On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, Patrick Rigney wrote:
> Hmmm... I haven't tried myself, but based on an experience, I think that
> lid's blown off. My Dad's not much of a cook. When I was a teenager and we
> first got a microwave, he thought he'd soft-boil an egg for my Mom with it.
> He knew better than to put an egg in the microwave "naked". Unfortunately,
> his impression of the "right" thing to do was put it in a Pyrex measuring
> cup filled with water. The ensuing explosion pasted the innards of the oven
> with semi-cooked egg. It was not forceful enough to fracture the Pyrex cup,
> but was able to overcome the door seal and pop the oven door open. Based on
> that, I think the lid of a Tupperware would not have been up to it.
I've learned the hard way that eggs just don't belong in microwaves. My
first experience was heating an already hard-boiled egg just prior to it
exploding in the microwave. Instead, it waited until my first byte, and
proceeded to explode into my mouth. This resulted in a burned lip...not
fun...and egg everywhere (including "on my face" haha).
Ok, so my next time I stuck it inside a plastic, lidded container. Well,
as you guessed, it proceeded to blow the lid off the container and explode
all over the insides of my microwave. Grrr. <clean clean clean>
The only time I heat eggs in the microwave now is if they are thoroughly
mashed.
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