On Jul 2, 9:08*am, Vesper > wrote:
> On Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:30:07 GMT, "James Silverton"
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> > Goomba *wrote *on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:49:09 -0400:
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> >>> I have an odd, and probably very elementary question, but
> >>> please bear with me.
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> >>> I put a few eggs into boiling water to hard-boil them. Within
> >>> about 30 seconds, I heard a very loud CRACK! noise, looked in
> >>> the pot and saw one of the eggs losing its contents into the water.
> >>> At the end of the boiling period, there was a moderate
> >>> sized hole in the shell of that egg, and it was floating, so probably
> >>> mostly empty.
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> >> <clipped stuff written that I don't have the patience to
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> >>Have you considered putting the eggs into cold tap water in the pot and
> > >*then* bringing them up to a boil?? * I thought that was the standard
> >>method, but certainly could be mistaken...?
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> >That's how I hard boil eggs too but it's by no means standard. I might
> >mention that an addition to those in instructions is to turn of the heat
> >and wait 20 minutes once a full boil has been attained; economical too!
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> I tried that too but the shells still stuck. *Now I boil them gently
> for ten minutes, rinse to cool and into the frig. *I had problems with
> them for years but they come out fine now.
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Ok thanks, I'll try that method of boiling at a slow low heat for 10
minutes.