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16th June 2018, 11:17 PM #16SENIOR MEMBER
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My method is to put the eggs in cold water and bring to the boil. Boil for exactly one minute, then turn the heat off. Put the lid on and wait 7 minutes for a soft egg, or 9 minutes for a hard egg. Quench in cold water to stop the cooking process. Peel when cool.
This is method uses less energy, and never fails for me. We get 700g sized egg cartons. Times might be a bit different for other sized eggs.
ajw
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16th June 2018, 11:53 PM #17
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17th June 2018, 08:49 AM #18
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17th June 2018, 09:15 AM #20
What are you all talking about? If you want a boiled egg just send word down to the kitchen that you would like a boiled egg or two and the butler brings them up. Already cooked and peeled. It's really no trouble.
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17th June 2018, 11:24 AM #21
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17th June 2018, 02:22 PM #22
Rightio then, I tried a few peeling techniques this morning.
Yep, definitely quicker, although it was tap water (which is pretty bloody icy atm). Next time I'll give it a bit more cracking, and possibly remove the shell over the bubble too before going back into the water.
First time I did this was on a par with Doug's technique - definitely quicker than my usual, although it was slow to start (no air bubble at the top) and I squeezed a bit hard trying to lift the first bit of shell up, and fractured the white a bit (no biggie). Once I had a decent start it accelerated noticeably.
Tried a variation on this because we don't keep water in the fridge, nor ice in the freezer. I put the egg (cooked yesterday and refrigerated) into the freezer for about 5 minutes, and then applied Adam's top down technique. It didn't work as well as the first time (not as quick) but I did notice a nice big sheet come off.
However, this.....
....I'm afraid ..... is a load of tosh! On both counts!
6x2" jar, ¾ full of water, added the egg, shook the buggery out of it - several times - waiting for it to magically shed its skin. All it did was fracture the shell into 3mm² fragments which were still stuck to the egg. Not a single piece of shell came off! And that only made the subsequent manual peeling a bloody nightmare! Tiny bits of shell stuck all over my fingers making it a difficult fiddly PITA etc etc.....
This arvo I'm going to try ajw's cooking method of boiling for 60 seconds and then leaving for 7 minutes. After that I'll try another couple of things with peeling (gunna make some ice).
Stay tuned, but feel free to carry on with other aspects of your lives in the interim......
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17th June 2018, 03:16 PM #23
I thought everyone knew this. Fresh eggs are for poaching old eggs are for boiling ?
I did learn something new a few years back from my ex's mother. Once the water is boiling turn off the heat. The egg will still cook at the normal rate but doesn't get giggled about and possibly cracked.
As for peeling well I use cold water mostly to make them easier to handle. Provided the egg is old I find cracking about and the whole thing slides off no worries.
Having said that I favour omelettes, scrambled and poached over boiled so what would I know...
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17th June 2018, 03:22 PM #24SENIOR MEMBER
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17th June 2018, 04:04 PM #26
Brett
you bored?
or is it too cold to be out in the shed?regards from Alberta, Canada
ian
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17th June 2018, 04:12 PM #27
Mate it's as cold as Canada in the summer atm! Skew's had at least 2" of snow this morning at Oberon.
Actually where I'm going with this, as I was just discussing with Lola, is that I want to be able to boil a dozen eggs, peel the lot and stick a week's supply in the fridge. Peeling them every time is painful, and after doing two I'm totally over it. Currently we boil 6 at a time and then just leave them in the fridge.
Update: I've done two with the "boil 60 seconds and leave in the water for 7 minutes" method, another another 3 pairs of 3,5,10 minute boiled, cooled off and in the fridge. All waiting for some ice to chill the water for some more peeling tests.
What?
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17th June 2018, 05:09 PM #28
Funny you should say that.
It's been raining here and the hills have about 2" of fresh snow on them. I say hills 'cause that's how we tend to think of them, but the tops are well over 2,500 m, with one or two approaching 3,000 (almost 10,000 ft). The fresh snow is down to around 2,000.
Not really cold -- but then again, my reference point is -10 to -15, 'cause that's when you need to think about dressing up to go to the garbage bin.regards from Alberta, Canada
ian
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17th June 2018, 05:55 PM #29
Only ever used my method straight from the stove and into cold running water. Always have a small void in the pointy end to start from.
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17th June 2018, 06:20 PM #30
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