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I microwave salad

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soupyspoon · 04/08/2025 19:35

Yes thats right, I do.

I havent got time to wait for things to come up to room temperature and HATE fridge cold food.

Plus my fridge is too cold even on the lowest setting, all the watercress I just bought yesterday looks like its perished because it might have semi frozen, anyway thats for another thread

But the gist is, I had to put my salad in the microwave for 10 seconds, I tested it after 5 and it still wasnt the right temperature.

I cant stand cold cucumber, cold olives, cold mayo, cold chicken.

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soupyspoon · 04/08/2025 22:01

DeanStockwelll · 04/08/2025 21:55

I am with upu on not liking my salad fridge cold but i don't own a microwave 😕 i have to remember to take things out if the fridge for a bit 1st.
I am the same with fruit, esp soft things like raspberries, strawberries, cherries, melon and grapes. I have been known to put grapes in a bowl of warm water for a minute to warm up.

I take salad to work quite often and the fridge there is very cold so I always take it out 20 mins or so before I eat it .
Some bugger ( been kind I know ) thinks I have left it by accident out so keeps putting it back in the fridge for me

Oh god. Im so sorry to hear this.

My thoughts are with you.

Can we set up a gofundme for the microwave, I feel that this is a vital piece of kitchen equipment for you.

(actually I have an OH who is obsessed with things being in the fridge and is always putting things back in. Urgh)

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OtherS · 04/08/2025 22:01

I wash mine half an hour or so before I want it then put it in the spinner to drain as I don't want soggy salad. So even if it were frozen solid, it would be room temperature by the time I wanted it.

mondaytosunday · 04/08/2025 22:00

So you can leave all the veg out several hours. Just the chicken needs to be kept cold.

DeanStockwelll · 04/08/2025 21:55

I am with upu on not liking my salad fridge cold but i don't own a microwave 😕 i have to remember to take things out if the fridge for a bit 1st.
I am the same with fruit, esp soft things like raspberries, strawberries, cherries, melon and grapes. I have been known to put grapes in a bowl of warm water for a minute to warm up.

I take salad to work quite often and the fridge there is very cold so I always take it out 20 mins or so before I eat it .
Some bugger ( been kind I know ) thinks I have left it by accident out so keeps putting it back in the fridge for me

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soupyspoon · 04/08/2025 21:53

I feel I do owe a bit of an explanation for honesty and transparency's sake. (Ive just been reading a thread about FOI requests so its put me in the mood to be open)

I do actually keep chocolate in the fridge and I do actually eat it cold, straight from the fridge.

Sorry if you're labouring under any misapprehensions. Hopefully that has put you straight.

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Goatblu · 04/08/2025 21:44

soupyspoon · 04/08/2025 21:41

Yes also Ive just remembered that the cat never eats straight out the fridge either, she doesnt like it.

Im no comparing your son to a cat by the way.

Im just saying.

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He was an odd child. Turned out lovely though - and has no feline tendencies.

wanttokickoffbutcant · 04/08/2025 21:43

MargotMoon · 04/08/2025 19:57

I keep butter out of the fridge year-round. I just put half a pack in the butter dish at a time and keep the rest in the fridge. Eggs as well, they never see the inside of the fridge.

I do the same. And a potato never darkens my fridge - they are supposed to be in a cool, dark place not a fridge.

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soupyspoon · 04/08/2025 21:41

Goatblu · 04/08/2025 21:29

I used to have to microwave yogurts for my son when he was a baby. Just a few seconds - he wouldn't eat them if they were cold.

Yes also Ive just remembered that the cat never eats straight out the fridge either, she doesnt like it.

Im no comparing your son to a cat by the way.

Im just saying.

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Zov · 04/08/2025 21:39

@soupyspoon

Yay congratulations! you're going to get food poisoning. Looking forward to getting salmonella poisoning and listeria are ya?!

Good grief! 😆

More people get food poisoning from salad - especially warm salad - than from dodgy meat.

DiscoBob · 04/08/2025 21:38

I knew a lady at work that did that. I used to leave my sandwiches out so they would be room temperature. I didn't even mind the bread going a bit hard. But mayo to me has to be cold or it's really disgusting. It's not right on hot things like burgers.

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soupyspoon · 04/08/2025 21:35

wizzywig · 04/08/2025 21:34

What do you do with icecream?

Me?

OP me?

I dont like Ice cream

Its cold.

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wizzywig · 04/08/2025 21:34

What do you do with icecream?

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soupyspoon · 04/08/2025 21:34

Glovenove · 04/08/2025 21:22

I do this too!

See also: apples.

You're not storing your apples in the fridge are you?

Are you??

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fruitywineglass · 04/08/2025 21:30

soupyspoon · 04/08/2025 21:27

Ok, AMA, Im happy to oblige

😂

Goatblu · 04/08/2025 21:29

I used to have to microwave yogurts for my son when he was a baby. Just a few seconds - he wouldn't eat them if they were cold.

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soupyspoon · 04/08/2025 21:27

Ok, AMA, Im happy to oblige

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fruitywineglass · 04/08/2025 21:26

soupyspoon · 04/08/2025 19:35

Yes thats right, I do.

I havent got time to wait for things to come up to room temperature and HATE fridge cold food.

Plus my fridge is too cold even on the lowest setting, all the watercress I just bought yesterday looks like its perished because it might have semi frozen, anyway thats for another thread

But the gist is, I had to put my salad in the microwave for 10 seconds, I tested it after 5 and it still wasnt the right temperature.

I cant stand cold cucumber, cold olives, cold mayo, cold chicken.

I wish this had been "I microwave salad - AMA" as for once it might have been an interesting one.

However, you say "Plus my fridge is too cold even on the lowest setting" - is that the issue in itself? Only I've spent almost 29 years with a man who was totally, totally convinced that the numbers on the dial of a fridge related to temeprature, and that setting one was one degree centigrade, as opposed to being the warmest of all the settings. It took years to win him over.

Fast forward to 2014 when we invested in a fridge-freezer that has a push-button control where the numbers are, in fact, related to temperature, and therefore setting two (the lowest it has) is liable to reduce everything to almost frozen.

It's made even worse by the fact we have two fridges, one with numbers and one with temperature. The work I have to do to ensure one fridge is left on setting and one on six degrees knows no end as he is inclined to forget and fiddle accordingly.

Studyunder · 04/08/2025 21:23

CharnwoodFire · 04/08/2025 19:37

And I thought I was bananas for cutting my salads up with a pair of scissors.

I do this too. Scissors are the easiest way to cut many foods - pizza being a classic example. My husband saws back and forth with the pizza wheel for ages 🤷🏼‍♀️

Glovenove · 04/08/2025 21:22

I do this too!

See also: apples.

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soupyspoon · 04/08/2025 21:17

BogRollBOGOF · 04/08/2025 21:11

Do you have to adjust the microwave timings between little salad garnshes and massive salads?

I think for a massive salad you would have to oven cook it really.

For my salad tonight I had to be careful that I timed it right. I dont keep mayo in the fridge, so that was a bit of a red herring in my OP. But neither do I like 'warm' mayo, so there is a careful balance.

So I microwaved, then mixed in my mayo, then added on my olives. I dont like warmish olives either but I also dont like them cold.

Its really quite complicated cooking. I should do a cook book. Hopefully a TV series would follow.

Plus in case anyone is wondering, and I know you are, if I am having a cheese based salad, I of course cant microwave that, I dont want melted cheese on my salad leaves.

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BogRollBOGOF · 04/08/2025 21:11

Do you have to adjust the microwave timings between little salad garnshes and massive salads?

dogcatkitten · 04/08/2025 20:57

I often put cold things in the microwave on defrost for a short while to bring to room temperature or a bit above, I don't like fridge cold food either and don't think about getting it out well in advance. Whatever works.

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soupyspoon · 04/08/2025 20:55

BunnyLake · 04/08/2025 20:50

Thank you for the tip. I’ll take my tomatoes out the fridge and give it a go.

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You wont regret it. Put them on a sunny windowsill before you eat them too.

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BoredZelda · 04/08/2025 20:53

FalconUnicorn · 04/08/2025 20:22

I also microwave salads for 15 seconds so I think it’s perfectly normal. I also microwave ice cream though.

My husband blows on it. “To warm it up” WTAF.

As I said….pretty.

CravingPotNoodle · 04/08/2025 20:53

That’s great, you do you.

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