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Default Hard boiled eggs

cybercat wrote:
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>> cybercat wrote:
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>>> "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.
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>>>> 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.
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> YES! If I put a bunch of salt in the water the shells come off easily, too.



Thanks, I will try that.


Becca