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Cooking, Guide, Multi-power, Settings

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COOKING GUIDE FOR "MULTI-POWER" SETTINGS The "'Multi-Power" feature lets you cook at the best power level for the food being cooked. Cooking directions can be found in the cookbook. POWER LEVEL POWER SETTINGS EXAMPLES MICROWAVE OUTPUT POWER * I0 WARM • Softening cream cheese. 155 • Keeping casseroles and main dishes warm. 20 LOW • Softening chocolate. _ 215 • Heating breads, rolls, pancakes, tacos, tortillas and French toast. • Clarifying butter. • Taking the chill out of fruit. • Heating small amounts of food. 30 DEFROST • Thawing meat, poultry and seafood. 275 MED LOW • Completing the cooking cycle of casseroles, stews and some sauces. • Cooking small quantities of most food. 40 BRAISE • Cooking less tender cuts of meat in liquid or 340 slow cooking dishes. • Completing the cooking cycle of less tender roasts. 50 SIMMER • Cooking stews .and soups after bringing to a boil. 400 • Cooking baked custards and pasta. 60 BAKE • Cooking scrambled eggs. 460 • Cooking cakes. 70 ROAST • Cooking rump roast, ham, veal and lamb. 520 MED HIGH • Cooking cheese dishes. • Cooking eggs and milk. • Cooking quick breads and cereal products. 80 REHEAT • Reheating precooked or prepared food quickly. 580 • Heating sandwiches. 90 SAUTE • Cooking onions, celery and green peppers quickly. 640 • Reheating meat slices quickly. I00 MAX • Cooking tender cuts of meat. 700 (HI) POWER HIGH • Cooking poultry, fish, vegetables and most casseroles. • Preheating the browning dish. • Boiling water. • Thickening some sauces. * Approxlmate watts as measured by 2-1iter method. As you get to know your microwave oven. you may find that a particular setting is too low or too high for the results you desire. Multiple-power control gives you the means to obtain greater precision in setting power levels. For instance, if you want a power level between ROAST and REHEAT, you would set the time as usual: touch POWER CONTROL, and then touch "7" and "5". The display window will show "75", indicating that your oven is set to run at Power Level 75--halfway between ROAST and REHEAT. 14

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COOKING
GUIDE
FOR
"MULTI-POWER"
SETTINGS
The
"'Multi-Power"
feature
lets you
cook
at the best power level for the food being cooked.
Cooking
directions
can
be found
in the cookbook.
POWER
POWER
MICROWAVE
LEVEL
SETTINGS
EXAMPLES
OUTPUT
POWER
*
I0
WARM
•
Softening
cream
cheese.
155
•
Keeping
casseroles
and main
dishes
warm.
20
LOW
•
Softening
chocolate.
_
215
•
Heating
breads,
rolls, pancakes,
tacos,
tortillas
and
French
toast.
•
Clarifying
butter.
•
Taking
the chill out of fruit.
•
Heating
small amounts
of food.
30
DEFROST
•
Thawing
meat,
poultry
and seafood.
275
MED LOW
•
Completing
the cooking
cycle
of casseroles,
stews
and
some
sauces.
•
Cooking
small quantities
of most
food.
40
BRAISE
•
Cooking
less tender
cuts of meat
in liquid or
340
slow cooking
dishes.
•
Completing
the
cooking
cycle
of less
tender
roasts.
50
SIMMER
•
Cooking
stews
.and soups
after bringing
to a boil.
400
•
Cooking
baked
custards
and
pasta.
60
BAKE
•
Cooking
scrambled
eggs.
460
•
Cooking
cakes.
70
ROAST
•
Cooking
rump
roast,
ham,
veal and lamb.
520
MED HIGH
•
Cooking
cheese
dishes.
•
Cooking
eggs and
milk.
•
Cooking
quick
breads
and
cereal
products.
80
REHEAT
•
Reheating
precooked
or prepared
food quickly.
580
•
Heating
sandwiches.
90
SAUTE
•
Cooking
onions,
celery
and
green
peppers
quickly.
640
•
Reheating
meat
slices
quickly.
I00
MAX
•
Cooking
tender
cuts
of meat.
700
(HI)
POWER
•
Cooking
poultry,
fish, vegetables
and
most
HIGH
casseroles.
•
Preheating
the
browning
dish.
•
Boiling water.
•
Thickening
some
sauces.
*
Approxlmate
watts
as measured
by 2-1iter method.
As you get to know your microwave
oven.
you may find that a particular setting is too low or too high for the results
you
desire.
Multiple-power
control
gives you the means
to obtain greater
precision
in setting power levels. For instance,
if you
want
a
power
level
between
ROAST
and
REHEAT,
you
would
set
the
time
as
usual:
touch
POWER
CONTROL,
and then touch
"7" and "5". The display
window will show "75",
indicating
that your oven is set to
run
at Power
Level
75--halfway
between
ROAST
and
REHEAT.
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