Food Safety - Viking 3 Serie Manuel D'utilisation Et D'entretien

IMPORTANT–
• Children should be taught all safety precautions: use potholders, remove coverings carefully, pay special attention to
packages that crisp food because they may be extra hot.
• Don't assume that because a child has mastered one cooking skill he/she can cook everything.
• Children need to learn that the Built-in Microwave Hood is not a toy. See page 20 for Child Lock feature.

Food Safety

• Arrange food carefully. Place thickest areas towards outside of dish.
• Watch cooking time. Cook for the shortest amount of time indicated and add more as needed. Food severely over-
cooked can smoke or ignite.
• Cover foods while cooking. Check recipe or cookbook for suggestions: paper towels, wax paper, microwave plastic
wrap or a lid. Covers prevent spattering and help foods to cook evenly.
• Shield with small flat pieces of aluminum foil any thin areas of meat or poultry to prevent overcooking before dense,
thick areas are cooked thoroughly.
• Stir foods from outside to center of dish once or twice during cooking, if possible.
• Turn foods over once during microwaving to speed cooking of such foods as chicken and hamburgers. Large items like
roasts must be turned over at least once.
• Rearrange foods such as meatballs halfway through cooking both from top to bottom and from right to left.
• Add standing time. Remove food from Built-in Microwave Hood and stir, if possible. Cover for standing time which al-
lows the food to finish cooking without overcooking.
• Check for doneness. Look for signs indicating that cooking temperatures have been reached.
Doneness signs include:
- Food steams throughout, not just at edge.
- Center bottom of dish is very hot to the touch.
- Poultry thigh joints move easily.
- Meat and poultry show no pinkness.
- Fish is opaque and flakes easily with a fork.
Food
Eggs, • Puncture egg yolks before cooking to prevent
sausages, nuts, "explosion".
seeds, fruits & • Pierce skins of potatoes, apples, squash, hot
vegetables dogs and sausages so that steam escapes.
Popcorn • Use specially bagged popcorn for the
microwave.
• Listen while popping corn for the popping to
slow to 1 or 2 seconds or use special Popcorn
pad.
Baby food • Transfer baby food to small dish and heat
carefully, stirring often. Check temperature
before serving.
• Put nipples on bottles after heating and shake
thoroughly. "Wrist" test before feeding.
General • Cut baked goods with filling after heating to
release steam and avoid burns.
• Stir liquids briskly before, during and after
heating to avoid "eruption".
• Use deep bowl, when cooking liquids or cereals,
to prevent boilovers.
Please Read and Follow
Do
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Don't
• Cook eggs in shells.
• Reheat whole eggs.
• Dry nuts or seeds in shells.
• Pop popcorn in regular brown bags or
glass bowls.
• Exceed maximum time on popcorn
package.
• Heat disposable bottles.
• Heat bottles with nipples on.
• Heat baby food in original jars.
• Heat or cook in closed glass jars or air
tight containers.
• Can in the microwave as harmful
bacteria may not be destroyed.
• Deep fat fry.
• Dry wood, gourds, herbs or wet
papers.
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