"Peter Aitken" > wrote in message
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> "LIMEYNO1" > wrote in message
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> > The black ring has nothing to do with what type of eggs. It is strictly
> > caused by cooking at too high a temperature.
> >
>
> No, that's not true. Boiled eggs are always cooked at the same temp - the
> boiling point of water. It is cooking too long or cooling too slowly that
is
> supposedly the cause. I have heard rumors that these rings can also be
> caused by top-posting on newsgroups.
>
> --
> Peter Aitken
>
> Remove the crap from my email address before using.

Sorry, I disagree. Boiled eggs is a misnomer. They should be called hard
cooked eggs and the boiling is what causes the dark ring. If they are
cooked as I described, you will always have a perfect hard cooked egg
without the sulfur ring.