of the info you linked as sources comes from. The Telegraph UK, The Future of things.com? I cannot believe you scoff at scientific research but will accept an article written by a guy (Chet Day) who is self employed and this is part of his write up on LinkedIn :Writes novels, stories, screenplays, essays, satire, parody, songs, and anything else that I feel compelled to throw words at. The American Cancer Society says they are safe and does not cause cancer. http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/othercarcinogens/medicaltreatments/radiation-exposure-and-cancer

Natural News is one of the most dangerous and conspiracy theory filled sites there is. They are big in the anti-vaccine movement. Surgical oncologist David Gorski called the site "one of the most wretched hives of scum and quackery on the Internet," and the most "blatant purveyor of the worst kind of quackery and paranoid anti-physician and anti-medicine conspiracy theories anywhere on the Internet".^[16] Peter Bowditch of the website Ratbags,^[17] and Jeff McMahon writing for Forbes commented about the site.^[18] Steven Novella of NeuroLogica Blog called NaturalNews "a crank alt med site that promotes every sort of medical nonsense imaginable. If it is unscientific, antiscientific, conspiracy-mongering, or downright silly, Mike Adams appears to be all for it – whatever sells the "natural" products he hawks on his site."^[4]

Individuals who commented about Adams' website include astronomer and blogger Phil Plait,^[19] PZ Myers,^[20] and Mark Hoofnagle.^[9] Brian Dunning listed it as #1 on his "Top 10 Worst Anti-Science Websites" list.^[21] Adams is listed as a "promoter of questionable methods" by Quackwatch.^[22] Robert T. Carroll at The Skeptic's Dictionary said, "Natural News is not a very good source for information. If you don't trust me on this, go to Respectful Insolence or any of the other bloggers on ScienceBlogs and do a search for "Natural News" or "Mike Adams" (who is NaturalNews). Hundreds of entries will be found and not one of them will have a good word to say about Mike Adams as a source."^[23]

After Patrick Swayze's death in 2009, Adams posted an article in which he remarked that Swayze, in dying, "joins many other celebrities who have been recently killed by pharmaceuticals or chemotherapy."^[24] Commentators of Adams' article on Patrick Swayze included bloggers such as David Gorski^[25] and Phil Plait, the latter of whom called Adams' commentary "obnoxious and loathsome."^[26] When Angelina Jolie underwent a double mastectomy in May 2013 because she had the BRCA1 gene, Adams stated that "Countless millions of women carry the BRCA1 gene and never express breast cancer because they lead healthy, anti-cancer lifestyles based on smart nutrition, exercise, sensible sunlight exposure and avoidance of cancer-causing chemicals."^[27] Gorski called the article "vile" and noted that Adams had written similarly themed articles about the death of Michael Jackson, Tony Snow, and Tim Russert.^[28]

In 2014, Brian Palmer, writing in the Daily Herald of Arlington Heights, Illinois, criticized the site's promotion of alternative medicine treatments, such as bathing in Himalayan salt and eating Hijiki seaweed, and referred to the claims NaturalNews made about their efficacy as "preposterous."^[29]

Shawn Lawrence Otto mentions the site, specifically its discussion of the Vioxx controversy, in his list of references in his book Fool Me Twice, and New York Times reporter Christopher Kelly has mentioned Adams' endorsement of Jim Marrs' books.^[30]

^{This site is dangerous and to believe one single thing they have to say is even more dangerous!}

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gazelle77 — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 02:35:43 GMT

I have a Panasonic microwave...came with the house we bought in 1992. So 22 years....Who knows how old it was when we got it....I use it every day all the time and it keeps on ticking!

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voyager1980 — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 02:36:35 GMT

Great Post Irishgrl! OP look at reviews & get the microwave you like. (:

http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/NaturalNews

NaturalNews.com (formerly Newstarget) is an anti-science conspiracy website founded by Mike "the Health Ranger" Adams.

The site promotes almost every sort of medical woo known to human history, though it specializes in vaccine denialism,[1] AIDS/HIV denial,[2] quack cancer medicine[3] and conspiracy theories about modern medicine.[4]

Even other quacks think it's a quack site.[5]

The site has recently broadened to include extreme environmentalism and conspiracy theorizing about O---- and gun control.

If you cite NaturalNews on any matter whatsoever, you are almost certainly wrong.

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KYToby — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 02:40:15 GMT

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Irshgrl31201 — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 02:41:36 GMT

On 4/15/2014 KYToby said:

Sounds about right!

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IamDoodles — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 02:44:48 GMT

Thanks Irshgrl and Voyager for your excellent posts about Natural News. If you get your health news or any news for that matter from that source you are going to have a seriously warped view of Science and the world we live in. I hear the cuckoo clock going off in the background.

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chattycathi — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 03:01:31 GMT

My microwave was moved to the laundry room, on top of the dryer, over 1 yr ago. I CHOOSE not to use it for anything other than heating my hot packs for my back. I have a stove and oven for cooking...what a novel idea...just like my grandma and mom did!! I have severe fibromyalgia and have decided to become as healthy as I can be. No more processed foods, only buy food made with NON-GMO's, organic produce, no dairy, occasionally buy grass-fed free range antibiotic free beef (2x month). I feel fantastic now and will never go back to eating as I did before! Clean eating is the only way to eat!

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Irshgrl31201 — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 03:02:58 GMT

I wasn't trying to be argumentative but I fear people will read what she wrote and actually believe her when it doesn't have an ounce of truth to it. It is such a junk website that it is laughed at by anybody with any type of grip on science. She scoff at real scientific studies that are completely unbiased yet believes a quack like Mike Adams who has no credentials at all.

People are entitled to their own opinions but not their own facts and he couldn't be further off base with almost everything on his site. Natural News is a DANGEROUS site. It actually backs up the faked vaccine and autism study of Andrew Wakefield.

I am all for challenging mainstream media especially when there is some type of cover up but he uses absolutely no proof or real scientific evidence whatsoever and has no type of credentials. He is simply a quack.