One time on Usenet, "Michael \"Dog3\" Lonergan" > said:
> Chatty Cathy >
> :
>
> > Inventor's bright idea for perfect boiled egg
> > Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:55 AM ET
> >
> > LONDON (Reuters) - A British inventor says he has cracked the age-old
> > riddle of how to boil the perfect egg -- get rid of the water.
> >
> > Simon Rhymes uses powerful light bulbs instead of boiling water to
> > cook the egg.
>
> This is not a hard boiled egg. I wonder how big this thing is to hold 4 500
> wt bulbs. I just keep doing it the old fashioned way.

I don't think they're trying to hard-cook them, sounds more like
a softer egg if they're planning to dip toast it them. I dunno,
I've never had a soft-boiled egg, as I don't like runny whites...

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