The 20-year-old planned to share the cottage pie with her sister-in-law Sarah McKown, however she accidentally followed the oven cooking instructions and burnt it to a crisp. “I thought it said 45 minutes in the microwave because it had small writing. In her original Facebook post she wrote: "Don’t buy cottage pie from Sainsbury’s as this is what happens when you put it in the microwave for 45 minutes." Another pointed out that she should have actually put the meal in the microwave for four to five minutes. The Sainsbury's Cottage Pie Basic meal cooks in five minutes in a 750w microwave, however it takes 45 minutes to cook from frozen in a 190C oven.
Source: Daily Mirror June 19, 2019 01:19 UTC