Posted on 08/29/2022 7:24:26 AM PDT by dennisw
Could ditching the oven this winter help bring your energy bill down? How the much-maligned microwave cooks food at a fraction of the price - with a jacket potato costing 24p less to bake
Research has suggested it is far cheaper to cook essential food in microwaves
Microwaving a jacket potato costs 24p less than baking it in a traditional oven
Cooking your food in a microwave could be a way to save on energy bills as the cost of living crisis soars in Britain's colder months.
UK energy customers are set for a tight few months, if not longer, as price caps rise.
Ofgem confirmed on Friday that there will be an 80 per cent rise in the price cap - sending the average household's yearly bill from £1,971 to £3,549 from October 1st, with further adjustments on December 31st.
Research has suggested that it is far cheaper to cook essential food in microwaves than traditionally in an oven.
Research by energy supplier Utilita found that using a microwave only costs £30 a year, while an electric cooker costs £316 for the same time period.
Meanwhile, uSwitch said it would cost you roughly 27p to cook a baked potato in the oven but just 3p in the microwave.
Microwaving broccoli costs 1p as opposed to 6p on a hob and poaching an egg is a third of the price.
Even Michelin-starred celebrity chef Tom Brown has revealed he sometimes opts to use the microwave to cook certain dishes.
'There's a lot of food that is great when done in the microwave,' Brown told The Times.
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Putin is doing Europe a favor, Europe needs to rout their Greenie idiots. When people freeze, they will reject all that global warming bs, delusions and lies. That only spoiled fools believe, when China and India are pumping CO2 into the atmosphere in the greatest volumes. Plus, China and India will not be decreasing their CO2 outputs.
Chinese and Indians could care less about CO2. Only First World people do.
Can relate.
Green/Enviro-whacko Left in US doing its best to cripple us in the States.
Plant Experiment - microwaved water versus kettle boiled water
“Due to the stupidity of Europe’s political leadership the U.S. has managed to push it towards committing economic and social suicide.”
‘Europe’s Economic And Social Suicide - Provoked by The U.S. And Helped Along By Europe’s Leaders’
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/08/europes-economic-and-social-suicide-provoked-by-the-us-and-helped-along-by-europes-leaders.html#more
We cook out on our grill 4 days out of 7.
I used to bake potatoes, then put them in my kid’s coat pocket on cold winter days. The hand warmer you can eventually eat.
I’m never in that much of a hurry though to bake a potato.
You aren’t one of those heathens that wrap a tater in aluminum foil, are you??
Nope...no tin foil. Although, my daughter encourages me to rub the skin with olive oil and sprinkle salt over it. I only do that when she and her family eat over. I eat the whole potato (skin too, so it gets a good scrubbing), and the oil does flavor it up a little. But, I’m fine dry baking it.
Eating bugs is cheaper too... And heating your house with wood found on walks in the park.
I suspect the damn ‘elites’ will do very well with their ovens and forced heating for their homes. It’ll be the little people who will have to make the adjustments for the insane ‘renewable energy’ stupid experiment. The experiment the ‘elites’ pushed on countries knowing common citizens would suffer and that they would never have to live with the consequences of their stupidity.
Yes! Rub with butter, bacon grease, anything really. To get that crispy skin.
Twice baked are pretty righteous too. I also like mixing equal parts cold softened butter, sour cream, and velveeta, as a topping, then add w/onion.
Actually all that stuff is more of a distant memory. I had to lose weight, and keep it off. Once in a while though ...
And this leads me right into the observation - time is an ingredient, and the method cooking is also important when we reduce our calories. No microwaves for me, I want slow cooked radiant heat for most things.
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