On Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 2:04:51 PM UTC-4, Michael Trew wrote:
> On 4/29/2021 9:29 AM, Bryan Simmons wrote:
> > On Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 7:07:14 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> >> Dave Smith wrote:
> >>> I rarely use the microwave, other than to heat up some milk or coffee.
> >> In that case, you wasted you're money for one. A small stove burner does
> >> all that easily.
> >>
> > If you drink shitty coffee, I guess reheating it on a "small stove burner"
> > would be OK, but anyone who doesn't have TIAD would use a microwave.
> > Of course, there are still idiots out there who use percolators, though most
> > of them have died off.
> >
> > --Bryan
> Define TIAD... that's a new one for me.

Taste In Ass Disease. Coined by our very own Sheldon.

> Search engine returned no
> results. Microwave ovens are a waste of money, and turn your food to
> rubber. Yuck! I've got two of them, in storage in my basement. I
> haven't had one in my kitchen for 2 years now, and I don't miss them.

I cook oatmeal in my microwave every morning. It's also good for
cooking frozen green beans or edamame.

> Hey, don't knock percolators just because you don't know how to use one!
> That can be some of the best coffee if perked correctly. Admittedly,
> they are almost more nostalgic now, you can't beat the smell of coffee
> percolating in the morning.

Automatic drip coffee smells just as good. So does pourover.

Cindy Hamilton