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I didn't know how to properly microwave food until I was 28.

I would put it in for two minutes regardless of what or how much it was, and would just eat lukewarm food a good 80% of the time.

One fateful evening, I mistakenly pressed four instead of two and came rushing back after about three and a half minutes worried I had burnt the plov.

Lo and behold, it was DELICIOUS and I realized that I had been making a very basic error consistently for more than a decade.

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[–] Speaker@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago

Got a microwave with the humidity sensor reheat mode. Bless the designers for not showing an actual cook time because it would absolutely conflict with whatever my intuitive microwave settings would be. The only machine in the place that I trust implicitly.