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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSSPECIAL NOTES ABOUT MICROWAVINGMake sure all cookwareused in your microwaveoven is suitable formicrowaving. Most glasscasseroles, cooking dishes,measuring cups, custardcups, pottery or chinadinnerware which does nothave metallic trim or glazewith a metallic sheen canbe used. Some cookwareis labeled “suitable formicrowaving.”• If you are not sure if adish is microwave-safe,use this test: Place in theoven both the dish youare testing and a glassmeasuring cup filled with1 cup of water—set themeasuring cup eitherin or next to the dish.Microwave 1 minute athigh. If the dish heats,it should not be usedfor microwaving.If the dish remains cooland only the water in thecup heats, then the dishis microwave-safe.• If you use a meatthermometer whilecooking, make sureit is safe for use inmicrowave ovens.• Do not use recycledpaper products. Recycledpaper towels, napkinsand waxed paper cancontain metal fleckswhich may cause arcingor ignite. Paper productscontaining nylon ornylon filaments shouldbe avoided, as they mayalso ignite.• Some styrofoam trays(like those that meat ispackaged on) have a thinstrip of metal embeddedin the bottom. Whenmicrowaved, the metal canburn the floor of the ovenor ignite a paper towel.• Do not use the microwaveto dry newspapers.• Not all plastic wrap issuitable for use inmicrowave ovens. Checkthe package for proper use.• Paper towels, waxedpaper and plastic wrapcan be used to coverdishes in order to retainmoisture and preventspattering. Be sure tovent plastic wrap so steamcan escape.• Cookware may becomehot because of heattransferred from theheated food. Pot holdersmay be needed to handlethe cookware.• “Boilable” cookingpouches and tightlyclosed plastic bags shouldbe slit, pierced or ventedas directed by package.If they are not, plasticcould burst during orimmediately aftercooking, possibly resultingin injury. Also, plasticstorage containers shouldbe at least partiallyuncovered because theyform a tight seal. Whencooking with containerstightly covered withplastic wrap, removecovering carefully anddirect steam away fromhands and face.MICROWAVE-SAFECOOKWARE8How to test for a microwave-safe dish.