Microwave ovens. Am I just unlucky?

[teejk]

Back in the early 80's they were the latest 'must have' gadget and it became fashionable to have microwave dinner parties, went to one where the host did microwave roast beef, I still remember that for all the wrong reasons, what a waste of a good lump of beef.
My other pet hate was ordering in a restaurant and hearing the bell 'ting' just before your meal was presented to you, invariably it was not a good experience.
As for how early, we were using industrial microwaves for vacating air from vacuum tubes when I started in the electronics industry in 1964, we used to put our lunch in there too to heat it up but there was no power control, turntable etc and gthe results were very hit and miss.

Beef in the microwave looks terrible and somehow tastes funny.

 

[teejk]

How many of you remember the first microwave oven you ever saw? I don't remember when they were invented, or first became available, but I do remember when I had a moonlighting job at night at the Marriott Hotel in Dallas in 1968 and their restaurant was open all night, but with a limited menu. The day chef made and baked a large pan of biscuits each day before he went home and the night cook could just put a couple of those old hard biscuits in their "Radar Range" and they'd come out just as hot, soft, and fresh as if they had just been baked.

My wife and I bought our first microwave oven right after we bought a new house in 1972.

Bread will get hot but you better eat it immediately. When I make a batch of my secret recipe meatballs I micro-wave bread for a minute or two and let it sit for a few more minutes. Turns hard as a rock and then easy to grind it into breadcrumbs.

 

[ultrarunner]

Freeze Dried Bread?

 

[teejk]

Freeze Dried Bread?

It's pretty much the same. Moisture is cooked out.

 

[goeduck]

I use a toaster :confused3:

 

[MossRoad]

I use a toaster :confused3:

Old school, eh? :thumbsup:

 

[goeduck]

Old school, eh? :thumbsup:

Yes, I also make toast in it. :thumbsup:

 

[teejk]

I use a toaster :confused3:

I use hard rolls...when we do burgers there are always a few leftover ones that I throw into the freezer before they turn green. So a toaster won't cut it.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Bread is funny. You can make stale bread soft with the right number of seconds and too many seconds beyond that, rock hard!

 

[Alien]

I was told about 40 years ago you should put a glass of water in with bread. Never needed to bother.