This Oven Could Change How We Cook

[Claire.]

This Oven Could Change How We Cook

The microwave oven needs a do-over.

Sure, it once seemed a miraculous device, an appliance for our times. It served the needs of a culture on the run, not to mention how it brought magic to making popcorn. But microwaves never made it beyond a supporting role in the kitchen because frankly, it couldn’t be trusted to cook a meal from scratch.

For starters, because they work from the outside in, microwaves can’t really cook food evenly, far from ideal if you’re preparing raw meat. Plus, they can suck all the moisture out of some foods, turning bread and other carbohydrates into inedible bricks. So, although as many as 90 percent of American homes have a microwave oven, according to the U.S. Labor Department, they are mainly used just for reheating meals and popping popcorn.

Read more: Smithsonian.com

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44 minutes ago, Claire. said:

This Oven Could Change How We Cook

The microwave oven needs a do-over.

Sure, it once seemed a miraculous device, an appliance for our times. It served the needs of a culture on the run, not to mention how it brought magic to making popcorn. But microwaves never made it beyond a supporting role in the kitchen because frankly, it couldn’t be trusted to cook a meal from scratch.

For starters, because they work from the outside in, microwaves can’t really cook food evenly, far from ideal if you’re preparing raw meat. Plus, they can suck all the moisture out of some foods, turning bread and other carbohydrates into inedible bricks. So, although as many as 90 percent of American homes have a microwave oven, according to the U.S. Labor Department, they are mainly used just for reheating meals and popping popcorn.

Read more: Smithsonian.com

They have never been to my house!