to resist getting a microwave..............

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on the basis that i have avauge feeling that they are "dangerous"- are they are is that thought "old hat" nowadays....i wd secretly love one !!!!!!

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I just moved my microwave and hid o the worktop behind the kitchen door as I got fed up at looking at the thing that used once in a blue moon.

If it broke then I wouldn't get a new one.

Microwaves makes water molecules wobble about and rub together which makes heat from the friction. Like rubbing your hands together.

Very safe.

A friend of mine once informed me in all seriousness that she never ever used a microwave as they caused cancer. She was smoking at the time

Love my pink mictowave :)

Surely a microwave is essential for heating up cups of coffee/tea several times until you actually get a chance to finish them.

Mine is on its last legs and I will replace it, I haven't checked yet but they're pretty cheap now aren't they if you just need a basic one and to me it's worth it.

Essential for

Defrosting
Porridge
Heating up second half of something I've cooked two portions of

I don't use it for scratch cooking, can't seem to get it right.

IIRC the risk is more if your door seal isn't very good and you stand next to the microwave all the time and get radiation. It doesn't stay in the food.

I don't have one either, I could not find a suitable place when I did my kitchen.

Essential in my household - and I usually cook everything from scratch.

Melting chocolate, making popcorn in a jiffy, re-re-re-reheating coffee or tea, disinfecting sponges (daily), quickly getting a small amount of milk to a tepid temperature, melting small amounts of butter, making quick cups of hot chocolate for ravenous kids (with half the cleanup), making quick oriental custard, cooking one sweet potato.

Also, pressing buttons comprises the full extent to dh's cooking ability.

I don't have one either , we used to but it took up too much space and never got used , partly because I don't quite trust them .

I have no idea why other than it seems a bit witchcrafty and then I feel like an old fossil for thinking it so I just pretend it's the space thing

We went through three micowaves in the space of a year and I refused to replace the last one. I honestly don't miss it all,pretty much everything tastes better cooked in the oven or on the hob, and it's freed up loads of space on my kitchen work top.

Wow. There are actually people out there without a microwave .

I use mine about 15 times a day. To warm up ds's water for milk. To make his porridge. To make cheesy toast. Warm up my tea/milk/dinner when it goes cold thanks to DS crying/pooing.

I don't know how I'd survive without it. I only use it for quick warm ups. I've never cooked a meal in a microwave. That's all done on the cooker.

Can't say for certain as I've never had one, but as long as you don't put your tin foil hat in it I'm sure it will be fine

When our microwave got burnt from the inside, I had to do a lot of research online to find the name of the thing that got burnt so I could replace it. It's called a "waveguide cover". That put another 10 years on its life. Long live my microwave.

Fakebook.
If it's that old, please make sure that the door seal still fits tightly all round. Otherwise it may leak microwaves and that can be harmful.

Thanks Sally, I've just checked and it is all sealed nicely. It's in very good condition. Thank you for caring.

Good.
Leaking microwaves can cause cataracts. Since the oven is on a level with children's eyes it's as well to be careful.

Ours went flash, bang one day and we never got round to replacing it. That was about 9 years ago and I really don't miss it. I do enjoy the extra space not having one has created on my work surface though.

We have one, but it only gets used to heat up baked beans and act as a shelf to hold cookbooks.

I'm not entirely sure why we bother tbh

We have one, hardly use it but it comes in handy for heating beans & soup, and the occasionaly milky hot choc/horlicks.

We use our MW several times each day. I would feel bereft without it.

Unlike many on these threads, I love Tesco, M&S, Asda etc ready meals. There is no way I could make a Red Thai Chicken Curry for the price they can throw it out. They also taste a lot better than anything I could hope to achieve.

And then there is the heating up half full cupd of tea; v. convenient

And two plates, two knives and two forks to wash up (plus a few sundry bits)

It's Win -Win in my kitchen!

I don't have one - just don't understand why you'd need one

Ours broke a few weeks ago and we just got a new one yesterday.

We found that we hardly missed not having one but it took away done I'd dd and ds s independence. They can't do their own hot chocolate/warm milk/beans on toast on the job but they can in the microwave

The only thing I found I couldn't do was warm up some microwave only treacle puddings!