Alternative uses for the microwave?

acpgee

Forty seconds in a small ceramic rice bowl was not a success. The white under the yolk was still runny.

acpgee

Forty seconds in a ceramic mug fared a little better in that the yolk didn't explode, but yolk was still too set.

sytchequeen

tie-dyeing

surprisingly easy in the microwave if you buy the correct dye

whoami67

When I had a microwave, I stored my Crockpot in it. It also works well to store fresh baked items since I keeps the air out so they don't stale so quickly.

acpgee

Heated water for a minute then put in the egg and zapped for 30 seconds. White a little runny in places but I got a runny yolk at last.

SabAteNine

Never tried microwaved eggs... hmm.

I use it usually for the lazy coffee when I'm out of the normal one (read - nuke some water and throw instant in it). Also for jacket potatoes. When I was doing the cauliflower pizza crust thing, the microwave was my friend. And polenta comes out real nice in there, too.

Not food related, but I nuke my soil mix for seedlings too

SabAteNine

crazyravr wrote: »

SabAteNine wrote: »

Never tried microwaved eggs... hmm.

I use it usually for the lazy coffee when I'm out of the normal one (read - nuke some water and throw instant in it). Also for jacket potatoes. When I was doing the cauliflower pizza crust thing, the microwave was my friend. And polenta comes out real nice in there, too.

Not food related, but I nuke my soil mix for seedlings too

What? Why?

Sterilization. I grow succulents and cacti for fun (bit of apartment gardening), and the damp, draft-free conditions of seedling sprouting are a perfect medium for mold otherwise.