Is it bad to microwave eggs?

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asked Dec 21, 2021 in Cooking by Lakeitsea (1,200 points)
Is it bad to microwave eggs?

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answered Dec 25, 2021 by greenyglute (3,240 points)
It's not bad to microwave eggs.

Microwaving eggs is a pretty fast way of cooking them although cooking eggs on the stove is just as fast and the eggs taste better.

Making scrambled eggs in the microwave can be done but they won't taste as good as making the scrambled eggs on the stove.

Just don't microwave a whole egg in the eggshell as it will explode in the microwave.

The eggs must be removed from the egg shell before cooking it.

Microwaving nothing can damage the microwave as there's nothing for the microwaves to be absorbed into so the inside of the microwave will spark because the microwaves will bounce off the inside of the microwave.

If you microwave nothing then the microwaves won't have anything to absorb into which then bounces off the metal inside the microwave and back to the magnetron.

This then damages the microwave and could even start a fire inside the microwave or outside the microwave.

If you've accidentally turned the microwave on for a few seconds with nothing in it then it may still be good to use but any longer than a few seconds of running the microwave with nothing in it increases the risk of damaging the microwave and causing a fire.

When the microwave oven is empty none, or almost none of the microwaves are absorbed.

A large amount of energy reflects around the oven chamber resulting in large standing waves that can damage the unit.

If the microwave works after it has been run while empty, then the unit is safe to use.

Never start an empty microwave.

Without food or a container to absorb the microwaves, the beams are bounced back to the magnetron.

This could damage the machine and may even start a fire.

Microwaves are a form of electromagnetic waves, just like visible light.

The microwaves in the oven disappear when the door opens just as quickly as a room gets dark when you turn off the light.

The microwave oven's job is to cook food; a job it would not do very well if its energy were leaking out into the room.
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answered Jan 11, 2022 by Gazpacho (7,030 points)
Microwaving eggs is not the best way to cook them as they don't taste as good but it's not bad to microwave eggs.

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