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Anchovy

The other half has wanted a microwave since seeing one at a friends house, despite my protests, she got me one for my birthday. I don't see that they serve any useful purpose to somebody who likes real food. They ruin eggs and making coffee in them should be a punishable offence. She also figured it would be a more practical way of making toast as this method doesn't produce any crumbs.

It's her birthday next month, I'm going to buy her a pool table.

Jet Gorgon

Good exchange.

sunderlandstephen

If foods worth eating Why would you want to nuke it, pool table excellent alternative

kingwilly

I use the microwave for two things, reheating food and defrosting food, dont use it to cook, period.

In fact only just recently bought a microwave having not had one for the last 2 years or so. An Indonesian friend saw us buying it and expressed surprise that I didnt have one already

"don't all bule (westerners) have one??

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Loombucket

A microwave can be handy in the kitchen, but it has a limited appeal in LOS. Back in Blighty, one can melt butter, make scambled eggs, make very quick instant coffee and cook garlic mushrooms in under two minutes. My Mum has one and she would be lost without it.

In LOS, my MIL has one and she uses it to stand the phone on. Other than that, it seves no usefull purpose.

Thai Pom

It is appliance for warming up food, full stop.

justwingit

my misses only uses our microwave to melt wax for her legs thats all its good for here

blackgang

I don't understand why your wife has wax legs, but its OK I guess.

But Micro's are good for a lot of things,, give the kids a dozen eggs and a micro and they will have a hell of a time til all the eggs are gone.
You can use it to dry cats and those darling little dogs that yap all the time after you have given them their bath and have failed to drown the worthless bastards.

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jandajoy

We had a microwave. "Good for cooking fish" says I.
Later whilst having a quiet read.
"No good for cooking fish. Makes too much bang"

Yup, fish wrapped in silver foil placed in microwave on full power fucks up microwaves.

We'll stick to the BBQ

Bless her

kingwilly

that is fun...

jandajoy

Cane toads make a really really bad mess.

blackgang

How many Cane Toads can you run at one time??

And is it a viable way to rid the country of the nasty pricks.?

jandajoy

The kids did 'em one at a time 'till we stopped caught them.
Nope, don't think so. The RSPA would get very excited. You can't even use a golf club nowadays.

Texpat

There is a science to cooking with a microwave -- if you don't understand the fundamentals, you'll miss the point entirely. If you're trying to render gourmet, seven-course meals from a microwave, you're off the mark. It's use is limited.

The selection of microwaveable foods, however, has come a long way in the past few years -- not Thailand though.

Hundreds of selections of full-on meals available in your grocer's freezers. Nothing resembling the crappy selection of cardboard pizzas and potpies (meatpies) of years gone by. A microwave oven becomes far more useful if you have a great spread of options.

Of course if you live in Thailand, there is nothing of the sort. And the options that are available are ridiculously priced, making them even less desirable.

jandajoy

yes, but few are good.

peterpan

I agree Tex, quite usless devices her, but in OZ I can pull a imicro meat pie from the feezer and be chomping on it 5 minutes later

Norton

Delicious if you are a Darfur resident.

jandajoy

^Not too much power to run em out there mate.

How many times have you burnt your mouth to buggery? I know I have.

Norton

Agree but now that you have one make the best of it!

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Norton

Go green use solar power. Plenty of that in Darfur.