Interesting idea, I seem to recall that they get killed by temperatures above the 50-60° range.
You need to do that when buying them, and I wouldn’t trust the typical flimsy container they’re sold in to handle that (and without releasing anything noxious into the food). So you still need a container for storage.
Just what do you do with all that popcorn and puffed rice?
Seriuosly, can you actually heat it high enough to kill the buggers? Or is it more for your peace of mind?
Yes, the thought alone is revulsive. Obviously mileages vary.
And I refuse think about what might apply in Asian countries.
As for porcelain, I guess GM meant ceramic or perhaps stoneware, the material e.g. plates are made of. Reasonably sturdy (made), not delicate like actual porcelain which you can break with a stern look.
Yes, this stuff is far superior for presentation. The same applies to glass wine glasses.
But presentation is no criterion for storage containers.
As usual the mods suck. Instead of calming the situation they’re the biggest shit-stirrers.
I don’t usually buy popping corn so don’t know how that would be affected in the microwave but the rice is unchanged, as far as I can see, after a zap in the microwave.
You don’t need to heat the product itself up to a high temperature but it wouldn’t take much heating to heat up and kill any eggs or lava in there. If you’re worried about affecting the product, I’ve read that you can store stuff like that in the freezer for 24 hrs and it does the same job.
Small insects can survive unharmed in a microwave oven.
Larger insects get cooked.
Microwave ovens work by creating standing waves of microwaves that concentrate energy in their peaks. But this also creates regions where the waves cancel out by destructive interference, that do not get significantly heated. This is why when you warm something up in a microwave you often get uneven heating with hot and cold spots and it is necessary to stir or let the food stand for a while so the uneven heating can be evened out.
A small insect is small enough to fit inside one of these cold “safe” spots.
Thanks. Yet, that’s why the carrier plate rotates. And why you should stir the goods.
Yes, Shirley, it’s the same here, containers it is, just like the ancestors did. With only a few exceptions, like wild rice or some Asian spices and condiments.
You know that microwaves only agitate the water molecules to heat them, right? Dried goods have no water in them (that’s the point so they store for longer). No water, no cook. Same reason that the handles of stuff holding the food never heats up in the microwave, unless it’s in contact with the cooking food or its steam, obvs.
Besides, I’ve never noticed any burning smell or change to the taste.
Feel free to explain then how zapping burns dry rice. Dry isn’t zero water content. Plus, that particular wavelength isn’t absorbed by water molecules only.
