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"The food is cold, so let's put it in the microwave and heat it up. ”
For many office workers, the microwave oven is simply their own cooking artifact.
With it, it seems to be very easy to do anything.
But now there is a very strange phenomenon, that is, people's evaluation of microwave ovens does not seem to be as good as before, and there are many people who don't use it much, or even complain about it directly.
What's going on here?
A "microwave oven" that is rarely seen nowadays
In the eighties and nineties, if anyone had a microwave oven in their home, it was a very famous existence in the whole village.
I still remember when I was a child, my neighbor's house bought a microwave oven, and when I arrived at the restaurant, there would be a lot of people in front of their house, and everyone wanted to take their own things to experience the microwave oven.
In many people's memories, the most classic microwave oven should be the "ding" sound.
We just need to put the food in it and leave the microwave to handle it itself, and the time it takes to heat different foods is also different.
If you heat one or two people of rice, then it will take two to three minutes, but if you want to heat a family's dish, it will take five to six minutes, and it will be decided according to your needs.
After a few minutes, the most anticipated "ding" sounds, and the hot food appears, which is very convenient for people who don't usually have time to cook or are not very good at cooking.
In the 90s, microwave ovens were simply the "sales champion" in electrical sales, they didn't need too much publicity at all, they were simply placed there, and many people would go to buy them.
It can be said that the microwave oven at that time lived a life of "stars holding the moon", and it was a very popular existence wherever it went.
And its annual sales have reached 100 million units, this data is very terrible, think about the total population of our country, and then look at the sales of microwave ovens, a comparison can know that it has entered thousands of households in a few years.
At that time, if the microwave oven said that it was second, then it is estimated that no electrical appliance dared to say that it was the first.
However, with the development of society, we seem to find that few people buy microwave ovens anymore.
I still remember very clearly that when I went to the home appliance city, I wanted to see a microwave oven, but I didn't even see one after looking for a long time.
This makes people feel very puzzled, why can't the "sales crown" of the year even be seen now?
In fact, these problems can also be seen in some small details of life.
Single function, occupy space
It can be said that taking up space is the biggest disadvantage of microwave ovens.
We can imagine, where is your microwave oven in your house?
Unlike other pots and pans that can be stored, the microwave needs to occupy a separate area of its own, otherwise it will be very troublesome to take it out and put it back in every time.
When people bought microwave ovens, they went for the banner that they could cook.
At that time, merchants would tell consumers that if they bought a microwave oven at home, they could free their hands and it could help people cook.
Not only that, but there are even merchants who will be very considerate to equip consumers with a special menu for microwave ovens.
But when you buy it home, you will find that the microwave oven has basically not been used except for heating up the meal, let alone using it for cooking.
Besides, there are so many buttons on the microwave oven, and it is very troublesome for people to use them, and if they have time to study these functions, it is better to use gas or induction cooker to cook directly.
It is estimated that the function of this side has not been studied yet, and the dishes on the other side have been fried.
What's more, not all meals are microwave-friendly, which limits people's menus to a great extent.
Some people leave the kitchen area very small when decorating, and if such a "big guy" is placed, then this is simply an aggravation of the kitchen that is not rich.
So, gradually, the microwave ovens that many people bought home were also put on hold.
Meals that come out of the heat don't taste good
Of course, some people say that the taste of food heated in the microwave is not very good, and the most intuitive thing we can feel is the temperature.
I don't know if you have ever had such an experience, when you put a pot of vegetables in the microwave to heat it and take it out to eat, you find that half of the dishes are cold, and the so-called "heating" is not completed at all.
In fact, this is also a disadvantage of microwave ovens, because the heating method of microwave ovens is different from traditional thermal heating, and it mainly uses microwave radiation to heat.
However, this method is prone to uneven heating, which brings a very poor experience to people.
Not only that, but sometimes these foods taste a little drier than fresh.
And this is also because when the microwave oven is heated, the water molecules inside the food will be heated by vibration.
To put it simply, it means that all the water in the food is used to achieve the effect of rapid heating.
As a result, the food that would otherwise be fresh and tasty will become drier.
谣言
For a while, I don't know where the news came from that microwave-heated food produces carcinogens, which can have an impact on human health.
This kind of talk spreads ten, ten, ten, hundreds, and everyone also holds the attitude of preferring to believe it or not, and gradually alienates the microwave oven.
However, the so-called "microwave radiation produces carcinogens" is only caused by some inaccurate information and misunderstandings.
It is important to know that the radiation produced by the microwave oven is actually non-ionizing radiation, and this radiation cannot destroy the molecular structure at all.
Some things about microwave ovens have been tested in the laboratory by experts, and the final results show that all microwave oven radiation on the market is within a safe range and will not affect human health.
Although there is evidence there, once the doubts in people's minds appear, then it is difficult to dispel them.
It is fungible
Because the function of the microwave oven is relatively simple, it is very replaceable.
With the development of society, more and more convenient home appliances have appeared on the market, which also gives people more choices.
For example, the emergence of the oven, it perfectly inherits all the functions of the microwave oven, even the functions that the microwave oven does not have, the oven also has all the functions.
However, the oven has a function that the microwave oven does not have.
There are also micro-steaming and baking machines and various functional home appliances, which provide people with a lot of choice.
Not only that, but many people also feel that microwave ovens are very safety risks, and if people use them incorrectly, then there are likely to be some safety problems.
If this affects the safety of their families, then many people will still choose to give up the purchase.
But for some people, the microwave oven is a very necessary existence, such as migrant workers, after they cook a meal, they can heat it in the company's microwave oven at noon.
Everyone has their own opinion on whether a microwave oven is good or not, and we can't make conclusions based on just one side.