Sharon Derben wrote:
> Has anyone ever found a source that tells you how long to cook more
> than 1 item in a microwave oven for?
>
> For example - a simple one - if one item takes 3 minutes - how long
> do you cook 3 identical items for.
>
> I wish there was some sort of spreadsheet for this!

Most microwave cookbooks will explain this as will the package of whatever
you are microwaving.

I had a microwave (fantastic! I loved it!) that had a shelf for faster
cooking items and the slower cooking items went on the bottom. It also had
a temperature probe for meat or cooking anything by temperature. It also
had settings where I could turn it on just before I got home and start at
medium temp then drop or raise the cook setting. Programmable for
everything I wanted, up to 99 recipes. I adored that microwave.

Unfortunately, as technology has advanced, microwave technology seems to
have degraded. The microwave oven regressed back to the "you can boil a cup
of water in it in 60 seconds" stage, rather than being able to use it to
cook a meal. I *hate* my newfangled microwave It doesn't do shit except
reheat stuff.) Welcome to the 1967 Amana Radarange all over again. Oh, but
the new ones have a popcorn button on them. Wooo hooo! Well, everyone
needs that. Crappy microwave popcorn, yeah. That's a meal!

Jill