"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'll just use my old corning ware. I got a plastic butter tray if I need to
skimp and cook dogs in microwave.

Greg