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[KennyR]

Obvious, isn't it? They explode and make a mess inside, don't they? Not always.

In this story, a girl microwaved an egg for 40 seconds, carried it out, and it exploded 30 seconds later, hitting her in the face and badly damaging her eye. Luckily, she made a full recovery. But it could have easily blinded her.

It's a phenomenon called superheating: water inside food can be heated well over 100C (212F), something that's usually not possible because of convection currents. Then, after being jolted or coming into contact with something cool, it turns all into steam it once. In an egg, it can be enough to make the egg explode like a firecracker. Usually with coffee or tea it erupts into a fountain of scalding liquid when you put the sugar in, which can give you very serious burns, even disfiguring ones.

So a public health warning: don't microwave eggs. If you use a specially designed plastic thingy to microwave 'em, wait for a while once you take them out. And be careful about microwaving drinks, too.

[that_punk_guy]

Microwaving in general is a pretty terrible way to prepare food. ;-)

(So proclaimed the biggest culprit...)

[whabang]

Microwave ovens are perfect for heating tea-water! :-D

[Vincent]

that_punk_guy wrote:
Microwaving in general is a pretty terrible way to prepare food. ;-)

(So proclaimed the biggest culprit...)

I only ever use the microwave to defrost stuff before grilling or frying it :-)

@whabang

eeewwww reheated tea/coffee sucks :-P

[redrumloa]

I've heard of someone microwaving eggs, luckily they exploded IN the microwave. Have you ever seen the effects of someone microwaving a metal spoon? Not pretty :-o

The only improper thing I've ever personally nuked is a wet pair of socks. It kind-of-sort-of did the desired effect, but the smell...

[Morley]

redrumloa wrote:
I've heard of someone microwaving eggs, luckily they exploded IN the microwave. Have you ever seen the effects of someone microwaving a metal spoon? Not pretty :-o

The only improper thing I've ever personally nuked is a wet pair of socks. It kind-of-sort-of did the desired effect, but the smell...

Hey, puuting some lightbulbs inside a microwave is also cool... put 4-5 in at once, and turn it on :-)

It's not dangerous, but I suggest you don't do it for more than a couple of seconds at a time..

[blobrana]

>> nuked wet pair of socks!
Hum, that sounds like a typical man.
Oh well...
Anyway the most adventurous thing i`ve done is over cook baked tatties (potatoes) in the micro (and they exploded too...!)


My tip is `Never tell a granny how to suck eggs`...

[that_punk_guy]

You know what's really cool?

Smashing lightbulbs while they're switched on. (Careful though.) :-D

[Methuselas]

KennyR wrote:
So a public health warning: don't microwave eggs.

Well, the obvious 'DUH???! comes to mind, but with that article, I have been proven wrong.

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