Head Chef gave me this as a joke, a microwave cookbook from 1979 😂
Head Chef gave me this as a joke, a microwave cookbook from 1979 😂
by emptydimension
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MilesAugust74
God, can you imagine cooking fish in the microwave?! 🤢😵
zeitnaught
Oh god fish and seafood 😂
Nikovash
Oh look french cuisine
TaDow-420
This is about as good as canned bread 🍞
(Yes, it’s a thing)
Sagisparagus
I didn’t even see my first microwave until early 80s. The friend who got it said, “You can cook a whole turkey in just an hour!” I’m still scratching my head, wondering why I would ever want to do that…
I love my microwave cookbook! I use it to shock all people who love cooking
1337Asshole
I want this so bad. I tried buying a public school cookbook from the 30s, but the dude already sold it.
jesrp1284
Quick funny story: my grandparents were some of the first people in town in the early 80s to get a microwave, and of course it came with the cookbook. My grandma wanted to bring the cookbook to a basketball game that my grandpa was announcing, but she decided against it because she didn’t want people to think she was showing off.
45isaLOSER
WTF?
showers_with_grandpa
I gave this exact book to a chef of mine like 10 years ago. The joke was that there was no microwave in any kitchen she ran, but then you would go to her house and anything she gave you was heated in the microwave.
JONAS-RATO
Could there be something about the tech of a microwave from back then that would make these at least edible?
Like maybe they were less powerful so it would take you longer but you’d get a more even heat distribution?
I ask because the thought of publishing a book with fish recipes for the microwave just seems insane if the results are anything like what we’d see using a current microwave.
TheCheeser9
But it has over 650 color photos
Useful-Lake9539
I swear some of my coworkers have this cook book.
King_Chochacho
Gotta check out Nat’s What I Reckon’s microwave series:
I think that my mom has/had that book. When I was about 8 years old in 1979, my mom didn’t have a babysitter, so she took me to an evening class at the local community college or community center which was teaching microwave cooking.
I remember a lot of stuff being cooked there that ended up slightly OK when it was time to taste it, but it was much worse when my mom cooked those things in our house.
The only thing I remember liking was some dessert thing that was similar to an O Henry candy bar. After a couple weeks, nothing from that class or that book was ever cooked in our house.
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God, can you imagine cooking fish in the microwave?! 🤢😵
Oh god fish and seafood 😂
Oh look french cuisine
This is about as good as canned bread 🍞
(Yes, it’s a thing)
I didn’t even see my first microwave until early 80s. The friend who got it said, “You can cook a whole turkey in just an hour!” I’m still scratching my head, wondering why I would ever want to do that…
A few times a year, [the saddest book ever written](https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/microwave-cooking-for-one-marie-smith/1100084754) pops unbidden into my head and I get a good chuckle out of it. Thank you for making today one of those days.
I love my microwave cookbook! I use it to shock all people who love cooking
I want this so bad. I tried buying a public school cookbook from the 30s, but the dude already sold it.
Quick funny story: my grandparents were some of the first people in town in the early 80s to get a microwave, and of course it came with the cookbook. My grandma wanted to bring the cookbook to a basketball game that my grandpa was announcing, but she decided against it because she didn’t want people to think she was showing off.
WTF?
I gave this exact book to a chef of mine like 10 years ago. The joke was that there was no microwave in any kitchen she ran, but then you would go to her house and anything she gave you was heated in the microwave.
Could there be something about the tech of a microwave from back then that would make these at least edible?
Like maybe they were less powerful so it would take you longer but you’d get a more even heat distribution?
I ask because the thought of publishing a book with fish recipes for the microwave just seems insane if the results are anything like what we’d see using a current microwave.
But it has over 650 color photos
I swear some of my coworkers have this cook book.
Gotta check out Nat’s What I Reckon’s microwave series:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnYHeeUNjxorlofTgJj-kDvg5ep-5iJHP
This is a book of war crimes.
My grandma could cook a 5 course meal in the microwave according to my dad.
😂😂 I have a similar one from 1987
Wait, so [Weber Cooks – Spaghetti (w/ Chef Steven Reed)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hF41qPkJxs) – wasn’t the original?
Just pronounce it “[Me-crow-wah-vay](https://youtu.be/4KrUxLBHVu8?si=umEELokPRFTu0sk0)” and someone will think it’s a new fresh technique like “sous vide”.
I think that my mom has/had that book. When I was about 8 years old in 1979, my mom didn’t have a babysitter, so she took me to an evening class at the local community college or community center which was teaching microwave cooking.
I remember a lot of stuff being cooked there that ended up slightly OK when it was time to taste it, but it was much worse when my mom cooked those things in our house.
The only thing I remember liking was some dessert thing that was similar to an O Henry candy bar. After a couple weeks, nothing from that class or that book was ever cooked in our house.
What a year!