Microwave query about butter

Newcad

Some can be pretty bad, (expensive is no guarantee), others as you say you would not know unless you had spread it yourself.

matelodave

Depends what sort of microwave you have.

Inverter driven machines have a variable output which is gives a more even continuous output than the sort that clunks on an off.

They just fire up the magnetron at full power for 100% or to lower the power output they clunk on an off at full blast but for shorter period with gaps.

RumRat

OK, so 10 seconds - not enough - 20 seconds too much - I'd have at least tried the 15 seconds...🙄
Anyway, we were taught from an early age how to spread butter straight from the fridge and I don't own a microwave, so I don't think I have anything else to add...Sorry..🤷‍♂️

Brie

IvanOpinion said:

Are we really talking about butter or are you really trying to figure out what happens to Brie in the microwave?

Well first off I wouldn't fit......

Thanks all - I think it's the 2-3 seconds "warming up" revving into full power that is the crucial bit.

And yes everything else is the same.  And yes we're tried the soft from the fridge spreads (lurpak is nice, but kept for real emergencies)

And yes the microwave does have a couple of known faults....we turn it off when not using it, not to save energy but because it started to turn itself on at random.  I think that's stopped now but I'll continue to turn it off just in case.

victor2

I'm sure Alice (may she Rest In Peace) would have had something to say about it...

https://youtu.be/37ficiqoE6U

JohnB47

Possibly a fridge cycling thing. Sometimes you take butter out of the fridge when it's ready to start it's refrigerating cycle (when the butter is slightly warmer), other times its just at the end, (when the butter is slightly colder). Or maybe, like our kitchen, the plates are colder some days, compared to the next e.g. when there's been a cold snap overnight. Too many variable's to say. Someone must have researched the max/min temperature of a typical fridge over time based on ambient conditions. I'll take the job if I'm paid, if I can eat the result.

Olinda99

Olinda99 said:

are you putting the butter at the same radial distance from the centre of the microwave plate ?

you didn't answer my question

Brie

Olinda99 said:

Olinda99 said:

are you putting the butter at the same radial distance from the centre of the microwave plate ?

you didn't answer my question

dead centre every time!!!  I will measure it to be sure next time!!!

kimwp

The time I tried to microwave butter was also the time I discovered that the butter wrapper should not be microwaved.

Brie

kimwp said:

The time I tried to microwave butter was also the time I discovered that the butter wrapper should not be microwaved.

Butter comes out of the fridge, unwrapped and on to a plate.  That's my rule.  Some wrappers are ok, but obviously not the aluminum ones!!