Why?
- It saves time in the kitchen, thus making meal preparation less of a chore for people who don’t like to cook, which in turn saves them money.
- It enables food to be cooked and served in the same container making cleanup easier.
- It reduces wasted food; especially true with restaurant “doggie bags.”
- It can result in safer food, i.e. food that is cooked throughout and therefore has reduced chance of harmful bacteria than food that is just heated (or reheated) on the outside.
- It has created demand for a broad variety of easily prepared meals that just need to be “zapped”
- It makes it practical to make a totally workable kitchen from just a small refrigerator, a sink and a microwave oven.
- It is arguably the most cost-efficient appliance in your home if you compare the amount of use it gets versus the price.
What other recent invention has had the same impact?
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