Just from a practical perspective: use your microwave as rarely as possible! Leftovers can be really amazing - sometimes as good or better than the original dish - but only when heated properly!
But… Why? What is “heating properly”? I heat almost anything in the microwave and it works perfectly, tastes just like any other way to heat stuff up. Most of the time it even works better, since it heats more evenly than almost any other method.
Not to disagree, but I find many people don’t know how to use their microwave. There are 10 power settings. Most microwaves allow you to do two settings at once. Just like we don’t put everything in the oven at 450° we don’t need to cook everything on the 10th power in a microwave.
Especially in this summer a microwave makes a huge difference in energy usage and also cuts down on adding extra heat in the house.
So while you’re not wrong about things tasting better being reheated in other ways besides the microwave, we also need to learn how to use our microwaves.
Just from a practical perspective: use your microwave as rarely as possible! Leftovers can be really amazing - sometimes as good or better than the original dish - but only when heated properly!
But… Why? What is “heating properly”? I heat almost anything in the microwave and it works perfectly, tastes just like any other way to heat stuff up. Most of the time it even works better, since it heats more evenly than almost any other method.
Not to disagree, but I find many people don’t know how to use their microwave. There are 10 power settings. Most microwaves allow you to do two settings at once. Just like we don’t put everything in the oven at 450° we don’t need to cook everything on the 10th power in a microwave. Especially in this summer a microwave makes a huge difference in energy usage and also cuts down on adding extra heat in the house.
So while you’re not wrong about things tasting better being reheated in other ways besides the microwave, we also need to learn how to use our microwaves.