On Sunday, April 2, 2017 at 7:11:06 AM UTC-10, Cheri wrote:
> "dsi1" <dsi1yahoo.com> wrote in message
> ...
> > On Saturday, April 1, 2017 at 2:37:36 PM UTC-10, Sheldon wrote:
> >> I like hard cooked eggs, I will try this next I light my oven:
> >> http://www.ehow.com/how_5623008_cook...=AOL-Campaigns
> >
> > That's a wee bit over cooked. 30 minutes is way too long. That greenish
> > cast on the yolks pretty much suck. It's the latest way to do everything
> > wrong.
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> I agree. I tried it this morning with a six count muffin tin just to try it
> because I was going to make egg salad anyway, did it exactly as instructed
> and some of the eggs came out with tiny brown spots from the heat. Other
> than that, they were cooked fine, no greenish cast, but didn't look as good
> because of the spots. I won't ever be cooking them that way again.
>
> Cheri

I just boil water and add eggs directly from the refrigerator and simmer for 6 minutes. This gives a runny yolk. 8 minutes would give a nice hard boiled egg. The ice bath is important to stop the cooking and prevent that nasty green tinge on the yolk.