Steaming left over food

@allknowing (153544)
India
December 11, 2022 6:35pm CST
For food to taste as good as new leftovers should not be heated but the steaming process should be used. Pour some water in a bowl, place a colander over it and keep the container with left over food in the colander. The food gets heated up just in about 15 to 20 minutes leaving the moisture intact. Even left over bread gets its freshness using this method. I do not know if it will have the same effect as making it in a microwave. The microwave may absorb the moisture in the food and it may not taste fresh. How do you have your left over food?
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@DaddyEvil (174228)
• United States
12 Dec 22
I put a small bowl with water in it in the microwave with the food. It comes out delicious.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
12 Dec 22
You are the third person here who is doing that How can a bowl or glass of water kept independently in the microwave can help moisten the left over food beats me
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
12 Dec 22
@DaddyEvil Suppose you want the left over bread to freshen up will it give the desired results?
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@DaddyEvil (174228)
• United States
12 Dec 22
@allknowing Because the microwave heats the water, making steam.
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
12 Dec 22
Well I just got this microwave..it came with the apartment. But what I do is either put it on the stove like regular, or I will nuke it in the microwave with a small bowl of water beside it and it steams the leftovers that way.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
12 Dec 22
May be if you kept the food over the water bowl it will have the same results.
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
12 Dec 22
@allknowing Yes it is quicker either way
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@dfollin (27267)
• United States
12 Dec 22
Yes, most of the time.
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@sjvg1976 (42727)
• Delhi, India
12 Dec 22
We usually reheat the leftover on the gas stove.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
12 Dec 22
When something is reheated it changes its taste.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
12 Dec 22
@sjvg1976 We even steam rice.
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@sjvg1976 (42727)
• Delhi, India
12 Dec 22
@allknowing Yes, I agree and loses its nutrients too.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (148720)
• Roseburg, Oregon
12 Dec 22
I put a glass of water next to the food and it comes out really good.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
12 Dec 22
Next to the food while heating? How does that help?
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (148720)
• Roseburg, Oregon
12 Dec 22
@allknowing In the microwave it works great.
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@LadyDuck (502190)
• Italy
12 Dec 22
It depends which kind of food I need to re-heat, I re-heat oven baked chicken in the oven, placing inside a bowl full of water.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
12 Dec 22
i better humbly accept your method as most here do the same. But I have opted out of a micro wave oven and steam food the way I have mentioned in my post. Some fried stuff obviously cannot be steamed though.
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@LadyDuck (502190)
• Italy
12 Dec 22
@allknowing Fried stuff cannot be steamed. I donated my microwave, I never liked that oven, the food tastes weird when heated there.