I don't know if I can mention this or not so I'll let the powers that be make the final decision but there is a great microwave popcorn popper endorsed by Orville Redenbacher that makes the best popcorn ever. It's called the Presto Power Pop and you can use it with or withour oil---I got mine at WalMart. I do use a little bit of oil with mine but it states that you don't have to. Delicious!!!!!!!!!! We haven't bought the popcorn bags since as we think it tastes better in the Presto.

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Ooops----forgot another tip when using the microwave. We don't eat bacon very often but when we have to have it I like to start it off in the microwave laying the strips in a large platter over lots of paper towels and covering with paper towels. Then I cook at high power for about 3 minutes and then transfer to a regular preheated fry pan to finish it out. By doing it this way most of the oil is absorbed by the paper towels with no spattering and the transfer to the pan finishes the frying and crisps the bacon without all the mess. Of course if you like to reserve your bacon grease you wouldn't like this idea at all. ha!

Thanks poorgirl I would love to try out that. But do you get a full fried egg or half fried in 35 seconds?

We don't eat bacon very often either, except for perhaps a BLT every once in a while. Bacon cooks really well in a microwave, but the grease is a mess. We once had a microwave bacon cooking pan, but it was a mess to clean. The paper towel works good, but you need several layers to sop up the fat.

I've found that baking bacon produces the best results. We bake the bacon on a cookie cooling grill over a cookie sheet for about 20 minutes at 350 degrees. That makes a nice soft cooked bacon that's great on a BLT. To reduce the fat, we buy the center cut bacon. It has way less fat, costs a little more now, but in health terms, saves lots later.

From memory, I think you need to stir this once at this point, and then cook another 15 seconds to get a fully cooked egg. This is great on top of a sliced bagel, and then adding some Cheddar cheese.

You really need to cook eggs through now because of salmonilla is in 5% of the chicken eggs. So long soft boiled eggs and toast.