In article >,
"Otto Bahn" > wrote:

> "Wiblur the Once" > wrote
>
> > > Being first in your town to have dry-boiled eggs? Either "priceless"
> > > or "who gives a fsck". YMMV; I'll stick with a Plan A.
> >
> > When I was in Boy Scouts, we learned to cook eggs by coating them in damp
> > mud, then dropping them in campfire coals until the mud is nice and dry.
> >
> > I also learned that when you forget about them and leave them for about a
> > half hour, the mud turnes rock hard, not allowing for the expansion of the
> > egg-like insides, leaving you with an explodiating hard-cooked hand
> > grenade.
>
> I tried microwaving a poached egg once. I was impressed with
> how uniformly the inside of the microwave was coated with egg
> whites, yolk, and shell.
>
> Not one to be easily discouraged, I tried again with the egg
> in a coffee cup of water. This simply added glass and water
> to the equation.
>
> --oTTo--

<lol>

There are actually special devices made for microwave poaching... they
are totally enclosed.


I used to have a pair of them and they worked quite well! They have
vanished in the mess somewhere. <sigh>

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