What not to microwave at work?

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Clawsal
Clawsal Posts: 255 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
So what kinds of food should I avoid microwaving around coworkers who might hate me if I stink up the place? Or for other reasons?

Please share!
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  • SueWelchPersonalTraining
    SueWelchPersonalTraining Posts: 8 Member
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    any sea food, raw broccoli
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,488 Member
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    No fish, no cabbage, no burnt popcorn, some ethnic foods are known to be especially odoriferous, nothing stinky or messy. If you make a mess clean it up.
  • PrincessMel72
    PrincessMel72 Posts: 1,094 Member
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    FISH - DO NOT DO IT! People will hate you!
  • Chef_Barbell
    Chef_Barbell Posts: 6,644 Member
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    As said above, any fish just no. Also eggs.
  • cmtigger
    cmtigger Posts: 1,450 Member
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    Popcorn can be questionable in some offices. It's not that it's a bad smell, but it permeates the building. And it is a very very bad smell if it burns, such as the time that someone accidentally put 30 minutes instead of 3 in a former workplace of mine. The microwave was permanently damaged.
  • lilawolf
    lilawolf Posts: 1,690 Member
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    The whole office smelled like sauerkraut the other day. I could have murdered someone. agree with above stuff too.

    My coworkers once got mad at me for instant maple and brown sugar oatmeal. I had NO idea that it was that strong.
  • mitch16
    mitch16 Posts: 2,113 Member
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    Fish/seafood. Cabbage. Curry. Bacon.

    Our office suite was next to the kitchenette and there was a guy that came in and made bacon in the toaster oven Every. Single. Morning. It was brutal. Mostly because he never shared.
  • BlueSkyShoal
    BlueSkyShoal Posts: 325 Member
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    A lot of offices don't allow popcorn. We've had multiple instances of it setting off the smoke alarms. And when the alarm goes off, the floor has to be evacuated just to be safe. You can imagine the dirty looks the popcorn-maker gets after an incident like that, lol.
  • Fit_Trekkie
    Fit_Trekkie Posts: 27 Member
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    jessiferrrb wrote: »
    i microwave what i want, when i want. lol. i also have opened cans of tuna in the office kitchen. i do it with the faucet on washing away the drainage but it still smells. i also don't care what the kitchen smells like from the last person and the only time anyone in the office comments on anything is when something smells good. we have an open kitchen in our work space so we all smell everything that gets cooked. but we also have a diverse staff and people are pretty tolerant.

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  • danigirl1011
    danigirl1011 Posts: 314 Member
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    Eggs or egg whites. i didn't even think they smelled bad, but got *kitten* at from my boss that 3 different people complained about me. bummed about it.
  • KiwiAlexP
    KiwiAlexP Posts: 185 Member
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    Fish Curry! We had a shared offic with the microwave in one corner - the boss heated up his fish curry but being the only person with an office didn't have to smell it the reast of the day.
  • 3rdof7sisters
    3rdof7sisters Posts: 486 Member
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    Broccoli and cabbage family veggies are the ones that people complain about most where I work. They grilled steaks today at work. It is still cold here so they grilled in the garage, but it seeped into the building and has smelled like grilled steak since 11:30 this morning.
  • pinuplove
    pinuplove Posts: 12,874 Member
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    Gremlins. Very messy!

    Also agree with the above - fish, cabbage, broccoli, anything overly smelly. And if it's something that is going to splatter, be a peach and cover it, please!
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,868 Member
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    Meh...I break all the rules. I eat a lot of fish, so that's usually getting heated in the microwave...I also steam broccoli in the microwave because it's the easiest thing to do besides a salad which I also do a couple times per week. I reheat my omelettes as well. I often eat Kimchi in my office.

  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,013 Member
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    The smell of fish microwaving makes me wretch. I used to work in a company where a large portion of the workforce was hispanic and during Lent on Fridays, there would be literally 10 microwaves going at a time reheating fish for hours. The rest of the time that cafeteria smelled like heaven on a plate. But on Lenten Fridays I had to run through the cafeteria to get to the door, it smelled like death had puked up fish poop. :astonished:

    I hate it when people make popcorn, but honestly that's just cause it makes me hungry and I'm jealous.
  • whoffmann
    whoffmann Posts: 16 Member
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    aluminum. Also tin, and iron ingots.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 27,988 Member
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    I had a boss who banned popcorn from being cooked in the microwave. Maybe some brands are worse than others. I've made Newman's popcorn at home and it didn't stink up the house. It may have less ingredients than other brands and I'm always careful to not overcook it.
  • brittyn3
    brittyn3 Posts: 481 Member
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    You do you. Eat what you want to eat.
  • endlessfall16
    endlessfall16 Posts: 932 Member
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    By all the things listed above, I would only microwave water for tea. LOL.

    (that's actually all I do in the lunchroom. any food that's not mine tends to stink.)

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