Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Mum’s burns horror attempting cooking tip on Loose Women
Aine tells how hot egg exploded in her face
A NORTHERN Ireland mum has been left with burns to her face, neck and chest after attempting a cooking hack shown recently on Loose Women.
Aine Lynch, 35, had been watching the show last Thursday when panellist Frankie Bridge showed how to cook poached eggs in the microwave.
The former Saturdays singer taught her fellow Loose Women – and viewers at home – how to crack it into a mug filled partly with water and place it inside the oven.
Her fellow panellists were left impressed when she pulled out the “perfect” poached egg on set.
Aine, who works as a client executive for Vodafone, decided to try the hack herself – only for her breakfast to explode in her face.
The mum of two, from Camlough, near Newry in Co Down, said: “On Saturday morning my husband Johnny and I got the kids sorted out with breakfast and I started to make us breakfast at about 10.30am.
“I’d seen this hack on Loose Women and thought I’d give it a go. I filled a mug halfway with water, swirled it, cracked an egg in and put it on for 60 seconds.
OVERDONE
“The egg came out overdone so I got another mug and did the same, only this time I put it in for 50 seconds.
“Once it was done, I lifted the mug out of the microwave and within seconds the egg exploded and sprayed the boiling water all over my chest, neck and face.
“I just started screaming for Johnny to come and I ran into the bathroom and covered my chest and face in cold water. “I soaked two flannels and kept the wounds cool while Johnny ran to our local chemist which gave him cream and a burns pad and advised we go to A&E.
“We’re very lucky, but even though it was just a 10-minute drive it felt like hours because the pain was excruciating. “I was in A&E for five hours and sent home with a bag of pain relief.”
Aine is now hoping she can warn others about the dangers of trying hacks like this one.
She posted on Facebook: “Don’t poach eggs in the microwave. I saw a hack on Loose Women and it’s fair to say it was an epic fail.
“It’s going to be a while before I’m back to myself.”
The 10-minute drive to A&E felt like hours because the pain was excruciating AINE LYNCH YESTERDAY