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Nathalie Chiva

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Boiling eggs without cracking [Was: Boiled eggs with "gray" insides.]

On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 11:00:36 GMT, (Phred)
wrote:

>In article .com>,
>"maxine in ri" > wrote:
>>William Wagner wrote:
>>> In article >,
>>
>>> I was just wondering if you folks poke a hole in the raw egg like I do
>>> before cooking ?
>>
>>No. If they start in cold water with salt, they don't seem to crack as
>>much. If there are too few or too many in the pot, they will rattle
>>around and crack themselves against each other. Then again, sometimes
>>it doesn't make a difference. Last night I had 7 in the 1 quart pot,
>>and none cracked. Last time, I had 7 in the pot, and 1 cracked.
>
>Recalling days of chem prac decades ago, I've sometimes wondered if
>the "glass bead" principle would work with boiling eggs. Haven't
>actually tried (don't have any glass beads -- and I suspect the lab
>size would soon all be gone down the plug hole if I did have some

>but maybe I will one day -- if I ever get around to buying a pack of
>those cheap marbles from Coles Variety or wherever. They might be too
>big relative to the size of the eggs though; could just get the whole
>caboodle bouncing around!

Vinegar works. One tbsp of vinegar in the water.

Nathalie in Switzerland

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