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How to Cook Elbow Macaroni in the Microwave

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Denise Kelly

Ideally, you cook macaroni and other pastas in boiling water on the stovetop. The website for Barilla's, the maker of Italian foods, has no mention of microwave cooking, and Mueller's, another pasta site, notes that only pasta specially made for microwaves should be cooked that way.