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Gerber Lil Meals - with the metal ring
Stupid question. I've always made DD's food so have never used these
before. I decided to try them out as they could be useful when travelling. The directions say to pull of the metal top and replace the plastic lid then microwave. However, there's still a metal ring around the edge of the container. Is that supposed to come off too? It doesn't seem to budge. Or is it made from some special material that it can be nuked? I ended up transferring to another bowl, but obviously that's not practical on a plane ;-) |
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Gerber Lil Meals - with the metal ring
If the amount of metal is small relative to the amount of other
matter, especially liquid, the metal can be microwaved without damage to anything. So don't worry about the metal ring. I routinely microwave a stack of thick earthenware plates; a few minutes' zap warms them nicely, and they keep our dinners warm just a little longer. The plates are made from a pink clay; the pink probably is due to a moderately high iron content. On an airplane I would serve jar food at room temperature. I would *not* ask an attendant to zap my baby's food, nor accept if they offer to do it. I know most will do it, and warm bottles too, but there is just too much stomach flu going around. Perhaps the safest way to warm baby food is to put the container inside your shirt and let it warm to your body temperature. Pologirl |
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Gerber Lil Meals - with the metal ring
On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 18:34:34 -0800 (PST), cjra wrote:
Stupid question. I've always made DD's food so have never used these before. I decided to try them out as they could be useful when travelling. The directions say to pull of the metal top and replace the plastic lid then microwave. However, there's still a metal ring around the edge of the container. Is that supposed to come off too? It doesn't seem to budge. Or is it made from some special material that it can be nuked? I ended up transferring to another bowl, but obviously that's not practical on a plane ;-) Only the top comes off. The rest goes in the microwave. Those things are great. It was the only babyfood I could get DS to eat. |
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Gerber Lil Meals - with the metal ring
"cjra" wrote in message ... Stupid question. I've always made DD's food so have never used these before. I decided to try them out as they could be useful when travelling. The directions say to pull of the metal top and replace the plastic lid then microwave. However, there's still a metal ring around the edge of the container. The plastic lid covers the metal ring on the edge of the container, so the microwaves do not affect it. |
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Gerber Lil Meals - with the metal ring
On Dec 8, 9:41 pm, toypup wrote:
On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 18:34:34 -0800 (PST), cjra wrote: Stupid question. I've always made DD's food so have never used these before. I decided to try them out as they could be useful when travelling. The directions say to pull of the metal top and replace the plastic lid then microwave. However, there's still a metal ring around the edge of the container. Is that supposed to come off too? It doesn't seem to budge. Or is it made from some special material that it can be nuked? I ended up transferring to another bowl, but obviously that's not practical on a plane ;-) Only the top comes off. The rest goes in the microwave. Those things are great. It was the only babyfood I could get DS to eat. I hope she likes them. She's such a food snob, last time we travelled I tried to get her to eat jarred food and she absolutely refused. As it is she insists on using utensils to eat rather than fingers most of the time. I keep saying it's the European in her. I just need enough to get her through the first couple of days til we can go shopping. |
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Gerber Lil Meals - with the metal ring
"cjra" wrote in message ... Stupid question. I've always made DD's food so have never used these before. I decided to try them out as they could be useful when travelling. The directions say to pull of the metal top and replace the plastic lid then microwave. However, there's still a metal ring around the edge of the container. Is that supposed to come off too? It doesn't seem to budge. Or is it made from some special material that it can be nuked? I ended up transferring to another bowl, but obviously that's not practical on a plane ;-) Microwaves are made better than they used to. That amount of metal is not a problem. |
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Gerber Lil Meals - with the metal ring
On Dec 10, 9:21 am, "Stephanie" wrote:
"cjra" wrote in message ... Stupid question. I've always made DD's food so have never used these before. I decided to try them out as they could be useful when travelling. The directions say to pull of the metal top and replace the plastic lid then microwave. However, there's still a metal ring around the edge of the container. Is that supposed to come off too? It doesn't seem to budge. Or is it made from some special material that it can be nuked? I ended up transferring to another bowl, but obviously that's not practical on a plane ;-) Microwaves are made better than they used to. That amount of metal is not a problem. Good thing we have a new microwave then....until a few weeks ago I was still using one purchased in 1987. Everything made it spark. |
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