Boiled Eggs

xoxoxoBruce · 03-12-2018, 10:29 PM

This is what boiled eggs look like every 30 seconds up to 12 minutes.

Clodfobble · 03-13-2018, 12:22 AM

Didja know, duck eggs take significantly longer even when they're the same size as a chicken egg (i.e., kinda small for a duck egg?) 30 minutes minimum to get the same look as the 12-minute chicken egg.

Griff · 03-13-2018, 06:38 AM

mmmm... aigs

fargon · 03-13-2018, 06:39 AM

Aigs good.

lumberjim · 03-13-2018, 09:11 AM

I don't know when they started the timer, but when I make boiled eggs, I go 5 minutes from when they start to boil.... they look most like the 8½ - 9 minute eggs above.

Clodfobble · 03-13-2018, 10:22 AM

It sounds like you're heating the water with the eggs already in it? Technically you're supposed to bring it to a full rolling boil, and then submerge the eggs.

glatt · 03-13-2018, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

It sounds like you're heating the water with the eggs already in it? Technically you're supposed to bring it to a full rolling boil, and then submerge the eggs.

Sounds like a kid's school science experiment. Measure the energy used, time taken, and egg results.

Happy Monkey · 03-13-2018, 11:37 AM

I think the main difference would be repeatability.

The time taken to bring water to a boil will vary based on several factors, but if you put eggs in already-boiling water, you know what temperature the water is for the entire time the eggs are in it (Unless you put enough eggs in at once to significantly change the water temperature, I suppose).

lumberjim · 03-13-2018, 11:50 AM

I keep my eggs in the fridge. If I put cold eggs into boiling water, they usually crack. I put them in the pot, run hot tap water in over them, and then onto the stove. 5 minutes from start of boiling gives an XL egg that perfect little dot of liquid yolk. A squirt of mayo and a dot of sriracha and down the hatch.

Undertoad · 03-13-2018, 11:52 AM

Serious Eats does the hard work, and the best way is:

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Lower your eggs straight from the fridge into already-boiling water, or place them in a steamer insert in a covered pot, steaming at full blast on the stovetop. If boiling, lower the heat to the barest simmer. Cook the eggs for 11 minutes for hard or six minutes for soft. Serve. Or, if serving cold, shock them in ice water immediately. Let them chill in that water for at least 15 minutes or, better yet, in the fridge overnight. Peel under cool running water.

No baking, no pricking, no tricks, no gimmicks, that's it.

https://www.seriouseats.com/2014/05/...iled-eggs.html

Flint · 03-13-2018, 12:02 PM

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lumberjim · 03-13-2018, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Serious Eats does the hard work, and the best way is:

https://www.seriouseats.com/2014/05/...iled-eggs.html

When I take them off, I run cold water into the pot of eggs until it overflows, then I pour off the water, and let the cold fill it back up....overflow for a bit, dump and refill a few times to stop them cooking. Until I can pick them up in my hand and not get burned.

I'm at sea level +67 feet, and I use a gas flame stove. My results are repeatable and consistent. It takes all of about 11 minutes from idea to eating.

Amanda thinks I do it wrong too.

glatt · 03-13-2018, 01:27 PM

I think Jim does it right. Except the only down side I see is that you have to pay attention to when it starts boiling to start timing the 5 minutes. So you have to watch the pot.

The other way, you throw a pot on the heat. Come back into the kitchen any time in the next hour or so to see that it's boiling. Drop some eggs in and set a timer. When you hear the timer go off, you come back in to get the eggs. You can focus on other stuff while doing the waiting.

Undertoad · 03-13-2018, 01:39 PM

Srs Eats says if you start cold, it makes them really hard to peel

Clodfobble · 03-13-2018, 01:48 PM

In my experience the only thing that makes them hard to peel is being undercooked. A fully-cooked egg peels like butter.

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lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I don't know when they started the timer, but when I make boiled eggs, I go 5 minutes from when they start to boil.... they look most like the 8½ - 9 minute eggs above. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	It sounds like you're heating the water with the eggs already in it? Technically you're supposed to bring it to a full rolling boil, and then submerge the eggs. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

03-13-2018, 11:37 AM	#8
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I think the main difference would be repeatability. The time taken to bring water to a boil will vary based on several factors, but if you put eggs in already-boiling water, you know what temperature the water is for the entire time the eggs are in it (Unless you put enough eggs in at once to significantly change the water temperature, I suppose). __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

03-13-2018, 11:50 AM	#9
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I keep my eggs in the fridge. If I put cold eggs into boiling water, they usually crack. I put them in the pot, run hot tap water in over them, and then onto the stove. 5 minutes from start of boiling gives an XL egg that perfect little dot of liquid yolk. A squirt of mayo and a dot of sriracha and down the hatch. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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03-13-2018, 01:27 PM	#13
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I think Jim does it right. Except the only down side I see is that you have to pay attention to when it starts boiling to start timing the 5 minutes. So you have to watch the pot. The other way, you throw a pot on the heat. Come back into the kitchen any time in the next hour or so to see that it's boiling. Drop some eggs in and set a timer. When you hear the timer go off, you come back in to get the eggs. You can focus on other stuff while doing the waiting.

03-13-2018, 01:39 PM	#14
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Srs Eats says if you start cold, it makes them really hard to peel

03-13-2018, 01:48 PM	#15
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	In my experience the only thing that makes them hard to peel is being undercooked. A fully-cooked egg peels like butter. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

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