Boiling an egg

[rolex]

I always find putting an egg straight out of the fridge into boiling water cracks it

[mybrainhurts]

You can't crack water, dope...

[groomi]

rolex said:

I always find putting an egg straight out of the fridge into boiling water cracks it

Don't keep your eggs in the fridge.

Problem solved!

[fid]

mybrainhurts said:

You can't crack water, dope...

Sure you can...everybody knows that putting boiling water into a glass can crack it

[davi]

rolex said:

I always find putting an egg straight out of the fridge into boiling water cracks it

get an "egg piercer" - a little spike that makes a hole in the shell, no more cracked eggs

boiling eggs... timing depends on if you keep them in the fridge or not (parents dont, they take 2.5 - 3 mins, the wife does, they take 4ish)

Oh - and when you start eating them, take the top 1/3rd off both eggs at the same time, or the heat will continue to cook the second egg till you have finished the first...

[mybrainhurts]

fid said:

mybrainhurts said:

You can't crack water, dope...

Sure you can...everybody knows that putting boiling water into a glass can crack it

You cunning swine....

[Catz]

mybrainhurts said:

fid said:

mybrainhurts said:

You can't crack water, dope...

Sure you can...everybody knows that putting boiling water into a glass can crack it

You cunning swine....

But that's cracking a glass, not water

[fid]

Catz said:

mybrainhurts said:

fid said:

mybrainhurts said:

You can't crack water, dope...

Sure you can...everybody knows that putting boiling water into a glass can crack it

You cunning swine....

But that's cracking a glass, not water

Sharp, real sharp.

[B17NNS]

a little vinegar in the water prevents shell crackage.

oh and I always pop the blighter in for 3 mins (into boiling water that is) for a cooked white and a nice snotty yellow.

[timbob]

My mum always used to say that an egg continues to cook after you've taken it out the water. So, bash them both on the head to break the shell when you take them out, then peel and slice the first, eat, then peel and slice the second, which will still be warm, but not hard.

Works for me

[rolex]

B17NNS said:

a little vinegar in the water prevents shell crackage.

oh and I always pop the blighter in for 3 mins (into boiling water that is) for a cooked white and a nice snotty yellow.

Is that from when Jack fell down the hill and they mended his head?

[mybrainhurts]

fid said:

Catz said:

mybrainhurts said:

fid said:

mybrainhurts said:

You can't crack water, dope...

Sure you can...everybody knows that putting boiling water into a glass can crack it

You cunning swine....

But that's cracking a glass, not water

Sharp, real sharp.

[wendyg]

I definately would buy that egg cooking thing that was on Dragon's Den. Wonder how he's getting on?

[Matt1986]

Two eggs in a pan being boiled, one turns to the other ands says "jeese, its hot in here!" the other replies "wait 'till you get out, then they bash your head in"!


was funny when i was a kid

[Pigeon]

You don't boil them, you sit on them for 17 days and queak-queaks come out.

[davi]

Pigeon said:

You don't boil them, you sit on them for 17 days and queak-queaks come out.

tried that, but every time I tried to bash it's head with the teaspoon so I could dip the soldiers, it ran out the way, wont be making that mistake again!

[bluespanner]

Put them in cold water.

Bring to boil.

Count to ten

Remove and eat.

Job done.

I thankyou.

[SS HSV]

Two pages on how to boil an egg

[mechsympathy]

timbob said:

My mum always used to say that an egg continues to cook after you've taken it out the water. So, bash them both on the head to break the shell when you take them out, then peel and slice the first, eat, then peel and slice the second, which will still be warm, but not hard.

Works for me

The shell acts line a pressure cooker, so the answer to the OPs question is to crack the shells as you remove them from the pan.

[Balmoral Green]

Two eggs in a pan of boiling water...

1st egg: Hot in here isnt it?
2nd egg: Wait until you get out, they bash yer 'ead in.