Microwave ovens

Standard practice for heating up pastes and glues seems to me to
often be about annoying hotplates and time consuming processes.  Is
there a problem with using a microwave oven to heat something like a
sturgeon glue or a rice paste before using it?  I can't see that
there would be, but I know that microwaves do strange things to
starches in bread and such. Any info would be helpful,

Aaron Beebe

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