"Becca" > wrote in message
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> cybercat wrote:
>> "James Silverton" > wrote in message
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>>> 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.
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>
> 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.
>

YES! If I put a bunch of salt in the water the shells come off easily, too.