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I'll step forward to be the strange, New Age, earthy weirdo.


I find that microwaved food has a weird vibe. Don't like it. Intuitively gave them up twenty years ago. If you made me two identical cups of tea, one with boiled water, one with microwaved water, I could easily identify which was which.

Try thoroughly cleaning the inside with pure vinegar (wipe completely dry) and let air out with door open, and then place a bowl of water with a cut up lemon in it nuke for a few minutes, see if that doesn't kill your chemical smell.

Love, a weird vibe? I can taste subtle differences based on the materials used in many pots and pans, especially when heated, so this could have potentially affected the tastes of both heated items for you.

LoriLynn, a microwave definitely permits me to eat more variety at one time, I think! I can microwave veggies, bake or broil potatoes, and heat lentils or beans on the stove simultaneously. My non-starchy veggie intake dwindles without a microwave and is quickly replaced by less appealing raw veggies or less nutritionally optimal (for me, personally) fruits. Hmmm.

ch47gunnergirl1, I have been cleaning the microwave with vinegar for the past week or two, and it hasn't improved at all! I've even tried lemons, baking soda, heating it with vinegar inside...I really can't think of many other options to test, at this point. But thank you!

However...I'm also worried about purchasing a new microwave, as I understand the microwave will offgas for quite a bit of time (the new microwave at work is still doing it a month in!), and I'm sensitive to absolutely every little thing these days. Bleh.

Microwave, FTW!! http://nutritionfacts.org/video/best-cooking-method/

That was fascinating! Thanks for the link! I don't feel guilty about only cooking celery any more!

I honestly think that the differences in nutrient content are mainly due to the loss of nutrients in water. If you steam your veggies in water in the microwave, you will still lose most likely as many nutrients as you might lose boiling the veggies. Conversely, it seems as though steaming them directly on the stove might preserve the most nutrients. Hmmm.