On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:15:43 -0600, Trish Leon <[log in to unmask]>  
wrote:
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> I don't use the microwave. ...

I'll be the odd one here and state that I do use a microwave, though  
generally only for reheating leftovers.  I don't cook with it because it  
doesn't heat evenly and food heated in a microwave doesn't seem to stay  
hot as long as food heated some other way.  I don't defrost with it for  
similar reasons -- I often get one part nearly cooked, and one part still  
nearly frozen.  A sink full of warm water is a much better way to defrost  
something quickly, IMO.  But for reheating a plate full of leftovers, the  
microwave is hard to beat.


> If it can damage breast milk, it can damage other foods too, I suppose.

I would be more inclined to think it's the rapid heating itself that's the  
problem -- the microwave just exacerbates it by producing hot spots which  
heat too much, too quickly.

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   Robert Kesterson
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