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I only have one microwave in my kitchen. Can I use it for both meat and dairy?
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Rabbi Eli Gersten, OU Kosher recorder of psak and policy, breaks down the answer. Got kashrut questions? Drop them in the comments! #oukosher #kosher #kashrut
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In my apartment, I only have one microwave. Can
I use it for both dairy and meat? If you can,
it's obviously best to have separate microwaves
for meat and for dairy. But if one doesn't have
the room for it or one can't afford
so, one can use the same microwave,
but it should be done the following way.
You should designate it as the primary use,
either meat or dairy. Choose one. Let's say
I mostly cook dairy in my microwave, so I'm
going to designate it as a dairy microwave. And
then if I ever need to cook any meat, I'm going
to double wrap that item so that it won't steam up
the rest of the microwave. So what I do is I put,
let's say, Saran Wrap, around my bowl and then I
put it into a paper bag, and that way it has two
coverings around it and even though I put it into
a dairy microwave, it will not affect it. Now what
happens if I cook it a little bit too long and
the bag pops, and the chicken soup goes flying
everywhere? Then you have a real question, and
you should go call your rabbi, ask him what you
should do, how to kasher the microwave. Those are
all issues that would then have to be dealt with.