Back in the beginning of this thread there was a question about those plastic things for cooking eggs in the microwave. I have one. It's for making poached eggs. I've tried poaching eggs the old fashioned way, and I always end up with a mess. The microwave things work perfectly. You put the egg in the plastic thing with a little water, and in a minute or two, you have a perfect poached egg. There's no waste and the eggs are perfectly round.