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What microwaves ovens did and still do, isn't so much revolutionise cooking, but revolutionise the time it takes. Saying that I remember my dad hovering over his new microwave back in the late 70's, after he had just put a frozen pie in, he said I thought it would be done straight away.

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The first microwave I had ever seen, used or heard of belonged to a family I had been babysitting for for about 5 years. I wasn't given any instructions and blew out the door with aluminum foil. My parents paid for a replacement door but they never had me babysit again. A bit of over drama don't you think?

A few months ago I made soft boiled eggs. It was the first time I had made them in a long time and the first time I had made them after moving to the mountains. They were way under-cooked. In desperation I threw them in the microwave for about 14 seconds. They came out a bit stiff but not too bad. They were edible. I would never make scrambled eggs in the nuke, nor would I try the soft boiled egg thing again unless I had no choice.