Hard Boiled Eggs
It's been so long since I've hard boiled an egg I need help! IIRC, the time to cook was 3 minutes, but do you place the egg(s) in cold water in the pan or do you put them in after the water comes to a...
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Three minutes is for soft boiled, Mr. Ed.
For hard-cooked; I put mine in regular unsalted tap water, bring to a boil, and let 'em go for ten minutes after that. Then remove from heat, drain, and replace water with cold from the tap. Peel when cool. I seem to get the best results for easy peeling that way. Here's a tip; Hard boiled is one place you do NOT want just-laid eggs. They're nearly impossible to peel when that "young".
And now for a bit of fun:
If you'd like to Amaze Your Friends and Confound Your Enemies, now's a perfect time to learn to blow a whole egg out of its shell using only your two lips.
Click here for educational video! :B
For hard-cooked; I put mine in regular unsalted tap water, bring to a boil, and let 'em go for ten minutes after that. Then remove from heat, drain, and replace water with cold from the tap. Peel when cool. I seem to get the best results for easy peeling that way. Here's a tip; Hard boiled is one place you do NOT want just-laid eggs. They're nearly impossible to peel when that "young".
And now for a bit of fun:
If you'd like to Amaze Your Friends and Confound Your Enemies, now's a perfect time to learn to blow a whole egg out of its shell using only your two lips.
Click here for educational video! :B
