GE JES623 Use And Care & Cooking Manual

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4IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS(continued)—Do not operate the oven while empty to avoiddamage to the oven and the danger of fire.If by accident the oven should run empty aminute or two, no harm is done. However, try toavoid operating the oven empty at all times—it saves energy and prolongs the life of the oven.—Do not use the oven for storage purposes.Do not leave paper products, cooking utensilsor food in the oven when not in use.—If materials inside oven should ignite, keepoven door closed, turn oven off and disconnectpower cord, or shut off power at the fuse orcircuit breaker panel. If the door is opened,the fire may spread.• Some products such as whole eggs and sealedcontainers—for example, closed jars—willexplode and should not be heated in thismicrowave oven. Such use of the microwaveoven could result in injury.• Avoid heating baby food in glass jars, evenwith the lid off. Make sure all infant food isthoroughly cooked. Stir food to distribute theheat evenly. Be careful to prevent scalding whenwarming formula or breast milk. The containermay feel cooler than the milk really is. Alwaystest the milk before feeding the baby.• Do not defrost frozen beverages in narrownecked bottles (especially carbonated beverages).Even if the container is opened, pressure can buildup. This can cause the container to burst, possiblyresulting in injury.• Use foil only as directed in this guide.TV dinners may be microwaved in foil trays lessthan 3/4″ high; remove the top foil cover andreturn the tray to the box. When using foil in themicrowave oven, keep the foil at least 1 inchaway from the sides of the oven.• Cookware may become hotbecause of heat transferredfrom the heated food.Pot holders may be needed tohandle the cookware.• Sometimes, the turntable can become too hotto touch. Be careful touching the turntable duringand after cooking.• Foods cooked in liquids (such as pasta) may tendto boil over more rapidly than foods containingless moisture. Should this occur, refer to the Careand Cleaning section(s) for instructions on how toclean the inside of the oven.• Thermometer—Do not use a thermometer infood you are microwaving unless the thermometeris designed or recommended for use in themicrowave oven.• Plastic cookware—Plastic cookware designed formicrowave cooking is very useful, but should beused carefully. Even microwave-safe plastic maynot be as tolerant of overcooking conditions as areglass or ceramic materials and may soften or charif subjected to short periods of overcooking. Inlonger exposures to overcooking, the food andcookware could ignite. For these reasons:1) Use microwave-safe plastics only and usethem in strict compliance with the cookwaremanufacturer’s recommendations. 2) Do notsubject empty cookware to microwaving.3) Do not permit children to use plastic cookwarewithout complete supervision.• When cooking pork, follow the directionsexactly and always cook the meat to an internaltemperature of at least 170°F. This assures that,in the remote possibility that trichina may bepresent in the meat, it will be killed and meatwill be safe to eat.• Do not boil eggs in a microwave oven.Pressure will build up inside egg yolk and willcause it to burst, possibly resulting in injury.• Foods with unbroken outer‘‘skin’’ such as potatoes, sausages,tomatoes, apples, chicken liversand other giblets and egg yolks(see previous caution) should bepierced to allow steam to escapeduring cooking.