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.