Comments on: How to Boil an Egg

on 10/2/2008 I like to make and cut my toast into strips.. just the right size for dipping into my soft boiled eggs..

on 9/23/2008 Thank you the wife was working late so I had to boil the eggs for the salad. Haha this site was a great help.

on 9/21/2008 College students, especially boys, will certainly look up how to things as simple as boiling an egg, or cooking other simple things. That's what students do nowadays - google everything on the computer. It's nice that there's an easy source to go on-line to find out how to do things we don't know how to do. You know, everyone has to start somewhere. No one is born knowing how to boil an egg or anything else as far as cooking is concerned. Try to be nicer in your posts. As someone who has a retarded family member, it is sad to see what you've written here, Chandansel.

on 9/1/2008 Chadansel, it's sad and rather pathetic to see someone react with such intolerance and resort to petty insults on the topic of boiling an egg. The very idea of having a comments section here is to allow others to contribute suggestions and ideas which may be helpful to novice cooks. In fact, I'd argue that the greatest advantage of internet is allowing the exchange of multiple points of view on any topic. I'm personally happy to discover that there are different methods of boiling an egg. I just tried the gail2247 method and it worked perfectly (and economized a little electricity). Next time I'll put the eHow editor's instructions to the test to see if it turns out better, worse or the same. Call me "retarded" if you will but I like having various options to choose from

on 8/15/2008 let me get this right.... everyone here knows a better way to boil an egg (one of the simplest and oldest culinary ideas on earth) yet what retarded ideas possessed you to even search for the article? Is your life so small that you hunt out and trash people that DARE post articles on boiling and egg?

It's an egg. it can be boiled this way.

if you are so uppity as to know the details from a 2-star chef, then why were you searching on articles like this to start with?

btw, just finished boiling eggs per these instructions and they came out perfectly. personaly, i was looking to see if there was some trick to keep them from exploding in the water.

on 5/1/2008 yummy! i love hard boiled eggs. and without the yucky green yolk. thanks so much! =)

on 5/1/2008 yummy =] i love hard boiled eggs. thank u guys!

on 3/26/2008 I keep seeing the same advice re boiling eggs - put them in a pan and boil from at least 15 to 25 minutes. Well if you want rubbery whites and bone dry yolks, go ahead! The best way to boil an egg, according to a 2michelin star chef, is to place the egg in a pan of water, just enough to cover it, bring it to a rolling boil for one minute only, yes, ONE minute. Turn off the heat and let the egg sit in the pan for a further twenty minutes. Fantastic succulent hard boiled egg.

on 3/24/2008 Coddle method: Put cold eggs in cold water (enough to cover) bring water to full rolling boil. Remove from heat and cover for 18 to 20 minutes.(no peeking)Remove and chill in ice water. No more ugly green around the yolk. P.S. I do my macaroni and noodles this same way, no watching or boil over anymore.

on 3/24/2008 Coddle method: Put cold eggs in cold water (enough to cover) bring water to full rolling boil. Remove from heat and cover for 18 to 20 minutes.(no peeking)Remove and chill in ice water. No more ugly green around the yolk. P.S. I do my macaroni and noodles this same way, no watching or boil over anymore.

on 3/24/2008 Coddle method: Put chilled eggs in pot of cold water (enough to cover eggs) Bring water to a full rolling boil, remove from heat and cover (no peeking) for 18 to 20 minutes. Cool in ice water. No more ugly green around yolk this. way. P.S. I do macaroni and noodles the same way no more boil over..

on 1/21/2008 I didn't even know that there is a special way to boil eggs, thanks!!

on 8/12/2007 I followed the instructions exactly for a soft boiled egg and it didn't work. The eggs came out hard boiled.
Look elsewhere for soft boiled eggs with the wonderful (and forbidden) runny yolks!

on 7/21/2007 add a bit of vineger to stop yoke turning black

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