Comments on: On Cooking Eggs

By: Roger Worthington

Roger Worthington — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:56:46 +0000

I slightly cracked the shell and placed the egg in the microwave. After 30 secs the thing exploded!
I think eggs in shells and microwaves are to be avoided.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 04:54:26 +0000

I tried microwaving an egg-in-shell in a pyrex cup full of water to make a hard boiled egg. Doesn’t work any better than the egg-without-water scenario, but it sure makes a loud explosion when the egg bursts and disperses egg and water everywhere in the microwave!

>And secondly…Do you think that you could bring water to a boil in a >microwave…Then throw in an egg and continue the boiling process in the >microwave…Would that work? This has come up in my lunchroom at >work… And I’m curious if anyone knows before I go gambling with the >microwave in the office… ;)

By: Randy

Randy — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:47:51 +0000

If a hole was to be poked through a raw egg, do you think it could then be microwaved without exploding? And secondly…Do you think that you could bring water to a boil in a microwave…Then throw in an egg and continue the boiling process in the microwave…Would that work? This has come up in my lunchroom at work… And I’m curious if anyone knows before I go gambling with the microwave in the office… ;)

By: wellduh

wellduh — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 19:18:29 +0000

Frankly I suspect that ignition of pressurized hydrogen sulfide accounts for the more violent egg explosions — the dish and door breakers. I doubt that eggshells make very good pressure chambers for the same reasons that concrete is strong under compression but is terribly weak under tension. That and the fact that chicks are able to get out. However, the eggshells are probably strong enough to allow evolution of hydrogen sulfide gas under pressure throughout the egg in much the same manner as the fizz in pop. When an eggshell cracks under those conditions I suspect a jet of superheated hydrogen sulfide hits air plus additional microwave — and you get a real explosive bang that splits plastic and rips off microwave doors.

By: John Wilson

John Wilson — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 22:53:46 +0000

Amy: Yeah, I try to catch it whenever I can. But we don’t have cable, so this usually means “when I’m on vacation, if the motel room has cable, and food network, and Good Eats is on.” I think I’ve seen the show maybe twice. Cable companies need to get off their butts and offer channels individually instead of in huge globs of uselessness. Do I need the Oxygen channel? No.

By: K

Thu, 13 Jan 2005 21:01:51 +0000

on a totally random note, I stumbled across your ‘great mekkes slat trick’ thing and thought I’d leave an fyi…’boza’ does mean beer but also is slang for ‘jerk’ ’stupid’ etc.
err. right. i apologize again for the random posting. happy pranking!

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 20:17:54 +0000

Just so you know … if you like this sort of information, you need to be watching Good Eats on Food Network.