Microwave popcorn

[cadman]

Those that have a radio background will point out that you definitely need a load on a transmitter otherwise you'll risk blowing the output stages. Being a microwave oven is effectively a self-contained microwave transmitter, it makes sense you could do damage with a light load.

The Frigidaire and Whirlpool warnings are especially interesting as Amana actually PROMOTED popping popcorn in the Radarange. Anyone else remember the yellow-cone poppers that made just awful styrofoam flavored popcorn? Made exclusively for the Radarange by Amana...I'm sure most got used about twice.

While I haven't heard of an RR failure due to a light popcorn load, I have heard of the concentrated heat in the kernels causing the glass tray to crack. That's actually more common than you'd think. -Cory

 

[iheartmaytag]

I thought the difference was:

You were not to pop corn in just a paper bag alone as stated the kernels are too small to absorb the microwave energy.   But if you were using a microwave bag or a Microwave popper which has a microwave asorbing liner you were ok.   These are lined with a surface that heats with exposure to the microwaves.  These systems also use a bit of oil or "butter" that heats up and aides in the popping as well.

 

 

 

 

[vintagekitchen]

MaytagBear..

You aren't alone actually. My mom was the stereotypical 80's mom, and that HUGE old GE microwave of her's did more cooking than our stove ever thought about. I have seen entire meals cooked in the microwave by dear old mom. Nowadays, I do 95% of my cooking on my 1939 GE stove, but 2 or 3 times a year, just for a memory of my childhood, I will cook a meal the way mom used to. And I still havent found an easier faster way to get evenly cooked bacon.