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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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The cooking instructions make me LOL.
Microwave from chilled: 1m30
From frozen: 1m40

That cannot be right, surely?
(, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 16:02, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)
Haha.
The extra 10 seconds makes all the difference.
(, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 16:03, Reply)
Sounds OK.
A chiller will be roughly 20°C warmer than a freezer. You'll be wanting to heat it up and hold it above a certain temperature for a short time. Say above 70 for 30 seconds. So you need about a minute to heat it up from chilled and a minute plus about 20% to heat it up from frozen.

They've probably done their sums.
(, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 16:07, Reply)
^ this is my official entry for the Dullest Post of the Week Award ^

(, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 16:09, Reply)
Assuming this is right, is it mere paranoia that leads most supermarket 'ready meals'
to have 'from frozen' cooking times set at almost double the chilled ones, then?


EDIT this is my contender
(, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 16:11, Reply)
I can't say I've dedicated much time to studying microwave guideline times.
But twice the time doesn't make much sense unless supermarket deep freezers are a lot colder than domestic ones.

(we've got this dullness contest nailed here ... everybody else is playing for bronze)
(, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 16:15, Reply)
WE'RE BOTH WINNERS HERE.

(, Tue 26 Jul 2011, 16:29, Reply)

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