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Safety instructions
Microwaves
• Heating drinks by microwave can cause a sudden and delayed gushing of boiling
water. Also precautions should be taken when handling the container. You might
get burnt.
• Food with a 'skin' or a 'peel' like potatoes, tomatoes, sausages etc should be
pierced with a fork to allow the steam that forms to evaporate and to prevent the
bursting of foodstuffs.
• Make sure that a minimum temperature of 70° C is reached for cooking/
reheating food. Just follow the data in the cooking tables (time/temperature).
Never use mercury or liquid thermometers to measure the temperature of food.
• Baby food in jars (glass) or bottles must always be reheated without a lid or top
and well stirred or shaken so that the heat is evenly distributed. Always check the
temperature before feeding your child so as to avoid scalding.
• Remember that hot food in a microwave oven will heat up the oven ware. Use
oven gloves or hotpads to handle hot dishes.
• Never cook your food for too long or at too high a power setting. Some parts of
the food can dry out or even ignite. To avoid this never use the same times
recommended for cooking in a conventional oven.
• WARNING: liquids or other foods should not be heated in hermetic containers
because they can explode.
Do not use microwaves for the following:
– Boiling eggs. They can burst open!
– Heating cooking oil (fondue or deep frying) and drinks containing a high level of
alcohol. There is a danger of spontaneous combustion!
– Drying animals, textiles or paper.
– Crockery (porcelain, ceramics, pottery etc) with hollows that can fill with water
and create steam pressure when the microwave is operating.
MICROWAVE OUTPUT POWER: 900 W
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