Kinda lame question: best way to hard boil eggs?

[RemydeHaviland]

Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom

I did IT! I have achieved! I can't believe how many methods there really are. So, I started with the first post by MaddiesMommie - I salted the water, put some vinegar in the water (like kjcmsw said), brought to boil, put in the eggs in, and set timer for 14 mins. PERFECT!

Thanks so much fellow egg cookers!

Well, congratulations! Glad to hear it.

Coincidentally, these instructions are also perfect for poaching eggs. Bring a large, deep, pot of water to boil with salt and vinegar. Crack the eggs and drop them in. Use a slotted spoon for extraction. Just be careful of the foam, use your slotted spoon to skim.

[fasteddie]

There is a cool little app for iPhone, called The Perfect Egg Timer:

The perfect Egg timer iPhone application - AppStoreHQ

So you put the raw egg next to the phone to "measure" the size of the egg, put in your altitude, put in if it was in the fridge or room temperature, then put in how "runny" you want your egg. (See the screenshot in the link above). The app tells you exactly how long you should boil your egg to get what you want.

It pretty much works perfectly.

[RachelandSadie]

boil in water with salt in it for several minutes and then when you are about to crack them just take them and roll them into your palm cracking the shell and it will all come off on bigger chunks. run cold water over them while rolling and cracking them. it's okay if they come off with a membrane sticking to them and the yolks should always be solid never oozy! good luck

EGG STORY:

Once I was boiling eggs when I just got married and moved into my own home. I forgot all about the eggs on the stove (prob. on YT) and went back to an empty pail with eggs but no water. So stupid me i just go ahead and get ready to readd the water to them. As soon as the water touched the eggs POOF!!! they busted all over my face and the kitchen clear up to the ceiling and all over the curtains and window. it was horrible!!

SO PAY ATTENTION TO UR EGGS k?

[jencar98]

Originally Posted by fasteddie

There is a cool little app for iPhone, called The Perfect Egg Timer:

The perfect Egg timer iPhone application - AppStoreHQ

So you put the raw egg next to the phone to "measure" the size of the egg, put in your altitude, put in if it was in the fridge or room temperature, then put in how "runny" you want your egg. (See the screenshot in the link above). The app tells you exactly how long you should boil your egg to get what you want.

It pretty much works perfectly.

LOL......there truly is an app for everything!

[Wylie's Mom]

Originally Posted by fasteddie

There is a cool little app for iPhone, called The Perfect Egg Timer:

The perfect Egg timer iPhone application - AppStoreHQ

So you put the raw egg next to the phone to "measure" the size of the egg, put in your altitude, put in if it was in the fridge or room temperature, then put in how "runny" you want your egg. (See the screenshot in the link above). The app tells you exactly how long you should boil your egg to get what you want.

It pretty much works perfectly.

This is so funny! At this point, I'm pretty much wondering what kind of apps are *not* available on the iphone!

[kjcmsw]

@ Wylies Mom: You said you put the eggs into boiling water...and they didn't immediately break? I always thought you had to put them into cold water and let them come up in temperature with the water to prevent breaking. Were the eggs straight from the 'frig into boiling water? Do let me know please.

All the egg talk...got home too late (work/son's basketball practice/life) to make a real dinner. I boiled eggs and made an egg salad sandwich!! Son gagged at that thought (he's 14 naturally) so he ate cereal... Hey some nights are just like that!

[Blue Sake]

Wow, different methods! When I had Lady Gouldian Finches and few canaries, I always fed them eggshells and hard boiled eggs (mashed, of course!) in the morning. I never had to add the salt or vinegar in the water. I put the eggs in the saucepan with cool water and let it rise the temperature to full boiling. It takes about 13 minutes from the start to end. The eggshells always came off perfectly. Set time, let's say you want to start with 10 minutes, if it fails, increase to 11 minutes, if it fails, then 12 minutes... so on until you get the perfect hard boiled eggs.

[Wylie's Mom]

Originally Posted by kjcmsw

@ Wylies Mom: You said you put the eggs into boiling water...and they didn't immediately break? I always thought you had to put them into cold water and let them come up in temperature with the water to prevent breaking. Were the eggs straight from the 'frig into boiling water? Do let me know please.

I put them into the boiling water straight from the fridge. No cracks whatsoever! I think the vinegar may have been key...? But I'm not sure .

[RemydeHaviland]

Originally Posted by RachelandSadie

EGG STORY:

Once I was boiling eggs when I just got married and moved into my own home. I forgot all about the eggs on the stove (prob. on YT) and went back to an empty pail with eggs but no water. So stupid me i just go ahead and get ready to readd the water to them. As soon as the water touched the eggs POOF!!! they busted all over my face and the kitchen clear up to the ceiling and all over the curtains and window. it was horrible!!

SO PAY ATTENTION TO UR EGGS k?

Back in the day my roommate did this. She used to eat egg whites, so would boil a whole dozen at a time. Well, she put the pot on the stove with eggs inside. Went upstairs, and fell asleep!! She woke up to the fire alarm going off. The kitchen was a war zone. The eggs exploded EVERYWHERE. They were on the walls, ceilings, you name it. This was about the time I got home from work. Oh my did it stink. Took us a few hours to clean it up.

[gemy]

Wow so many different ways; here is mine, and the yolk comes out hard boiled but tender and soft;

Place water in pot' add dash of salt,
Take eggs from fridge, put in, make sure water covers top of eggs,
Bring to a boil
Once you have a roiling boil, turn off HEAT
Let sit on stove for 8 minutes;
Remove from stove
Rinse under cold water

Peel and eat Yums!

[Lil Sis]

Originally Posted by Blue Sake

Wow, different methods! When I had Lady Gouldian Finches and few canaries, I always fed them eggshells and hard boiled eggs (mashed, of course!) in the morning. I never had to add the salt or vinegar in the water. I put the eggs in the saucepan with cool water and let it rise the temperature to full boiling. It takes about 13 minutes from the start to end. The eggshells always came off perfectly. Set time, let's say you want to start with 10 minutes, if it fails, increase to 11 minutes, if it fails, then 12 minutes... so on until you get the perfect hard boiled eggs.

I was researching home cooking for my dogs.. and one of the websites recommended adding a dash of ground egg shells to the dogs food..

[sugarmamma]

Originally Posted by Lil Sis

I was researching home cooking for my dogs.. and one of the websites recommended adding a dash of ground egg shells to the dogs food..

I think you can add baked egg shells ground to a powder but with the Balance IT additive I don't bother

[Blue Sake]

Originally Posted by Lil Sis

I was researching home cooking for my dogs.. and one of the websites recommended adding a dash of ground egg shells to the dogs food..

We know that eggshells contain calcium and it helps birds during the molting but honestly, I did not think about dogs or cats. That's pretty neat.

[capt_noonie]

Originally Posted by QuickSilver

Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! I can add something to this convo!

If you want to get fancy, you should know that the proteins in the egg coagulate (harden) at slightly different temperatures. The temperature of boiling water is actually not ideal for eggs.

If you do them at a lower temperature, you can get these beautiful, custard-y egg whites, with a bright yellow yolk that's like a piece of play-doh. It's really cool.

AND, you don't even need to do them in water!! You can cook them in the oven!

If anyone is interested, I can post the temperatures for different egg "done-ness". Some of it just depends on your tastes.

My well being absolutely rests on knowing this, now that I know there is info out there about it. fyi, I like a soft white, and a smooth creamy not quite raw yolk.

[capt_noonie]

Originally Posted by gemy

Wow so many different ways; here is mine, and the yolk comes out hard boiled but tender and soft;

Place water in pot' add dash of salt,
Take eggs from fridge, put in, make sure water covers top of eggs,
Bring to a boil
Once you have a roiling boil, turn off HEAT
Let sit on stove for 8 minutes;
Remove from stove
Rinse under cold water

Peel and eat Yums!

This is very close to what my bf Alton Brown says . Also the freshest eggs, esp around Easter time when a lot of ppl buy eggs, the shells are not gonna come off easily no matter what. Anyway, AB says take the eggs out of the fridge, and add cold water over it. Put pot on high and once it reaches a rolling boil, turn off and leave covered for at least 15 mins. Then drain water and let cool. I've always had good results with this method unless they are with super fresh eggs from the farm.

and now I want to eat some eggs. and I love runny yolks.