• Food Science of Animal Resources
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.295-300
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• 2008

This study was carried out to elucidate the relationship between different fat levels (0%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, and 25%) and the quality of ground pork patties cooked to reach an internal temperature of $75^{\circ}C$ in a microwave oven. The relationship between fat level and cooking rate of pork patties cooked by microwave energy was highly significant ($R^2=0.72$), and had a low determination coefficient ($R^2=0.55$). The relationship between fat level and total cooking loss of pork patties cooked by microwave energy was also very significant, with a high correlation coefficient of $R^2=0.89$. The correlation coefficient between fat level and cooking drip loss of patties cooked by microwave energy was 0.92, which was highly significant. Although the correlation coefficient between fat level and evaporation loss had a negative value ($R^2=-0.63$), there was a highly significant relationship between fat level and shear force of pork patties cooked by microwave energy.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.372-374
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• 1986

Changes in moisture content and degrees of gelatinization during cooking of sweet potatoes by different cooking methods were studied. The samples were cooked by boiling, steaming, gas oven or microwave oven baking. Changes in the moisture content of sweet potato during cooking were +30.0% by boiling, +4.4% by steaming, -5.8% by gas oven baking, and -46.6% by microwave oven baking. The degrees of gelatinization of sweet potatoes were 83.8%, 75.7%, 73.0% and 67.7%, respectively.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.286-290
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• 1998

The effects of cooking methods and storage time on folate content in spinach were determined by boiling for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 and 20min in distilled water or by microwave blanching for 20, 40, 60, 80, 100 sec. The folate content of cooked spinach was decreased to 80.7% after 1min boiling, and to 5.5% after 20min boiling. The folate recovered from the cooked spinach and cooking water was 101.1% after 1min, 68.0% after 2min and 51.3% after 3min. The relative folate content leached out of the cooked spinach into the cooking water varied from 20.2% after 1min boiling to 88.8% after 20min boiling. Total folate content of spinach was decreased to 45% by microwave heating for 40sec. However, the spinach cooked by microwave heating retained more folate due to the minimal loss of folate into cooking water. More than 90% of folate content of spinach was retained during 1 to 2 weeks of storage at 4$^{\circ}C$.

• Food Science of Animal Resources
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.82-90
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• 2009

This study was carried out to evaluate the effects of microwave power level on cooking properties of ground pork patties (fat level: 20%). Each patty was cooked from a thawed state to $76.7^{\circ}C$ (center temperature) in a microwave oven with power levels of 40% (360 W), 60% (540 W), 80% (720 W), and 100% (full power, 900 W), respectively. Cooking rate increased with power level, and the non-uniformity also increased with time during cooking. Overheating at the edge of the patties was observed for all power levels, and maximum temperature differences in between the edge position and center position were found in patties cooked at the 900 W power level. Compositional properties, total cooking loss, and drip loss were not affected by power level, although moisture content was lower at the edge than at the center position. As the power level increased, the reduction in patty diameter of cooked patties increased while the reduction in patty thickness decreased. Pork patties cooked at lower power levels (360 W and 540 W) had higher shear force values than those cooked at higher power levels (720 W and 900 W). Few changes were observed in instrumental color values.

• Korean journal of food and cookery science
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.44-49
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• 1998

The microwave cooking of rice was studied for the purpose of establishing optimum conditions of power level and heating time. Optimum volume of adding water was 290 ml per 173 g rice. The longer the rice was soaked, the better the cooked rice. However, we chose one hour as soaking time so that we might observe well the effects of power levels. The mode of microwave cooking consisted of 5 steps of power level; step 1: temperature ascendance, step 2: water absorption 1, step 3: water absorption 2, step 4: heat penetration, step 5: gelatinization completion. The quality of cooked rice was evaluated subjectively. As a result of the study, 3 optimum conditions were chosen as follows. 1) (7) 5:00-(1) 5:00-(2) 5:00-(2) 6:00-(7) 4:00, 2) (8) 4:25-(1) 5:00-(2) 5:00-(2) 5:00-(6) 4:00,3) (9) 3:40-(1) 5:00-(2) 5:00-(3) 6:00-(7) 2:00

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.788-794
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• 1989

This study was attempted to investigate the effects of blanching temperature and cooking methods on the changes in the proportions of vitamin C of fresh potato and potatoes with different storage time. Sensory evaluation of fresh potato by different cooking methods was also conducted. The contents of residual ascorbic acid(AA) and total ascorbic acid(TAA) of fresh potato were maximum at $40^{\circ}C$ followed by rapid decrease at $50-65^{\circ}C$ while leached AA and TAA showed steady increase as the blanching temperature increased. Oxidized AA and dehydroascorbic acid(DHA) hydrolyzed increased at $50-65^{\circ}C$. From these results, it was considered that AA was lost mainly by oxidation up to $65^{\circ}C$ and leaching of AA was the major mode of loss above $65^{\circ}C$. In the case of potatoes stored for 1-4 weeks, they showed similar changes in the proportions of vitamin C as that of fresh potato. However, at $40^{\circ}C$ the content of residual TAA decreased and those of leached TAA and DHA hydrolyzed increased redundant during storage. At $65^{\circ}C$, the content of DHA hydrolyzed decreased The residual TAA of fresh potato by different cooking methods decreased in the order of pressure cooking (PC) > microwave cooking (MC)>boiling. Leached TAA were 49.5% and 36.4%, during boiling and MC, respectively. While DHA hydrolyzed were 22.3% and 4.2%, respectively Leached TAA and DHA hydrolyzed during PC were not determined. From these results, it was considered that AA was lost mainly by leaching during cooking. Residual TAA of stored potatoes by different cooking methods decreased during storage. But leached TAA and DHA hydrolyzed did not show any steady increase or decrease. Overall eating quality of fresh potato by different cooking methods decreased in the order of PC>MC>boiling(p<0.05).

• Korean journal of food and cookery science
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.351-356
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• 1994

Comparisions were made for cooking times, internal temperatures, thiamin contents and textural properties of various portion weights of egg mixture cooked in a microwave oven at high and/or low power levels and in a conventional double boiler. The mean internal temperatures of conventionally cooked egg mixtures were 76.4~80.7$^{\circ}C$. When cooking was made by steaming, the mean internal temperature were comparable among samples. With the microwave cooking, the range of mean temperature was 83.8~96.4$^{\circ}C$, and they were significantly higher than the conventionally cooked egg mixtures. The hardness determination was conducted using universal testing machine and a taste panel. Samples cooked with steam or with larger portion weight had softer texture than samples cooked by microwaves or smaller amount, respectively. Mean internal temperature was significantly(r=0.99, p<0.05) correlated with mechanical hardness determination. Statistical analyses indicated no significant difference in the thiamin content among various treatments.

• Korean journal of food and cookery science
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.275-280
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• 1992

Sensory evaluation and Instron test were carried out to study me effect of different cooking methods on the quality of soybean jeolpyon. Cooking methods studied were rice cake steamer, steaming pot, pressure cooker and microwave oven. 1. There were no significant difference in color and flavor between samples cooked by various methods. Moistness of samples by steaming pot and rice cake steamer was similar. Tenderness of samples by rice caker and pressure cooker was better man others. 2. After 24 hours elapsed, me quality of soybean jeolpyon showed me order of by rice cake steamer, steaming pot, pressure cooker and microwave oven. 3. It showed mat soybean ieolpyon by microwave oven was harder man others through Instron test. 4. Hardness of jeolpyons were increased as storage time increased. The rate was higher by pressure cooker and microwave oven man by rice cake steamer and steaming pot.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Laryngology, Phoniatrics and Logopedics
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.122-124
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• 2013

Nowadays, microwave ovens are commonly used for cooking. However, the cooking certain food in microwave ovens can be hazardous. It has been reported that the heating eggs in a microwave oven can cause an explosion and injuries. The exploding eggs can cause burn injury of face, neck, eyelid, pharynx and larynx. Direct thermal damage to the larynx after swallowing microwave-heated eggs is rare. The authors report a larynx thermal injury due to microwave-heated eggs and review the cause and the prevention methods of exploding eggs.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.121-125
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• 1998

The effects of various cooking methods (blanching, microwave heating, and deep-fat frying) on biologically active components of Angelica keiskei were determined by HPLC. Cynharoside, the biologically active component of Angelica keiskei leaves was 4.82%, which was rapidly decreased by blanching, showing 3.79%, 2.59% and 1.74% at 1 min, 2min and 3min, respectively. Microwave heating also decreased the cynaroside contents slowly by 2 min and rapidly by 3min, respectively. Microwave heating also decreased the cynaroside contents slowly by 2min and rapidly by 3 min, showing 4.25% at 1 min, 3.38% at 2 min, and 1.49% at 3 min. Among the cooking methods tested, deep-fat frying was shown to preserve the cynaroside most. Only 3.90% of cynaroside was lost by 5 min frying. The decrease in cynaroside in each cooking method was supposed to be due to the conversion of cynarside, a glycoside of flavonoid, into luteolin through lysis of glucose at C-7 position on cynaroside.