Myths and legends

[unixronin]

Everyone knows that microwave-cooked food isn't as nourishing, right?  Because microwaves destroy vitamins?  I've heard that one lots of times, and I'm sure you have too.

Turns out that not only is it not so, but the shoe's on the other foot.  You see, microwaves don't destroy vitamins.  What destroys vitamins is heat, and duration of heat.  Microwave ovens cook food more quickly than traditional cooking methods, and so they actually destroy less of the vitamins.

If you want to destroy the nutritional value of your vegetables, don't microwave them — boil them to mush.  You know, the traditional vegetable-cooking technique.

Comments

Re: YAY!

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Yup ... the other thing Everybody Knows about microwave ovens is that they cook food from the inside out. That one's not true either. Microwave ovens cook from the outside in just like every other method. But because Everyone Knows that they cook from the inside out, well, that means when the outside looks done, the inside must be done too, right?

Bzzzzt! Wrong.