“MICROWAVE IS BROKEN,” Gary said. “I JUST HEATED UP SOME SOUP AND IT IS COLD.’”
”Did the microwave make noise?” I asked.
“YES IT MADE NOISE AND TURNED BUT IT DIDN’T COOK. NOW I HAVE TO THROW THIS SOUP AWAY.”
(I know that sounds like I’m making this up but I swear I am not.)
“Gary, we have pots. You can heat up a pot of soup on the stove.”
“NO, I’LL JUST EAT IT COLD.”
Gary actually likes to eat food cold. Pasta, usually, not soup.
--- Later that night ---
“ELLEN I HEATED UP THAT SOUP IN A POT AND IT WAS WAY BETTER THAN IT IS WHEN YOU HEAT IT UP IN THE MICROWAVE.”
“Gary, see this pork I’m eating? I heated it up just now in the microwave. The microwave is fine.”
“NO IT DOESN’T HEAT ENOUGH TO KILL THE BACTERIA YOU WILL GET SICK.”
“Whatever.”
“I AM NEVER USING THAT MICROWAVE AGAIN.”
--- The next morning.---
“ELLEN I NEED TO TELL YOU DON’T EAT THAT PORK YOU ATE YESTERDAY. I HAD SOME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND IT IS UNDERCOOKED. IT DIDN’T FALL APART. I HAD TO PULL IT APART WITH MY TEETH AND IT WAS STRINGY.”
“Because you ate it cold. Heat it up in --”
“I WILL NEVER USE THAT MICROWAVE AGAIN IT IS BROKEN.”
SO, I am actually heating the pork on low in the oven so that I can “prove” to him that it’s “cooked” now. I know anyone else would lie, “Oh, yes, I cooked that more when you were napping” but I don’t want to lie. Just like I don’t want to argue.
.. did he have the microwave accidentally set on Defrost? It otherwise should have heated the soup...
But also:
1. yes, often things heated up on the stove are better than in the microwave, although normally I would not include *soup* in that and also
2. siiiiiigh.
Posted by: KC | January 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
KC - It was on defrost once in the last two weeks, so he insisted he checked that. I suspect now that something else might be going on.
Posted by: theQueen | January 12, 2025 at 10:48 PM