Exploding Eggs.
Weird title, right? What do you think it means?
Well, many things can come to mind for it is a very open title. It can be a metaphor for a particular situation, it can be I want to talk about science, or it can be literally that I want to talk about exploding eggs.
Years back, I saw some videos about experiments of microwaving a hard-boiled egg, simple yet dangerous if not done with the proper precautions, for they can make quite a bang, so I decided to make a search about it again to see what it was all about.
According to Discovery Magazine website:
The research team’s investigation revealed that tiny pockets of water can super-heat inside microwaved eggs, bursting with potentially dire consequences.
By Charles Choi Dec 6, 2017 2:40 PM
The same thing can happen with potatoes, who would have known? Not me, I can tell you that much, I don't like to use microwave ovens unless it is to make popcorn or a mug cake, and since the one we had broke years ago, I just don't use it, period.
Now, those are experiments and isolated cases around the world, but, what happens if an egg explodes because it's rotten? Can you imagine the smell?
I can, one exploded today when I was arriving home, after buying a full carton. With the smell still burning through my nose, I'm laughing because it made me remember those years in high school where the mischievous group threw fetid bombs in a closed classroom to spite a particular teacher or a particular student, or just simply for kicks.
Here's the story about today-Gigi and I went out this afternoon to make some purchases for the long weekend we have over here since in our country is Carnival, which means 4 days of vacation on the beach, the country or just in your street, throwing water balloons to other people, or buckets of water, or flour and rotten eggs.
The town is filled with people buying all they need for their trips, long lines at the different gas stations are disturbing regular traffic and the heat we are having makes everything worse, that's why we decided to go out a few hours ago, fewer people, less traffic, same heat though.
Anyways, we needed napkins, toilet paper, coffee, of course, butter, lightbulbs because they burn fast thanks to our wonderful energy service, and eggs. I didn't want to go too far from home, I haven't been sleeping very well this week and I'm utterly tired, so we went to a little store 4 blocks from our house. The lady is very nice, we always chat with her and the prices of some articles are significantly lower than the supermarket or other stores, one of those items being eggs, so when she said how much it costs the whole carton I didn't hesitate to buy it. After paying, we went to the bakery to get some bread and then we went back home, and upon arrival it happened, they were inside a bag inside another bag. Gigi opened the door for me and while I was walking in a loud bang scared me, which at first I thought was the soda bottle we had bought- Then the smell, my oh my the smell! It wasn't the soda bottle, it was the eggs.
Let me tell you, I have seen and smelled my share of rotten eggs, but never in my life have I ever seen or heard an exploding egg, let alone an exploding rotten egg. It was enough to make a person empty their stomach, or not want to eat eggs ever again. And the bag they were in, all covered with a yellow-brown-black substance, was absolutely disgusting.
As fast as we could, we unloaded the rest of the things we bought with mom, and went back to the store, almost running, trying to get away from that smell as soon as possible. Thankfully the lady, being as nice as she is, returned the amount I paid for the eggs apologizing for it every three words, and her husband as well saying it was because of the heat, which according to what I saw in the web magazine mentioned above and other articles I read, it's possible, especially because of the interaction of the heat and the gases built up inside the decomposing egg.
Going back home Gigi and me were laughing because neither of us had experienced such a thing so we walked and started spraying ourselves with alcohol, which in my case ended up in my mouth. Crazy!. In the end, we didn't get the eggs but instead, we got a hilarious story and a learning experience.
On a more serious note, I want to express my sincere words of concern and support to all the people who are being affected by the current crisis between Russia and Ukraine, like I said this morning to our friend @Belozoriana, nothing justifies the loss of life.
Peace on earth, goodwill towards men, is not a phrase to apply just during the Christmas Season, it is something to uphold every day of our lives, and even if I don't know much about politics in my country, let alone in other countries, and I don't know much about the reasons of the present conflict, I do know that war is a futile thing, used when sense and reason are nowhere to be found, and the thirst for power is bigger than the wish to do good for humankind.
I hope that this doesn't escalate more than it has, and in the meantime, I hope you can keep as safe as possible from danger.
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February 25th, 2022.
Oh what a horror, it must have been so disgusting haha but now it has become a story to tell.
My couple told me that when he was little he was hungry and his mother told him to put an egg in the microwave, but he didn't know how he should put it in, so he did as he was told, he put the egg in the microwave and after a while it exploded hahaha it all got really messy and his mother upset haha.