DON'T try to heat an egg in the microwave..

mch202

At least not without covering it!

Do you know of those situations that you are SURE that something bad is gonna happen and you are just waiting for it to happen and doing nothing to prevent it??

Well, I put an egg in the microwave for 30 seconds.

After 10 seconds I hear *crack*, I look at the microwave..

Another 5 second pass, another *crack* , I say to myself that the egg is gonna explode.

4 seconds pass, another *crack*, Now I'm positive that is going to end badly... I wait.

Another 5 seconds pass - *BOOM* - No more egg...

-1 hour of my life to clean up the microwave..


/Sigh

lordkim

Tried it with my dog ... poor Nimrod

Kamigoroshi

See, that's why I don't have a microwave in my home: too much cleaning to do afterwards. :P
Best way to boil eggs is still via the good ol' electric kettle.

Heindrich

@Kamigoroshi
Electric Kettle?! OMG that's genius! Does it actually work? Can you do it in one boil? What's the technique??!

I like my boiled eggs, but I am too lazy to cook most of the time and I don't like standing next to a stove for 10mins

iKrivetko

Eggs? Aren't those fried with bacon?

Kamigoroshi

@Heindrich1988 Yes, it indeed works. This 'technique' is simplicity itself and you can read about it here or at various other places within the internet: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-hard-boil-an-egg-using-an-electric-kettle/

Heindrich

@Kamigoroshi

Oh thanks! That's a really handy guide. Only problem is... my kettle has no visible heating elements... which means it is either hidden beneath the base plate, which is simply a heat conductor, or the base plate itself is the heating element... hmmm I guess I can experiment. lol

Night_Watch

If you don't put a cover on your spaghetti and meat sauce it'll look like a carrion crawler exploded in your microwave O.o

As for eggs, I like them over easy. With bacon or links. Nom nom

Breakfast obviously has the best food.

elminster

Mmmmm....poached eggs.

The_Potty_1

Don't listen to him people, he's just trying to keep all of the GOLD for himself. Yup, it's true, if you heat an egg in a microwave for 30 seconds, the yolk will turn to GOLD. I am passing the ultimate secret of the Alchemists on to you now. Thought the Alchemists were dead and gone? Foolish forumite, they succeeded beyond their wildest dreams, but have been keeping their success a secret for all these years. Go, go and try it now, you'll thank me later!

Zarakinthish

At least you didn't put an ostrich egg in the microwave. You'd be replacing your microwave instead of cleaning it.

deltago

Wait....

You didn't even crack the shell before nuking it? What did you think the shell was going to do, hold in the flavour?

elminster

deltago said:

Wait....

You didn't even crack the shell before nuking it? What did you think the shell was going to do, hold in the flavour?

Yea that was the first thing that came to my mind too.

CrevsDaak

I've cooked thousands of eggs in the microwave, but the only time I didn't took out the shell, it was starting to crack, and I took it out (and it was hot, and I left it fall only to have to clean the floor :P ) from the microwave. AND, it is better to fry it with the bacon, maybe not so healthy, but still better though.

BaldursCat

mch202 said:

At least not without covering it!

Do you know of those situations that you are SURE that something bad is gonna happen and you are just waiting for it to happen and doing nothing to prevent it??

Well, I put an egg in the microwave for 30 seconds.

After 10 seconds I hear *crack*, I look at the microwave..

Another 5 second pass, another *crack* , I say to myself that the egg is gonna explode.

4 seconds pass, another *crack*, Now I'm positive that is going to end badly... I wait.

Another 5 seconds pass - *BOOM* - No more egg...

-1 hour of my life to clean up the microwave..


/Sigh

Oops, did it stink of sulphur? I remember my dad once forgetting about eggs he'd put on to hard boil, they eventually exploded and stunk the whole house out.

Next time I'd suggest sticking to cooking scrambled eggs in the microwave. Just remember to do them in 30 second bursts and stir them. I always used to stand over the stove slow scrambling eggs but the microwave method is a revelation.

Wilbur

Tell me about it @mch202

I once had a boiled egg explode when I bit it after heating it in the microwave. I call the dish exploding spinage soup. Haven't had it since though.