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Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: songbird <songbird@anthive.com> Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: this is actually pretty interesting Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2025 23:08:41 -0500 Organization: the little wild kingdom Lines: 45 Message-ID: <9fmi8l-qec1.ln1@anthive.com> References: <m1l13tF43pjU1@mid.individual.net> <vp3od2$24dik$1@dont-email.me> Reply-To: songbird <songbird@anthive.com> Injection-Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2025 05:13:30 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="65a66d39708fdf020f9fb48743df9040"; logging-data="2834652"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/hz0+lWkTc12Ljj2llbSMQpwLTasLQbIk=" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:zx9tatHv7YBB4CB+snFVH9k01DM= Ed P wrote: .... > I have my own method that works for me. I make 4 X-large eggs at a time, > pretty much out of the fridge. > > Small pot holds 4 eggs nicely. Fill enough to cover eggs when inserted. > Bring to a rolling boil, insert the four eggs. > Boil six minutes, remove from heat > Take two eggs, run under water so you can handle them Crack shell with > a knife, split open and you have nice soft boiled eggs. > > Leave the other two sit in the pot. The next day you have nice hard > boiled eggs. > > Try it one time, adjust in 30 second increments if you want them a bit > different. if needed adjust for altitude. in recent times we've not been doing many boiled eggs but before this era we were boiling up to 18 eggs at a time and unfortunately it has never been consistently done to a degree i find useful. the most recent time i made a bad mistake and some were undercooked and it was horrible to peel them. because i am not the primary cook and only help out my suggestions for using timers and set temperatures or other ways of trying to get more consistency are pretty much ignored or discouraged because she doesn't want to think about it. glad to say we're not doing many eggs now with them being expensive. what eggs we're doing are cracking a few in a bowl and covering it and then microwaving until desired level of done is accomplished. not a thing i do at all. i'll pan fry them in butter if i want an egg sandwich or sunny side up for toast any other way is simply scrambled and that works fine in the microwave for me (a little runny in the center is ok as they will cook to done enough for me when i stir them). songbird