European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Making Waves in the Kitchen new York times stars and stripes microwave ovens Are the hot thing in America s kitchens. Some Are going mini All Ere making a big Impact on America s eating habits. They Aren t just Lor cooking main meals. They do a surprisingly wide Range of tasks from making Coffee Lea and Popcorn to heating baby formula and Frozen gourmet dinners. A recent Survey shows that More and More american families Are using them Lor these various tasks. Mica information services of Stamford conn., has published a new study of microwave ownership and usage in a 2,000-household National Sample. The study found that More than 60 percent of Busy two career households in the United slates own e microwave. It also found that ownership among Young singles retired people and Low income households has registered an average 90 percent increase in two years. A divert rates Rise and Young people wait longer to get married More and More americans Are living and eating alone. Rather than sit Down to e feast each night they often choose to heat and eat a lean cuisine or be menu Frozen dinner. Seeing a new Market possibility the japanese Nave quickly moved in with a half pint microwave oven. The compact cooker is Small enough 13 in. By 13 in to fit snugly into the tiniest studio a Parlman it will bake a potato in six minutes just a Tad slower than the four minutes a typical Lull size microwave lakes. In the first seven months Sharp electronics has sold about 250,000 of the Small version compared with Only 50,000 of its most popular full sized micros. According to cafes Europe there has t been much activity with mint microwaves in Europe so far. No significant demand has developed. Most customers want  cafes Europe stocks four full sized ones a Panasonic oven for �440 a Panasonic with broiler Lor 1730 and two Toshiba 120 Volt microwaves one for 1249 and the other for $199. Mini microwaves Are not the newest thing on Kitchen front however. Computer chips Are making a fast entry. In the nol Loo Distant future you will be Able to pick up a Telephone and dial your Kitchen to Start cooking the pot roast boiling the potatoes Etc. According to the Consumers Union he Day is not far off when new residential construction will be Complete with internal wiring to operate computer systems from Remote Sites. More and More Home appliances Are now routinely equipped with computer chips to operate directly off that wiring. Already available Are microwave and convection combination ovens that Cook automatically based 1� a Tutuny Natowf of Morfea on he weight and the Type of food computerized refrigerators that examine themselves for malfunctions and toasters that make sure the bread Browns evenly. Microwave. Extract arrange the pears in the liquid and bake in the oven at maximum Power Tor 25 minutes. I Pace a Pear on each serving plate end surround with some liquid. Yield serves 6, a microwave oven the flavors marry Well and the risk of dehydration the biggest cooking Hazard in a microwave overt is minimized. Or pot mull which use cooking liquid As mentioned above can eliminate sauteing or poaching As Well As extra pans to clean. Rth. Fresh fillets Cook quickly regardless if they Are cooked in a microwave oven or broiled sluts so roasted or poached. The results Era improved in a microwave oven ii a bit of while wine or fish Broth is added to the baking pan for extra moisture. Vegetable. Certain vegetables particularly baked potatoes Cook quickly and Well. Fruit largely due to their High water Content Many kinds of fruits Cook Well in microwaves especially wonderfully simple desserts like baked apples and poached pears. Microwave cooking continued from Page 13 radiological health a Federal Agency that monitors oven safety. Manufacturers Are incorporating a Sleeker streamlined look. Although Black is still a popular color the Sharp corporation says its pastel series is Selling briskly. Manufacturers Are also fuming out ovens that vary dramatically in size and Power to the Delight of Consumers and Bern sement of food producers it s quite a mess said Schiffmann. Al Issue is what experts cad a Cook s window of Success in a conventional oven 5 to 10 minutes one Way or another usually has Little effect on cooking. But 10 to 15 seconds in a microwave can make the difference Between delectable and disastrous a Flaky croissant for example or a Crescent shaped Rock. Also because microwave ovens Range in Power from 350 to 700 Watts and in cavity size from 0.4 cubic feet to 1.8 cubic feel a user needs exact instructions. It it a problem but it s a Little late to change now said Jeff Christensen director of marketing for microwave and toaster products at the Pillsbury company a Pioneer in microwave foods such As pizza and pancakes. People just have to get to know their ovens said Steven a. Mcneil general manager of the Campbell soup company s $1.2 billion Frozen foods division Campbell s lists instructions on its packages for microwave users and has taken other Steps to adjust to microwave diners. Plastic has now replaced the familiar aluminium trays of Swanson to dinners. Within the next two years Campbell s plans to rewrite us Frozen food recipes. Including Hose for mrs. Paul s and Papp Ridge Faim brands so that food comes out tasting the same in a microwave oven As it does in a  oven. Microwave cookbooks and cooking raises May be popping up but manufacturers say m the Short term most people would rather use the oven to reheat and defrost foods than to whip up a Fuh meal. Chicken meat loaf and fish come out maj ser in a microwave Bremekamp of maw said pull be never had a Steak that was better than one i be had out a  water mob utes Are randomly arranged at first Motel toe Ine up wet microwaves and As they lactate so. Too do the water Mot Culm the oed Utcig creates heft Toms cooking theto Orf cute Titan site Bora scan ogut the stars and stripes Page 15