{"id":907,"date":"2010-02-28T11:40:30","date_gmt":"2010-02-28T15:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spicesbites.com\/?p=907"},"modified":"2010-09-08T14:08:09","modified_gmt":"2010-09-08T18:08:09","slug":"the-curious-case-of-the-exploding-egg-yolk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.spicesbites.com\/the-curious-case-of-the-exploding-egg-yolk\/","title":{"rendered":"The Curious Case of the Exploding Egg Yolk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Does this sound like someone was cooking eggs in the microwave?\u00a0 Why yes, yes I was.<\/p>\n

Let me explain.<\/p>\n

Yesterday I used up most of my pans to make some food to take to a friend who just had a baby, as well as to make some food for Mr. Spice and me.\u00a0 And after all that cooking, I didn’t want to wash out the pans, so they’re soaking in water.<\/p>\n

The problem is that I wanted eggs for breakfast this morning.\u00a0 I like having “fried” eggs, meaning I use cooking spray instead of oil.\u00a0 I still didn’t want to wash out the pans and decided I’d leave them for Mr. Spice to do today.\u00a0 I’m evil like that.<\/p>\n

Luckily I had been browsing some message boards and saw a post where someone mentioned “micro fried” eggs.\u00a0 Turns out they put an egg in the bottom of a plastic Gladware bowl, loosely cover it, and nuke for at least a minute or until the egg is done enough.\u00a0 This appealed to the laziness in me so I gave it a try.<\/p>\n

Instead of using a plastic Gladware bowl, I sprayed a large plate with cooking spray, lovingly deposited 2 eggs on top and then covered with our handy microwave cover. (I swear, that thing has saved me from cleaning up splatter messes in our microwave.\u00a0 Best $2.00 I spent.)<\/p>\n

I cooked mine for a minute, checked and saw the eggs still weren’t done, and then cooked them for another 30-45 seconds.\u00a0 Now the eggs and yolk were firm, just how I liked them.\u00a0 The whites were just missing that brown crispiness I get from cooking in the pan, but whatever.<\/p>\n

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They don’t look too bad, right? Almost like a cross between poached and fried eggs.<\/p>\n

And then I decided to cut into the yolk to take my first bite.<\/p>\n

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With a loud pop, I saw yellow fragments hurtling towards my face. I got yolk on my glasses, hair, and front of my shirt. It wasn’t too much and I had to laugh at myself.\u00a0 At least the yolk was cooked and not runny, that would have hurt.<\/p>\n

So lesson learned — poke the damn yolks before I microwave them.\u00a0 And wear glasses every time I make these, so I don’t get yolk in my eye!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"