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Hello everybody and to the people who helped me with my cooking problems. But I have just had another accident involving my microwave I fancied some eggs so I put them in the microwave with a bit of water in the bottom of the dish and set them off cooking I had just sat down when there was a mighty bang in my kitchen and my microwave didn't look so good there was egg shell everywhere. I think some one told me to put a wee hole in the shell before you cook them well I didn't I will next time. I am a walking disaster.
Eggs cook VERY quickly in a microwave, I don’t think I’d dare try to boil one in there for that very reason! You can do scrambled egg in a microwave but have to do very short zaps and keep taking it out and stirring it, it will be overdone very easily. I find it easier just to do it the old fashioned way in a saucepan!
If you want hard or softboiled eggs, then a pan on the cooker is the easiest way -
To do scrambled eggs in the microwave, break them into a dish, beat them, add butter, then cook them on medium power for half a minute, mix, and if they need more, do burst of ten seconds with mixing in between. They have been cooked enough when they are still slightly moist, as they continue to cook for a little while.
Putting whole eggs into a microwave is not a good idea - even with a hole in the shell.
Your disaster reminded me of when I was a teenager and put some eggs on the boil and completely forgot about them and went out. Suddenly remembered 2 hours later and rushed home to find a kitchen splattered with egg and shells and a very blackened pan.
A more recent disaster was when a bottle of home made blackberry gin exploded in the fridge and it looked like a blood bath with broken glass everywhere.
At least you look upon these catastrophes with good humour.
My problem (amongst many) is that i put stuff on the hob. Go and read something and then that familiar smell appears.... burning. If I am really lucky the smoke alarm kicks off as well. I have never been attracted to take aways hence the endless battle in the kitchen. Hey ho
In 1972 for a couple of years on porcine insulin and injecting it with a glass/metal syringe supplied with ONE metal needle (some years before the NHS let us have disposable syringes and quite a few more before they told us they were single use) it needed boiling up once a week to sterilise it. You were instructed to wrap all the bits up in lint, place the parcel in the saucepan, boil up for 10 minutes, turn the heat off, wait till it had cooled down, and remove. Oh dear. The smell of burned, blackened, disintegrated lint and the difficulty cleaning the pan as they hadn't yet invented bio washing powder/liquid to save the Ajax, elbow grease and brillo pads ......
Might I suggest you search out a book called the student cookbook. It is designed for those heading to uni for the first time and is full of basic meal recipes for 1 including how to boil and egg and how to make a cup of tea. It has some really useful cooking tips too.
Boy I have got tears streaming down my face with laughter I thought I was the only one who had a bad time in the kitchen and cooking. Thank you to all of you for making my day I have never laughed so much I am still laughing now.
Oh I remember the days of glass syringes and metal needles. I still have mine and the prescription label on the box of needles is dated 1984..... not so long ago. How far we have come?
Hey I even burnt soap !!!
I decided to use Indian soap nuts in my washer because I thought that detergent was causing my spots .I put them in a pan with water and went away to help out attaching a wardrobe door ( don't ask !) The smell of burning soap nuts is absolutely vile !!!
I am not called Chaoticar for nothing
Carol
Oh I remember the days of glass syringes and metal needles. I still have mine and the prescription label on the box of needles is dated 1984..... not so long ago. How far we have come?
