Boiling an egg

Travisthedog

Why the hell do my eggs all split when I'm boiling 'em

Never used to. Tried putting in a pan of cold water and heating as well as the usual method

Some conspiracy theorists on here must have an answer

ftumch

Do you keep your eggs in the fridge?

MtB

Thermal shock an' all that - take 'em out of the fridge half an hour or so before you boil them. 

d8m

Have you been telling the eggs jokes and cracking them up?

viz

We used to have a pricker.

strumjoughlamps

if you are then don't put eggs in the fridge, or all in one basket..

we steam ours, much better IMO; quite often ours will be warm from the start where I have just been out to the hen house and collected them.

Lixarto

Vinegar in the water.

Deadman

Lixarto said:

Vinegar in the water.

Devil!

Paul_C

I stopped keeping eggs in the fridge after Delia said not to.

richardhomer

I tried boiling an egg without either a watch or an egg timer the other day - it was surprisingly hard....

GIJoe

d8m said:

Have you been telling the eggs jokes and cracking them up?

Well the yolks on you...I shelled out for a joke book.

WezV

Fake Chinese eggs

stickyfiddle

WezV said:

Fake Chinese eggs

"Cheggs"

Anyway, gently boiling water, room temperature eggs and prick the fat end of the egg. Sorted

VimFuego

I've never cracked the shell of a boiled egg. Makes 'em a bit crunchy, but other than that it's fine.

Travisthedog

Not in fridge - we keep them in one of those 70's China "hens"

capo4th

Why do you not keep eggs in the fridge? We always have em in the fridge

Gassage

best test- take said egg out - if water evaps instantly, it's perfect. This really does work. Put vinegar in to reduce the boiling temp too.

mike_l

viz said:

We used to have a pricker.

Oi.........

 

Anyhoo, I boil the water in the kettle, then put it in the cold pan, then eggs in. Never had a shell crack.

Paul_C

I remember boiling eggs in an electric kettle in my younger days (can't remember why)

Phil_aka_Pip

I keep eggs at room temp. and they still crack now and again

I put it in the cold water, bring it to the boil (so the egg warms up with the water), then cook for 3.5 min ... if I'm lucky the white has solidified but often so has the yolk. If I'm unlucky the yolk is still runny but so is half the white.

Frying: by the time I have splashed enough oil over the top of the egg to solidify the white (trying not to get the yolk until the last few splashes) ... the yolk has already begun to harden.

axisus

Do people really still boil eggs in this day and age? I usually just watch a youtube video of an egg boiling.