If there is ever moldy food in your microwave 4 four days should u still use it??

Question

i went to delaware for 2 days and then i went home the third day and then the day after the third day i opened the microwave and found moldy Ramen Noodles! its been a few days and i dont want to clean it out because im scared to clean it out because im afraid i'll get sick. SO SHOULD I BUY A NEW MICROWAVE OR STILL USE IT??

Answer 1

Um Ewwwww........ No you don't have to throw the microwave away. I assume the ramen was in a bowl so throw the bowl away and wipe the interior down(no ammonia or bleach) if that doesn't make you feel better than put a bowl of salt water in the microwave for ten minutes. It'll evaporate and be hot enough to disinfect. Salt is important so it will boil. Bleach and ammonia in the microwave can hurt you later.

Answer 2

Put a bowl of water in there and run it for a few minutes til it's all hot and steamy. Then wipe it out with a disinfectant or a little bleach and water. If you use Lysol or something, make sure you rinse it out good. You could put a lemon wedge or some lemon juice in the bowl of water before heating too. Actually, I don't think it's a big deal, food born mold doesn't usually make people sick unless they are allergic to it.

Answer 3

Clean it. Put a bowl of water with lemon juice and run it for 1-2 minutes. That should make it smell good again. A word of advice, clean your microwave oven after every few use.

Answer 4

You don't need to buy a new Microwave, just buy some strong disinfectant and using gloves if you don't want to come in contact with the mold, clean it out.

I know for a fact that it won't make you sick unless you eat it!

Answer 5

Discard the smelly food and wash theinterior out with clorox mixed with water or buy a kitchen bottle of disinfectent such as Lysol for kitcjen and clean it out and rinse well. I have a cleaning busn. and that is used a lot on miro.

Answer 6

you can clean your microwave by putting a bowl of water with some dish washer soap in it and them Microwave it for 5 min. then, just let it sit till it is cool and wipe away the yucks

Answer 7

you dont need to buy a new one silly :P you wont get sick from mold unless you eat it. and if you spray some clorox cleaning spray, then scrub the microwave with a sponge you problem will be solved. just make sure to wash your hands, and a tip--if your cleaning wiht Clorox you need to protect your skin, so wear some rubber glovessss =)

Answer 8

U could just clean it out with some good cleaner and put on gloves if ur worried about it, but if it bothers u that much go ahead and buy a new one.

Answer 9

Just clean out the microwave. You can try dilluted vinegar and wipe it out. You don't need to buy a new one.

Answer 10

heat up some water in the micro and clean it out with bleach water. the steam from the HOT water(like in a coffee cup) will loosen any stuck-on food. make a bleach water solution to wipe it down. it should be just fine.