I use a microwave to cook a large majority of my food. We have one, it cooks my food quickly and without any need to pay attention to it. So why would I consider anything else?

Nobody is with me on this. I mean nobody. I’ve had conversations with one or two people who have said that cooking certain things like hot dogs is nasty when done in the microwave. But today four different girls in my producing class jumped on the “That’s gross” bandwagon. I don’t see what all the hubbub is about.

The food is cooked. I’m not dumb, I eat cooked food. 30 seconds in the microwave is enough to thoroughly heat every piece of a hot dog, and since I eat at like 10 of them a week I consider myself a bit of an expert.

“You’ll get sick,” they say. Really? I’ll get sick? Is that why it’s NEVER happened? I’ve been cooking for myself just about every day since May, and have yet to get sick from any of it. The food is cooked and perfectly safe to eat.

Tonight’s big issue was beef (or rather ground turkey) for use with pasta. I cook the pasta on the stove, one of the only things I do cook there (rice being the other). So while that is going, I can pop the ground turkey in the microwave for a few minutes without having to tend to it, and boom, easy meal. I’ve never seen so many people disgusted at something I said than when I explained this process.

Then again, all of the detractors have been girls, and it’s been established that they are absolutely INSANE….Thoughts?