STANDING TIMES FOR FOOD AFTER MICROWAVING

STANDING TIME IS THE TIME NEEDED TO COMPLETE COOKING AFTER MICROWAVING. UNLIKE MOST CONVENTIONALLY COOKED FOODS, MICROWAVED FOODS CONTINUE TO COOK AS THEY STAND, EITHER IN THE OVER OR THE COUNTERTOP. REMEMBER TO INCLUDE STANDING TIME AS PART OF YOUR MICROWAVING COOKING SCHEDULE. THE LENGTH OF STANDING TIME DEPENDS ON THE VOLUME, DENSITY AND EXPOSED SURFACE AREA OF THE FOOD. DENSE FOODS LIKE ROASTS, WHOLE POULTRY AND LARGE WHOLE VEGETABLES USUALLY REQUIRE LONGER STANDING TIMES THAN LOOSELY PACKED OR POROUS FOODS.