{...} one of the packages warned that we would not get optimal results in the microwave. The various stages that made up the frozen brown rocket of onion soup would meld together pointlessly in the microwave. If we wanted the gratinée effect promised on the package, then we had to bake it in the oven {at 350°F} for forty minutes. I could make onion soup from scratch in forty minutes!" {p.198-199}
( Michael Pollan )
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