I dunno, they’re always coming up with some new fangled product that can go in the microwave. I’ll stick with my microwaveable glass bowls and go less than 100% power. Lan Lam (from ATK) had a snipet on her ‘Techniquely’ youtube that made sense about microwaving. Is glass cookware not allowed in dorms these days? If one goes with ceramic, you gotta check for lead content in the glaze. Be alert! The world needs more lerts.
I don’t think glass cookware would last ten minutes in a dorm.
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Modern Shrinky Dinks.
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I’ve got Anchor Hocking glass bowls that work really well nuked. I’ve dropped a few of them and they didn’t break.
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Yes, I was wondering if the problem in dorms is fragility or theft. My AH bowls are very strong and don’t break either.
Fragility / clumsiness / murphys law.
If something breaks in a shared kitchen that’s one thing. Better not to have anything like that happen in a room.
I don’t think we had glass anything in college. Everything was melamine and polypropylene in the dining halls.
I figure Glad is a large corporation that has been in business many years. I doubt they would state (in writing) that their products are safe to use in the microwave, if they were not.
I’ve been using plastic containers in my microwave for well over 40 years – all good.
I was worried anything of material value would disappear in a dorm setting. Roommates (regardless of situation) have no respect for the other people or their possessions.
I do wish your son the best as he transitions to “dorm life” and hope all goes well.
Interesting on the veggies, thank you for linking. I’ve never seen it happen. I have played around with other microwave transducing materials, putting some in one part of a material but not the other, and getting it to do some interesting twisty stuff when microwaved.
I get it. It’s quickly apparent if there’s a problem, but yeah, I guess I wouldn’t trust them not to throw something in there, set 2 minutes, and jaunt down the hall to talk with friends (where they wouldn’t hear or see the arcing).
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Coming back to report that I tried a few ramen bowls lined with 304 steel and the mixing bowls @shrinkrap also mentioned, with no incident thankfully, so they are getting shipped off to the two college going recipients.
Some of the ramen bowls are very clever and the steel liner actually lifts out.
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Happened here when my then 7 year old son put a cardboard take out container full of fries in the microwave. No metal on the container, but the ketchup packets inside the container had metal…fortunately, we were both watching and were able to stop immediately.
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Does the largest one fit in your microwave? Mine won’t be here for awhile.
I haven’t checked.
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Coming back to say yes, which is what I expected.
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Ok I am loving microwaveable steel.
Best part is that the bowl doesn’t get hot when it’s just a few minutes in the microwave, which is most of my use.
I also tried making rice in one and the bowl did get a bit warm after a cumulative 6 -10 mins of microwaving, but I could easily lift it out without aid, as opposed to the glass and ceramic bowls I usually use for rice which are waaaaaay to hot to touch.
Although I’m pretty skeptical about claims of health risks from plastics, I don’t put plastic leftover containers in the microwave simply because they get visibly damaged if there’s any oil or fat in the contents. Water boils away before it reaches the melting point of these plastics; fat does not.
There’s scientifically back reports of micro-plastics in human breast milk, brain tissue and testicles, with some studies saying there’s a link between MP and cancers in younger people that usually don’t show up until old age.
There’s also the recent lawsuit suing Exxon about lying about the actual recyclability of plastics. And a $10bil settlement with 3M about forever chemicals.
To me this says corporation simply can’t be trusted, and it’s smart to take MPs as a health issue as real.
I still have plastic containers and use plastic bags but I’ve cut down use, switched to non-plastics and trying to eliminate. It’s difficult to be sure. MAYBE MPs are nothing but doesn’t seem like that. I’d rather just eliminate as best as possible.
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