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Hey ST - how do you (personally) hard boil an egg? I overcook them every.single.time. - seems that there are quite a few ways to hard boil.

Posted by kelly May 21 '14, 06:26

Do you put eggs in cold water and then boil? Put them in already boiling water? Place in muffin tins and cook in the oven? How long do you cook for?

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The cooking technology may depend on the age of the egg. How old are the eggs you usually buy? -- nm - OAE -- You Know Who May 21, 07:58
Put them in already boiling water, then immediately turn off heat and let sit for 15 mins -- nm - con_carne May 21, 06:58 3
- covered -- nm - con_carne May 21, 06:58 2
  - Dangit, now I'm starting to think my method is Andie's method - con_carne May 21, 07:06 1
    - i put them in cold water, not already boiling. -- nm - Andie May 21, 07:15
cold to boil, 10 minutes, with a little vinegar in the water so that if the shell cracks the albumen will coagulate almost immediately. -- nm - Roger More May 21, 06:55 5
- I'll coagulate *your* albumen almost immediately. Almost. -- nm - Diva - KBS May 21, 07:42 4
  - square it with Coolio first -- nm - Roger More May 21, 07:58 3
    - My you guys be around and/or available for STIFF? It's been entirely too long since I've seen you. -- nm - Diva - KBS May 21, 08:10 2
      - We're back in Toronto, so we should be at STIFF. -- nm - Roger More May 21, 08:24
      - my = may -- nm - Diva - KBS May 21, 08:18
if you don't have it, get this book -- (link) - decline May 21, 06:47 3
- i love this book. -- nm - Andie May 21, 06:51
- I have the app on my phone (which I totally forgot about - thanks for the reminder!) -- nm - kelly May 21, 06:49 1
  - I use it all the time - it's a lifesaver ;) -- nm - decline May 21, 06:50
I'm with Andie. Heavy pot with cold water that covers the egg(s). Heat to boil. Turn heat off, cover, remove from element. Generally forget them for - landbeck May 21, 06:47
Oddly, I read a long article on this just the other day. -- (link) - Was Bar Was May 21, 06:40
put them in cold water, bring to a boil, as soon a it boiling turn off, cover and let sit for 9 min - decline May 21, 06:39
Put them in a pot of cold water, heat. Once the water starts boiling, let them boil for 10 minutes or so. - Jim May 21, 06:37
cold salted water, remove from heat as soon as it reaches a boil, let sit for 10 minutes, run under cold water -- nm - znufrii May 21, 06:36
Buy a bag of them premade and peeled at Trader Joes. -- nm - Cuzzin Toddroid May 21, 06:29 6
- I did not know this but I am going to look for them on the next trip. - Bacon May 21, 06:38 1
  - They should be by the regular eggs, at least they are at my TJs. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd May 21, 06:43
- i think this would wig me out. i want to know how fresh they are. -- nm - Andie May 21, 06:32 3
  - But by that logic how do you know how fresh anything you buy in a grocery store really is? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd May 21, 06:44 2
    - well, with produce i just look at it. with meat etc there are dates (and i buy most from a butcher). but cooked eggs seem like you don't know - Andie May 21, 06:48 1
      - The boiled date I don't know, though they have an expiration/sell-by date like anything else. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd May 21, 07:04
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- that's pretty much what i do. -- nm - Andie May 21, 06:32 2
  - (i didn't know the spinning trick though, cool) -- nm - Andie May 21, 06:33 1
    - Me neither. Totally going to try that. -- nm - kelly May 21, 06:34
cold to boil. -- nm - Andie May 21, 06:27

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Hey ST - how do you (personally) hard boil an egg? I overcook them every.single.time. - seems that there are quite a few ways to hard boil.

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