"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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> On 10/2/2018 9:08 AM, songbird wrote:
>> i've had a boiled egg (using the microwave) explode in
>> my hand when i took it out of cold water.
>>
>> what a stinky mess it made around the entire room
>> pieces of egg stuck to the wall at that height (and
>> stuck to me too). i did have a few slight burns
>> from where things stuck to my hand and chest. i
>> was very glad nobody else was around.
>
> Yikes! That is lucky, glad you didn't get shell shrapnel
> to the eye or something.
>
>> i didn't know how long or how to do it and just did
>> it for way too long (something like 14 minutes - it
>> was a big container of water/eggs and not a very big
>> microwave).
>>
>> the egg was superheated inside, cooling it off in
>> water for a few moments made it cool enough to handle
>> just long enough for me to get it out of the water/sink
>> before it exploded.
>
> I won't be boiling eggs in the microwave any time soon.
> Okay, ever.
>
> nancy


Never have, never will.

Cheri