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Default Req: cooking rutabaga in micro

On Jan 27, 12:09*pm, Roy > wrote:
> On Friday, January 27, 2012 9:42:43 AM UTC-7, Sqwertz wrote:
> > On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:16:15 -0500, biig wrote:

>
> > > "Roy" > wrote in message
> > >news:1821367.1393.1327622249566.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prdh15....
> > >> On Thursday, January 26, 2012 3:43:46 PM UTC-7, biig wrote:
> > >>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > >>> > On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:38:10 -0500, biig wrote:

>
> > >>> >> "Thomas" > wrote in message
> > >>> ...
> > >>> >> On Jan 26, 8:53 am, "biig" > wrote:
> > >>> >> Thanks for any advice....Sharon in Canada

>
> > >>> >> I love rutabaga. I have not nuked one but I would think the wax would
> > >>> >> mess things up. If you have a really sharp paring knife, hold the
> > >>> >> whole baga on a cutting board and kind of whittle the layer off.
> > >>> >> Little quick shaving motions should be pretty easy on your hands.. Then
> > >>> >> nuke it. I would wrap it in plastic wrap and nuke for 7 minutes or so
> > >>> >> (Guessing 1200 watt nuker here). If at seven you can stick a fork in
> > >>> >> it you are good to go. If not....

>
> > >>> >> I actually did put it in the mw, wrapped in several paper towels..
> > >>> >> They
> > >>> >> absorbed the wax quite nicely. *It took about 15 minutes in 3 min
> > >>> >> increments. *It was cooked through and I peeled it and mashed it.
> > >>> >> After
> > >>> >> doing that, I think that it was more of a pain than peeling it
> > >>> >> uncooked.
> > >>> >> It
> > >>> >> might have been better if I had used a smaller rutabaga, but it did
> > >>> >> work
> > >>> >> ok.
> > >>> >> Thanks for the replies....Sharon

>
> > >>> > I'm sure we'll be happy when Outlook Express and/or Google Groups
> > >>> > dies.

>
> > >>> > -sw

>
> > >>> * *Shrug!! ....and how does that relate to the topic???

>
> > >> His reader won't read anything correctly so he blames everyone else
> > >> because he didn't set it up right. I can read most postings with no
> > >> problem whatsoever.

>
> > > * I do see that there was no division between Thomas's post and mine.
> > > Didn't know it was a net crime...lol... *But I guess I have to watch my back
> > > eh??? *If I care what he thinks, that is.....Sharon

>
> > Oh, *doubt there is anybody here that approves of it and many people
> > get much more vocal about it than I. There have been many heated
> > threads on the subject (not involving me lately). *We are currently
> > only beating up Paul M. Cook for it because he wants to be so
> > pigheaded about it and blame other people.

>
> > And it's not because of my newsreader as Roy would have you believe
> > (Roy wasn't exactly born gifted between the ears). *Everybody in the
> > group sees your post that way - even dim-witted Roy. *This happens
> > when somebody using Outlook Express (you) responds to somebody who
> > posted VIA Google (Thomas, upthread). *There is a fix for it but I
> > forget what it is right now. *Somebody will be along that remembers
> > what it is.

>
> > Don't take it personally, just be open to installing the patch for it.
> > It's only when people refuse to do that and purposely make their posts
> > confusing for others (like Paul Cook) that it will get ugly. *And I
> > was being pretty restrained considering my, uh, "capabilities" ;-)

>
> > ObFood: *Do many women (or men for that matter) sit on the toilet
> > backwards - facing the wall? *My girlfriend walked into an unlocked
> > stall last night and noticed the woman sitting on the throne facing
> > backwards. *Why would somebody do that? *The woman looked normal
> > enough when she came back into the dining room and it was an fairly
> > upscale restaurant (Parkside, in Austin). *White and spoke American
> > English without an accent - ruling out any ethnicity reasons (unless
> > it's a White thing <shrug>). *Totally weird, IOO.

>
> > -sw

>
> "Everyone in the group" says resident troll Squertz...he speaks for the group now. It must be nice to be so omnipotent that one cannot see the forest for the trees.
>
> Grow UP Squertz and quit this unending denigrating of others for your own amusement. You must suffer from an inferiority complex and over-compensate for it by being such an ass most of the time. I'm sure there must be a "nice" side to you...please show it more often.- Hide quoted text -
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Well, he's right. You look like a confused ass to *everyone in the
group*. At least be like Cook and claim you're doing on principle
(chortle).