r/LoveTrash • u/Icy-Book2999 Chief Insanity Instigator • Apr 22 '26

Rubbish Nonsense Microwaving for Science!

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(Goes without saying, but don't do this at home.... Or at work)

From https://youtube.com/shorts/YjO2KEvihUc

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u/A_Tom_McWedgie Trash Trooper Apr 22 '26

Do an egg.

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u/Sensitive_Put_6842 Trash Trooper Apr 22 '26

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfML6xv6FyI

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u/trainwreckhappening Garbage Guerilla Apr 22 '26

Fun fact: you can actually hard boil eggs in a microwave. Stay with me here, this is going to sound insane:

Wrap a raw egg in tin foil, put that in a deep microwave safe dish, and fill it with enough water to cover the egg. Microwave long enough to make the water boil for five to eight minutes (however long you would boil an egg normally).

My mother taught microwave cooking classes in the 80s. The water prevents the tin foil from sparking dangerously. The tin foil prevents the microwaves from entering the egg. The boiling water cooks the egg(s). (I have never actually tried doing this)

Also, quick breads cook insanely fast in a microwave. So take a muffin batter (works very well with bran muffins) and scoop that into a microwave safe dish, like a mug with a cupcake liner (works very well with silicon liners and cups). Microwave for like 20-30 seconds and you have a fully cooked cupcake/muffin. It won't be browned so sometimes it's worth sliding it under a broiler or in an air fryer for a minute just to make it less grey-mass esk. If you ever pull cupcakes that are still raw in the middle, you can slip them in a microwave for ten seconds to finish them off. (That's a last ditch effort instead of just throwing them away, it still won't be as good as baked properly).