Exploding eggs

You know how they tell you not to put whole eggs into the microwave because they'll explode? Well, I have no microwave - much to the shock of my former Japanese hairdresser who asked what I did with any leftovers of a meal - to which I replied "What leftovers?". No, I don't have a microwave but I have still managed to make three eggs explode within the last week.

And how did I manage that, you may well be asking. Well, I'll tell you. Just put a pan with lots of water and an egg or two on to boil and forget all about it. Eventually, from another room, you'll hear a small explosion and you will realise that, once again, you've let a pan boil dry, which is why the eggs have exploded. 

The first two were still edible, the third wasn't, so I gave up and bought pre-boiled painted eggs from the supermarket. Not so nice as warm eggs, but I won't have to fear the destruction of yet another pan.

The safer option.