The World's Biggest Non-Problem

 

July 5, 2026

 

 

I continue to get mind-boggled by the number of tips there are for cleaning crusted-on food in the microwave.

 

How does that even happen?

 

For civilized people, these are the only tips you need to know:

 

Anyone who uses the microwave should cover the food. There are actually plastic, microwave-safe covers sold at grocery stores or in the home-goods section at other stores, made just for this purpose. Use them. (Tip: Store the cover IN the microwave so that anybody who uses the microwave will have to handle the cover, and can't say that they forgot it.)

 
When the food is finished heating, you or whoever takes it out should clean up anything that spilled. If you’re in the middle of a dinner party, and you don’t want to clean the spill RIGHT THEN, wipe out the microwave when you wipe down the stove (as I assume that you do) when you’re doing the dishes.

 

Seriously.