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Open Office Hours

Barton Seaver - Open Office Hours

This event was on Tuesday, October 11, 2022 at 2:00 pm Pacific, 2:00 pm Eastern

Join Chef Barton Seaver in his virtual office as he welcomes all of your questions. This event was created for you and we encourage you to ask anything – from cooking techniques to c… Read More.

Recorded

Question:

Are there any disadvantages to cooking vegetables in the microwave?

— Kathy Mann

Answer:

I there is some thought that cooking vegetable cooking things in microwaves depletes their nutritional content. I don't know about that. I would urge you to do a simple Google search for that and maybe rely on reliable sources if you would so not Yeah, whatever paid advertisement site comes up that has clickbait that says vegetables the microwave will kill you. That's definitely not true and sounds like you're trying to get me to click on your website. So I would stick to good web sources to look for maybe Cooks Illustrated, New York. Times has a great stuff on that food lab. Might have something good on that to share. I'm sorry. I don't have the science off the top of my head on this but here's the thing if cooking vegetables. That way is very easy for you and that you are obviously skill that and have figured out over the years. Well, if that gets you to put a lot of vegetables on your plate, that's a good thing. I'm gonna say universally that is a good thing. So keep eating your vegetables microwave or not. And I'm sorry to send you off into the Wilds of the internet to do some research, but I hope those sites might add some clarity for you. Cheers.
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