Exploding food!

A dozen eggs in the microwave! Wow! I'd be sooo happy she wasn't hurt. That sounds like an incredible explosion. Wonder she didn't go deaf. That was terrific of you to be so understanding and to realize she was just trying to help. Some things you have to learn about first, so now she knows that and that is a big help. Terrific response. This should be an interesting topic. Thanks and take care.

Yes thank go she wasn't in the room, although there was this hurge mess how can you come down on a child that is doing so much to try and help her mom when she has to work. It was a lesson learnt and I don't think she will ever forget it, in fact my son brought her about 4 dozen to make develed eggs for a party and she ask me for a pot big enough to boil them in and I said why not put them in the microwave and save time, he reply was Ha, Ha very funny mother. Thank you for the best response !

Really? Does it have microwave instructions on the tin or no? So I'm not the only person who explodes food. This, I think this will be a fun topic, so we'll see how many foods explode and where. I just gave you a plus. You used the same pattern to answer my question as I did to write it. Good for you! Now to help yourself get a higher star number and more friends, try for at least 4 sentences per discussion, whether you start the discussion or answer it. 107, you're a little bit on the new to Mylot side, but you've been here awhile, too. So good luck and hope you do well here. Thanks for responding and take care.

I am a seafood lover also. I heated spaghetti last night for my husband and what I do is put a wet papertowel over the spaghetti and heat it about 5 min. Keeps the moisture in and keeps the sauce from being flung all over the inside of the microwave. Makes my life easier...lol

Last night, my hubbie and I went out for seafood. It was the first time in in forever. Coupon for 50 years and over. Was like two for one price, I think the portions were smaller, but that's OK. Take care.

Shrimp exploding would hurt my feelings. I sooo love seafood. Isn't it amazing how gluelike or cementlike spaghetti is in a microwave? Thanks for the reminder, I'm going to reheat spaghetti for my hubbie tonight. Thanks and take care.

I think a lot of us forget sometimes. It's important to remember to concentrate on the cooking, but we have other things on our minds. Thanks and take care.

I WAY over cooked these things and they blew up, by only being touched!

Wow! Wonder you didn't get hurt. Thanks and take care.

When we forget to pick them with a fork, that usually happens. Thanks and take care.

I have a little bit about eggs and microwaves. If you do not have an egg microwave cooker, I read, long ago, that you scramble them with a tablespoon of mayonnaise. I did this a few times, but honestly, it is just as quick and easy on the stove top, and the dish from the microwave never seemed to clean up. Now, this summer I visited my dad, and he gave me a microwave egg cooker. It has two "pockets", and a lid. You can just put your egg in, put a tooth pick through the yolk, or scramble the egg. You will have sprayed the whole egg cooker with cooking spray, top and bottom. Put the top on, microwave on high. In my microwave, it takes one minute. These are excellent in English muffin sandwiches. A low watt cooker might need one and a half or even two minutes.

Even when I scramble them they sometimes "pop" like a little explosion.. I read a few years ago I read where someone had actually lost their sight, from microwaving eggs and this was after the microwave went off, not during the cooking time, when she uncovered the eggs, it exploded and it blinded her in one eye. Since it was long ago I don't think I can find the article or even know where or when I read it..You might be able to search, "the dangers of microwaving eggs" and a story might come up.

Read the one above you, I'm amazed she didn't get killed. Surprised the microwave door didn't blow off. The only way I do eggs in the microwave is scrambled and I put them of for a few seconds, put the cooked part into the uncooked part, micro about 20 to 30 seconds again (depends on the power of it and whether I'm at home or somewhere with a more powerful one or not), put the cooked in the uncooked part. Takes about three times. Then melt some cheese on top, not bad. Haven't tried poked regular eggs. I do those in the frying pan. Only really do eggs for my hubbie on his days off or for supper. I keep the microwave for reheating meals and for microwaveable dinners. Thanks and take care.

Oh I figured there were things I hadn't thought of. No I haven't exploded anything on top of the stove. But with my preserves, jams, jellies, and someday if I do pickles, I'm sure one day, they'll explode.

Your rice cooker, interesting, I don't have a rice cooker. What does it look like? I just use a regular pan and water. Sounds almost like a pressure cooker, but if it had been one of those and it exploded, part of your ceiling would be missing. Exploding rice is a new one on me. Thanks and take care.

Hi friend, I think no one knows about it if that person out of india.In india,each and every one cook their rice with rice cooker.Due to some technical skills in cooking it happens i suppose.I am very new comer in cooking.Because of lack of skills it happened to me.I feel bad about it,but with that experience i came to how to cook rice.Mistakes are stepping stone for success.It really worked for me. Have a nice day

If you ever had peas or beans in tomato sauce without a cover, that would be a terrific mini pop-pop so watch out for those in sauce. Thanks and take care.

Thanks I've been having fun with the topic, take care.

Exploding potatoes-there is water inside the potato, it builds up when heated (steam), it has to go somewhere. If you don't pick potatoes down to the middle before or after they've been in the oven (need to do it before the pressure builds up), after awhile they explode. Ever cook popcorn? That's an exploding food. If you read the others, eggs in a microwave can also explode. There are actually many exploding foods. Take care.