I’ve never lived in a society where a microwave is used for anything other than heating things up—all be it, poorly.

Then I hear of people in some countries use themi cook. What a waste your time, food, and mone?

In the apocalypse; Microwavers.are.day 1 done at best.

There are entire cooking books centered around microwave cooking.

They don’t waste your money and are generally a lot quicker prepared. And whether or not they waste your food is subjective. You can’t do everything in them, but you can do a lot more than you think.