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How to Make Hard Boiled Eggs
So... am I the only one who moved into their own place without ever learning how to boil an egg?
I have so far blown up several batches of eggs or had them not be done enough (still runny!) so what am I doing wrong?
Surely someone here knows how to make hard boiled eggs, right?
Help!
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Place you eggs in a sauce pan that is going to fit your eggs and cover them with water completely. Boil them for 30-45 depending on how cooked you want the yolks. Then place them in cold water to stop the cooking time. Don't do anything with the eggs until they are cooled completely, your best bet is to put them back into the carton and place in the fridge overnight. They should be cooked all the way by the time your done. Happy Cooking!
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Either of the two methods below will work fine. One thing not to do is to use the microwave oven for you can be seriously hurt when you open the door to get the egg.
I taught myself to cook by watching the TV chefs. Cooking is not hard to do. Start with easy things like making fried eggs, Frying or broiling meats and poultry. When cooking poultry and pork it is important they be cooked to a specific temperature so purchase an instant read thermometer and go on line to down load a cooking temperature chart for beef, Poultry and pork.
Honestly if you can read and follow directions you can cook. There are some terms that you may not understand. These terms can be defined by looking on line. A pinch of salt is just that, it is less than the smallest measuring spoon, an amount that you pick up between two fingers. Season to taste: Add salt and pepper to the way you like it to taste, and so on. There is nothing scary about cooking.
Yes I've made a few bad meal while learning to cook. In general I poured tomato sauce over it added a lot of garlic and worcestershire sauce and wine if I had it and in most cases it was edible. I have thrown some meals in the garbage that were not salvageable by this method.
Today my wife and I, especially on cold winter day will go in the kitchen and experiment with baking and new recipe's and yes even as accomplished as we have both become we on occasion will have to throw something out, it happens. The fun is in the process and for us doing it together.
One other thing. The fastest way to a mans heart is through his stomach. My wife was not the greatest cook when I first met her. Though she did cook for me and it meant a lot to me that she did.
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This is the way I do it:
(1) PIERCE the eggs before boiling them - this will keep them from bursting. This can be done with a pushpin. Carefully push it through the eggshell at the wider end. You just want it to go through the shell; it is not necessary to push the pin all the way in, and that will probably break it in any event. The smaller and sharper the pin, the better.
(2) Place the eggs in a pot of water, so that the water is a inch above the highest egg.
(3) Bring to a full boil.
(4) Once the water is boiling, take the pot off the burner. Leave the eggs in the hot water for 15 minutes (18 minutes if you are over 4,000 ft above sea level).
(5) Put the pot in the sink and run cold water into it, allowing it to spill over the top, until the eggs are cool enough to be handled.
(6) Put them in the refrigerator. Chilling them down immediately like this makes the shells easier to remove afterward.
(7) Eat eggs.
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Haha! Nope, you're not alone.
Take a pot of water (enough water to cover a layer of eggs with some room for them to move) to the stove.
Put your eggs in the pot while the water's still cold. Try not to put them too close together, or they'll crack each other when the boiling starts.
Turn your stove on high, and wait for it to boil.
Once the water reaches a rolling boil, time it for five minutes. Don't let it boil over! (Turn the heat down if you need to, but keep it boiling.)
After five minutes, turn off the heat and let the water calm itself down. This should allow the eggs to finish cooking and not turn into rubber.
Once the bubbles have stopped, turn on your faucet and add cool water until the pot is cool enough to reach into and the eggs are cool enough to handle.
Voila, you should have hard-boiled eggs. :)
Hope this helps!
Siren
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