On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 10:14 AM, Srini Ramakrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I cook my idlis in the microwave every time, even though I have the more > traditional apparatus. I have a microwave safe set of idli dies, though egg > poachers should do in a pinch. They turn out every bit as good as in an idli > cooker, actually even better, and faster - just takes 2 minutes to cook.
Nooo. Microwaving, ummm, destroys the nutrients in the food. More seriously, though. It is like how the Japanese tea ceremony is not just about the tea. You can make tea by dipping a Twinnings bag in microwaved hot water. But it is never the same. Thaths -- "I saw this in a movie about a bus that had to SPEED around a city, keeping its SPEED over fifty, and if its SPEED dropped, it would explode. I think it was called, 'The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down'." -- Homer J. Simpson
