Originally Posted by AprilG
All that's been said about metal in the microwave I have also heard (and experineced when I forgot) however, I just read an article about using aluminum foil around the edges of your pans in the microwave to keep the edges or corners from getting hard. I can't remember where the article is. I will check and let you know.
When I lived in Hawaii I did my turkey in the microwave and put foil over the breast to protect it from drying out. It has to do with the amount of foil verses food. TV dinners used to be in foil and you could put them in the microwave; I always left them in the box just to make sure.