do you butter your bread for the grilled âeese? I have one and need to do more with it. Also, how long do you cook your grilled cheese? Debbie
Sent from my iPhone > On May 29, 2015, at 1:01 AM, Lisa Belville via Cookinginthedark > <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> wrote: > > Hi, Alex. > > My mom got me one of these from QVC, only it's round and has a silicone > insert I can use to steam veggies. There's also a 4 cavity silicone muffin > pan that comes with it. > > So far I really like mine. I've made meat loaf, hamburgers, several types of > chicken and have steamed vegetables with no problem. > > It is tricky to figure out cooking times, even though the microwave wattage > used in their manual is an 1100 watt and that's the same as mine, so there's > been some trial and error. > > Still, it does a good job with browning things and you really can make a > grilled chese that's crispy on both sides. You'd never know it was cooked in > a microwave. > > Lisa > > Lisa Belville > lisa...@frontier.com > missktlab1...@frontier.com > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Hall via Cookinginthedark" > <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> > To: <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> > Sent: Friday, May 22, 2015 4:49 PM > Subject: [CnD] The RangeMate is pretty handy, sometimes > > > Hi all, > My grandmother is constantly buying random things she sees on TV that will > "help" me in the kitchen. Very rarely do they prove to be anything more that > Ebay fodder, but there are exceptions. > > The RangeMate (www.rangemateusa.com) is one. It claims to let you cook > hamburgers, chicken breasts, quesadillas, grilled cheese, and so on, all in > the microwave. Aside from flipping halfway through, you need only put the > item in, put the lid on, and nuke it. > > I was skeptical, but I have to admit that I've had success so far. My > hamburger was good, my grilled cheese nicely done, my quesadillas (once I got > the cooking time down) quite tasty… I expected a different taste or texture, > in the same way food in a slow cooker can taste more steamed than one would > like. This wasn't the case, though. The website lists a lot more > recipes--muffins, oatmeal, eggs, and more--but I haven't tried them yet. > > The RangeMate is a large rectangle made from plastic. The long sides are > slightly convex and sport small handles. Inside, you have a grill pan, > complete with the ridges that will give things grill marks. The plastic sides > extend above the pan a few inches, until terminating in a rubber ring that > goes around the inner perimeter. The lid, which has a knob-like handle on > top, rests on that rubber. It just sits there, no locking mechanism or > anything. Once you put your food on the pan and put the lid on, you place the > entire contraption in the microwave and hit 'Start'. As I said, you'll have > to flip your meal partway through cooking; the small size of the RangeMate > can make this a bit of a challenge, but I doubt most people would have a > problem. > > If you've been considering one of these, or have never heard of it, my > personal--and still somewhat limited--experience is that this thing does what > it says on the box. Give it a try, especially if you have a glass-topped > stove or can never get the timing right when cooking something in a pan. > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex Hall > mehg...@icloud.com > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
