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Default Hard boiled eggs

cybercat wrote:
> "James Silverton" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> To tell the truth, I don't over boil eggs as far as I know. I use a method
>> that I learned 40 years ago and which produces eggs as I like them.
>>
>> Eggs in pot
>> Cover with cold water
>> Heat to rolling boil
>> Turn off heat
>> Remove eggs after 20 minutes.

> Eggsackly what I do. Perfect eggs every time.



That is also how I cook them. Then I drain the water, crack the eggs,
plunge them into an ice water bath and I peel them when they are cool.


Becca