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Yeah, this seems quite pointless... There's no agitator, so all it does is make it easier to move clothes faster, and I'm not convinced that that's an important part of the cleaning equation.

OK, here we go.

Boiling and Steaming things: Water, milk, soup, vegetables, fish.

Melting and softening things: Chocolate, Sugar, Honey (In the jar to make it easier to pour), Golden Syrup, Treacle, Glucose, Plastic Icing, citrus for juicing.

Cooking:

* With a decent microwave rice cooker, you can make most grains, including rice (Brown, short, long, Japonica). Lentils and Chickpeas, Beans, oats, polenta (Really. Less stirring too), quinoa and couscous (SO stupidly simple), barley and burgal.

* Popping popcorn

* Bechamel. No, really. REALLY. Stop being a snob and listen. Melt your butter and add your flour, then zap in small bursts, stirring between, until the colour you like. Then add the milk and blitz for 30 seconds, and stir. Then 10 seconds and stir. Repeat until the consistency you were aiming for.

* LOADS of microwave fudge recipes

* Any pre-fried food that can be elevated so as to not go soggy

* Soup (Simple, really)

* Stock (Takes a bit of care, isn't any faster but is safer as long as you set the 'wave slow enough... I prefer my slow cooker)

Sterilizing sponges

Irradiating eggs - Zap for 5-10 second lots until the whites JUST start to colour. No guarantees.

Warming whiskey for hot toddies

As for microwaves being dangerous, danna banana... They can't penetrate the door unless the safety mesh is broken, and frankly any kitchen appliance is dangerous. I've never burned myself on my microwave oven and it's never set fire to anything. It's not any less safe then a toaster oven... Quite the opposite.