UN Woman left half blind after microwaved boiled eggs explode onto her face, with other cases reported - How do you like your eggs, ladies?

Insurance worker, 22, was blinded in one eye when boiled eggs exploded in her face after she Googled how to do them in the microwave and cooked them for six minutes

A 22-year-old was blinded in one eye after two microwave boiled eggs exploded in her face, leaving her skin peeling off.

Bethany Rosser, from Redditch, suffered the painful burns while making breakfast. She had read online that it was safe to microwave eggs in water so long as she added salt.
But she was injured at home last Tuesday when she cooked them for six minutes at 900W then left them to cool on her worktop.
When Ms Rosser checked to see if they were ready to eat, they exploded and hit the right side of her face, she told The Sun.

She warned against people following the 'endless' websites and YouTube videos that say you can cook eggs safely in a microwave.
The insurance worker says she read instruction on Delish that advised cooking eggs for between six and eight minutes.
'As I looked into the jug to see if the eggs were done, they went bang in my face,' she said. 'It only happened as I took them out. The eggs were fine in the microwave.'

Ms Rosser frantically dialled 999 as she ran cold water on her face before being taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birminham, West Midlands. Wet bandages were wrapped over her face as she stayed overnight after treatment. She still doesn't know if the damage to her right eye will heal. Long-term skin discolouration is expected after the accident, which Ms Rosser said left her 'in total agony' and left her 'skin burning for hours afterwards'. 'I’ve never been so scared in my life - I was shaking and crying,' she said. 'The accident was, without doubt, the worst day of my life to date.'

The Delish website tells visitors to add salt as this 'ensures that the egg won't explode, and though it might sound harmless, exploding eggs ARE VERY BAD'.
It continues: 'We're talking volcanic hot egg pieces and sharp bits of shell flying everywhere. Skip the salt at your own risk!'

Ms Rosser cooked the eggs in a one-litre microwavable jug filled with water. She says that her cousin also did the same but dodged the explosion, which in her case happened inside the microwave.
And she says a family friend's eggs burst when took them out of a microwave, but missed his face.

MailOnline has contacted Delish for comment.

Woman blinded in one eye when microwaved eggs exploded in her face

Bethany Rosser from Redditch felt the skin peeling from her face after cooking eggs in a one-litre jug of water in the microwave for six minutes then setting them down on her worktop.

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[a feel]

I've tried cooking vegetables in the microwave, and, even though they're technically well suited for it (since they won't blow up in your fucking face), the end result is inevitably terrible. My mind is always blown when I see people recommending making a brownie in a mug or cooking eggs or, far worse, cooking meat in a microwave. Anything "cooked" in a microwave is going to taste like shit, have a terrible texture, and be so hot you'll melt your tongue off. I barely like using them just for heating food.

I also find cooking "traditional" foods like potatoes, eggs, etc. in a microwave too much of a hassle as you constantly have to be there and get it just right, or be aware of a thousand things like the right amount of water, cooling down periods, stirring after 5 minutes and what have you. Just toss that shit in a pan or pot and be done with it. Hell, buy a crocky and don't even remember your food until it's deliciously ready 6 hours later. Don't microwave it. Geez.

 

[queue-anon]

I also find cooking "traditional" foods like potatoes, eggs, etc. in a microwave too much of a hassle as you constantly have to be there and get it just right, or be aware of a thousand things like the right amount of water, cooling down periods, stirring after 5 minutes and what have you. Just toss that shit in a pan or pot and be done with it. Hell, buy a crocky and don't even remember your food until it's deliciously ready 6 hours later. Don't microwave it. Geez.

I only get it if you really have no other choice, like if you live in a dorm without a kitchenette. Even then, I’d rather make do with a toaster oven and a hot plate.

 

[Buster O'Keefe]

I only get it if you really have no other choice, like if you live in a dorm without a kitchenette. Even then, I’d rather make do with a toaster oven and a hot plate.

A hot plate, a pan and a pot will enable boiling, poaching, steaming and frying. A microwave? Defrosting stock or warming wet food for sick cats.

 

[Secret Asshole]

If you microwave an egg, you're essentially making a grenade. A microwave heats from inside out. Water boils at 100 degrees but eggs with yolks and shit are going to be hotter than that. Egg shell shrapnel combined with a molten sticky mass of proteins and sugars that's going to be hard to get off since the water has evaporated off as steam and you're left with this molten gunk.

 

[Mariposa Electrique]

I heard this same joke when I was a kid.

"So a blonde tries to cook an egg in a microwave", but the other joke ended with her boyfriend missing a testicle.

 

[Buster O'Keefe]

molten sticky mass of proteins and sugars that's going to be hard to get off since the water has evaporated off as steam and you're left with this molten gunk.

Have you considered writing erotica professionally?

 

[The Bright Lord]

The tragedy of this story is that she was hot and now she's likely gross and deformed looking. That always sucks, like when someone drops a delicious looking ice cream on the floor

 

[casE sensiTive]

Spoiler: Not too gory

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She'll be fine. Might leave a scar but it's not like her face is destroyed. Her eye is going to be her biggest concern.

 

[Secret Asshole]

Have you considered writing erotica professionally?

Who says I don't?

*waggles eyebrows*

 

[Niggernerd]

Only a woman would muck up something as simple as boiled eggs

 

[keyboredsm4shthe2nd]

I've tried cooking vegetables in the microwave, and, even though they're technically well suited for it (since they won't blow up in your fucking face), the end result is inevitably terrible. My mind is always blown when I see people recommending making a brownie in a mug or cooking eggs or, far worse, cooking meat in a microwave. Anything "cooked" in a microwave is going to taste like shit, have a terrible texture, and be so hot you'll melt your tongue off. I barely like using them just for heating food.

don't you fucking diss mug brownies

 

[Freedom Fries]

You wouldn't even save time this way. Just hard broil like 10 of the fuckers on Monday morning for breakfast for the rest of the weekdays like everyone else. It literally doesn't get more convenient.

 

[Jeff Wolf]

She didn't peel the eggs before boiling them?

I had these before I learned to boil eggs then leave them alone in the refrigerator for several hours.

 

[PN 801]

The tragedy of this story is that she was hot and now she's likely gross and deformed looking. That always sucks, like when someone drops a delicious looking ice cream on the floor

I'd still fuck her in the state she is in. Maybe she can have her eye sockets out so I can fuck her skull too.

 

[Koby_Fish]

i remember one kid in highschool who said they tried boiling eggs in them microwave, IN A METAL BOWL. That combo blew the bottom out of the microwave. I was like DOES NOBODY READ INSTRUCTIONS?! First thing i learned, when we got our first microwave, from reading the bloody instructions, was 1) NOT to boil whole eggs in the microwave and 2) NEVER USE METAL in there.

the lady in OP story didn't use metal but damn, that's harsh.

 

[Pokemonquistador2]

Microwaves should only be used to reheat things, not cook them. EVER.

And if you have to cook eggs in the microwave, use a microwave egg poacher. Tastes no different from eggs poached in boiling stove water. You just have to remember to poke the egg yolks with a fork beforehand and mind the steam as you're opening the poacher post-cooking.

 

[babaGAReeb]

Spoiler: Not too gory

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that dont look to bad to be honest

i thought her face wouldve been melted off from the molten egg

 

[Lemmingwise]

I'm disgusted at the lack of puns in that article. Not one 'eggsploded' or 'all yolking aside'. The Daily Mail is turning eggsceptional.

You may have an eye for puns, but you shouldn't egg them on.

 

[Marissa Moira]

How do you hardboil eggs so they're not a pain in the ass to peel?

 

[a feel]

How do you hardboil eggs so they're not a pain in the ass to peel?

You put them in a microwave. Have you been paying attention at all? That shell will come right off.