Comments on How to Boil an Egg

How do you know if the egg in your hand is raw or hard-boiled? How can you check short of cracking it open? Spin it. If it spins, it is cooked; if it just can't get up and spin, it is raw. Try it. It works every time.

Place a tablespoon in the water along with the eggs. Let it remain in the saucepan during cooking. This stops the eggs from cracking.

As soon as the eggs start to boil, shut off the heat and put a lid on the saucepan. It keeps the eggs from cracking! Keep the lid on for about 20 minutes for hard-boiled eggs and about 10 minutes for soft. Happy Egging!!!

Eggs broke? Don't worry. Make deviled eggs, but color the whites. Slice the egg, take the yoke out as usual and rinse the egg white. Put some food coloring in a bowl or cup with water. Put just the egg white in. Color coconut green for grass.

I found that if you put the chicken in water every morning, boil for 10 mins, take her out, put her in her Nest, you will have instant boiled eggs every morning. For Soft boiled, you cut the cooking time in half..1 problem,Need new chicken each morning.

The true test of a properly hard cooked egg (note that eggs should not be hard boiled!) is the color of the yolk. If you open a hard cooked egg, and find the yolk greenish or gray, it was overcooked at too high a temperature. The yolk should be firm and yellow. I consider doing the perfect hard cooked egg as follows: Use older eggs, not fresh ones. Set the eggs out for two hours, to bring to room temperature. Place them in a pan and cover with water to about an inch over the shells. Bring the water to a boil over high heat. As soon as the water reaches a rolling boil, remove the pan from the heat and cover. Set the timer for exactly 17 minutes. When the time is up, rinse the eggs with cold water and add ice cubes to the pan and water to stop cooking. Let the eggs sit for five to ten minutes. Remove the eggs, dry them, and put them in a refrigerator.

To peel a hard-boiled egg more easily after cooking, take a straight pin or needle and poke a hole in the fat end of each egg before boiling.

Place eggs in a saucepan and add enough cold water to cover the eggs (an inch or more). Bring eggs to a boil, cover the pan, and remove from heat for 20 minutes. Drain and run cold water over the eggs to cool. Results? A perfectly boiled egg without the green ring around the yolk!

Add a little salt to the water to prevent the egg from cracking. (I thought this was common knowledge.)

The older the egg, the better to peel. I usually buy eggs at least a week in advance for making deviled eggs. They will peel like a dream. I also add salt. This helps, but is not necessary if the egg is old enough.

Add a teaspoon of salt to the water before boiling and egg shells will not crack when boiled.