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Will you share useful life hacks with us? (lazysoci.al)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

You can make an amazing poached egg with just a microwave

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Just crack your egg into a bowl, here’s the critical part: put some sort of loose lid on it. Loose, dammit, like just sitting on. The egg will explode but be contained and it will just work (with extra noise)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What are your secrets?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Take a halve cup of water, microwave at max power for a minute. Now you have a cup of hot water.

Then crack open an egg in the cup. Microwave for another 30s.

Get it out with a spoon. Add pepper and salt.

Eat.

Repeat.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

How?? What is this witchcraft?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I know, right? Time I put egg in the microwave, it pops and explodes.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

To be fair: they said poached egg; poaching is just boiling the contents of the egg in water. Fill a bowl with some water, crack egg into water, microwave.

It would be sick if you could hard boil them just by microwaving them unopened. Maybe if you poke a hole in for gas to escape... 🤔

Also when I am feeling particularly lazy, I just scramble eggs and microwave it. Somehow it ends up even fluffier than making them on the stove in a pan, just gotta make sure to not overcook them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Also when I am feeling particularly lazy, I just scramble eggs and microwave it.

What sort of vessel/container do you use for this? Is a tight-fitting lid required?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Just an uncovered bowl.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Huh, interesting. Thanks, I'll have to try this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

@[email protected] Holy sh*t, it worked! And they turned out so fluffy!

@[email protected], thanks for the tip about adding a bit of water and washing the bowl ASAP.

I added milk instead of water, and it still worked. I'll definitely be doing this again!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

I microwave scrambled egg for sandwiches daily. The trick is to add a little water. Or, I just rip up two slices of lunch meat and scramble that in, it has enough water in it.

Microwaved egg on the side of a bowl hardens into concrete. Wash immediately or use paper bowls.