Pinterest Trial: Poached Egg in the Microwave

One of the many items on my list this summer is to give some of my Pinterest pins a trial run. I pin a lot, probably as much as the average person, but I don't seem to follow up on giving them a try. I ran across this pin, and decided to try it as it hit two of my lists, the Pinterest list and the Find-a-Fast-but-Not-Fast-Food breakfast.

This pin says you can poach an egg in the microwave in 1 minute, 15 seconds in a cup of water. Sounds fast, eggs are delish, and if the poached egg is hard enough, then breakfast becomes portable, also a great thing.

I started off with this mug. I chose this mug because it is cute. Bad decision. This cup has a larger surface and took longer to heat, so my 1:15 breakfast turned into 2:00 minutes. Ok, not horrible, but if you are late, you are late.

So you crack an egg into the cup of water. Place it in the microwave 1:15 minutes, as the original pin suggested but then I added an additional 45 seconds because the egg was still raw. I let mine set for 15 seconds and then scooped it out with a spoon. I put a second egg in and it cooked faster, in 1 minute.