So, I was heating up some Progresso Chicken Noodle...

[Jack Flash]

When I noticed it said to heat for 4 minutes and let stand for 1. Why not just heat for 3 minutes and then eat immediately?

 

[octopus41092]

Because the meat or whatever might not be warm all the way through unless you heat it for 4 minutes.

 

[Chronoshock]

They aren't equivalent. If I heat up an ice cube for one minute then let it sit for one minute, I get a luke warm puddle of water. If I do nothing, I have an ice cube

 

[0roo0roo]

microwave?
heat for 4..and it bubbles over

 

[hurricanedh34]

Wouldn't you still cook for 4 minutes even without a stand period? And I always thought the stand period still allowed for it to cook but just not at the high temperature you were heating it at to prevent any food from being overcooked.

 

[0roo0roo]

well sorta, canned type soups are precooked. the sitting period is just so the heat redistributes evenly, microwaves don't penetrate that far right....

 

[CPA]

microwave for 2 minutes and you're set.

 

[theflyingpig]

Originally posted by: Jack Flash
When I noticed it said to heat for 4 minutes and let stand for 1. Why not just heat for 3 minutes and then eat immediately?

So, this is what we have become. Is it so hard to wait for two extra minutes for your food? Is it that hard for you?

 

[wiredspider]

The let stand is so you don't burn yourself and sue them.

 

[shortylickens]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
well sorta, canned type soups are precooked. the sitting period is just so the heat redistributes evenly, microwaves don't penetrate that far right....

Actually, they pass completely through pretty much all food.
Along they way they deposit a significant amount of energy into the food and it turns into thermal energy. Most items heat from the core and that heat radiates outward.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: shortylickens

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
well sorta, canned type soups are precooked. the sitting period is just so the heat redistributes evenly, microwaves don't penetrate that far right....

Actually, they pass completely through pretty much all food.
Along they way they deposit a significant amount of energy into the food and it turns into thermal energy. Most items heat from the core and that heat radiates outward.

A common misconception is that microwave ovens cook food from the "inside out". In reality, microwaves are absorbed in the outer layers of food in a manner somewhat similar to heat from other methods. The misconception arises because microwaves penetrate dry non-conductive substances at the surfaces of many common foods, and thus often induce initial heat more deeply than other methods. Depending on water content, the depth of initial heat deposition may be several centimetres or more with microwave ovens, in contrast to broiling (infrared) or convection heating, which deposit heat thinly at the food surface. Penetration depth of microwaves is dependent on food composition and the frequency, with lower microwave frequencies (longer wavelengths) penetrating better.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_oven

 

[idiotekniQues]

how in the world will the soup stand if it has no legs?

 

[Wheezer]

follow the directions...is it that fucking hard?

sheesh, even with microwaves people are trying to take shortcuts...how sad, so very very sad.

 

[ebaycj]

Originally posted by: wiredspider
The let stand is so you don't burn yourself and sue them.

This. 100% This.

 

[Newbian]

Originally posted by: ebaycj

Originally posted by: wiredspider
The let stand is so you don't burn yourself and sue them.

This. 100% This.

I am so going to pour it on my crotch and sue them since it doesn't say not to do that.