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Did the microwave only cook food that was specially labeled microwaveable

Yes. It's mostly mediocre at cooking traditional recipes, but great with foods that are specially designed for it, some of which wouldn't otherwise be feasible.

and food grocers had to pay 30% of the price of food to the microwave manufacturer to get that special label

If there were legal and technical means to license microwaveable food, I'm sure someone would do it.




> If there were legal and technical means to license microwaveable food, I'm sure someone would do it.

http://www.google.com/patents?q=microwaveable&btnG=Searc...




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