Julie Bove wrote:
>
> Now I've seen it all! Just saw this commercial. Who in the world would
> need such a thing? And yet, I can see people who don't know how to cook
> buying this thing, thinking that it's a miracle like they said. If my
> grandma were alive, she would have bought it and probably raved about it!
>
> http://www.stonewave.com/
>
> I can remember buying microwave dishes when I first got my microwave, mainly
> because my grandma told me that I needed them. I quickly learned that I had
> wasted my money. My mom has a microwave but she uses hers in different ways
> than I do. For instance, if she is making instant mashed potatoes, she does
> the water in there. I find that it is much quicker and easier to do that on
> the stove! Then you don't have to deal with an unwieldy large bowl of
> boiling water. If I am heating canned vegetables, I put them in there.
> Angela and I generally eat them straight from the can but husband likes his
> hot. My mom always heats her canned veggies on the stove. I don't think
> she ever fell for the microwave dish thing. Maybe she bought the bacon
> cooker. I think I do remember seeing that.

I put stainless steel mixing bowls in my microwave, leave spoons in
stuff that needs periodic stirring, etc. and never have a single issue.
There was a lot of misinformation in the early days of microwaves, some
of it due to not thinking people could handle using metal properly in a
microwave, but now any microwave manual or cookbook gives the proper
directions for using metal in the microwave. The only microwave gadget I
find useful is the little clamshell type two egg cooker thing, those
work pretty well and can be useful for making quick eggs benedict.
Minor's Hollandaise Concentrate (get from soupbase.com) is also really
handy for that.