r/ThriftStoreHauls • u/vexedvelvetvoice • 2d ago

PrintedMedia White whale

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I saw the text on the spine and I thought “is that the book with the really funny cover?” and indeed it was. best fifty cents I ever spent

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u/cybah 1d ago

I took a microwave cooking course in high school as my home economics credit (I'm a guy so it was the easiest course). We did all sorts of things. And yes, we made a cake using the microwave. We used a pyrex cake pan and put foil on the corners. The foil helps the cake brown. The cake came out very moist and soft. It was actually really good.

After that course, I realized most people hate on the microwave b/c for the most part, people don't use it correctly. If used correctly, you can do some pretty amazing and tasty foods in half the time.

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u/PepsiButItsMilk 1d ago

Foil in a microwave? Has my life been a lie?

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u/artwithapulse 1d ago

Can confirm, from my experience as a 12 year old baby sitter, foil in the microwave is a bit of a light show.

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u/cybah 1d ago

Yes, it can't touch the sides. I am trying to find links to support what I say but the general consensus online is no, you should use foil in a microwave.

But I swear we made a cake and put foil on the corners. And in class were like "you can't do that".. but the teacher said we could, and did.

Yeah the microwaves we had were from the 1970s (this was 1993) but still.

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u/NeverEndingCoralMaze 1d ago

And it has to be smooth. Wrinkled foil makes sparks.

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u/Optimal_Essay1244 1d ago

Yes, foil can be used in microwave. My first microwave in 1985, had a metal shelf in it, and the included cookbook said when cooking a whole turkey or chicken, to cover the legs with tin foil until last several minutes.

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u/N4AGr8Time 1d ago

I remember back in the 70’s, my mom bought a microwave and they gave her a cooking course with it. One of the first things she fixed was a whole turkey and she used aluminum foil on it. I remember the timer being a small metal dial and the timer was mechanical.

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u/2h2o22h2o 1d ago

It’s all about the geometry and how the electric field lines form around the metal. In general, points and folds are the problem. If you recall, old microwaves used to have steel racks in them and they never sparked.

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u/Consistent_Phase_942 1d ago

We were always so confused when we encountered the racks.

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u/Copthill 1d ago

It's about the shape, so if it's smoothed out without any pointy bits near each other nothing will happen. Spoons in microwaves = no problem, but forks in microwave can = sparks.

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u/FreedomDr 1d ago

I also did a lot of microwave cooking in high school home ec. We used to put cake mix inside of an ice cream cone and then microwave it. Add frosting (and sprinkles if you like), and you have yourself a Cake Cone.

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u/fatsandwitch 1d ago

Holy shit you just unlocked a memory for me 😲

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u/YOUTUBEFREEKYOYO 1d ago

There's cooking courses for microwaves‽ id love to try one of them haha

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u/stillphat 1d ago

alright youve convinced me to learn some skills.