Hard-Boiled Eggs

5th June 2007

posted in Recipes, Tutorials, Food, How-To |

How to make hard-boiled eggs:

Choose eggs that have been in your fridge for a while. Not the ones you just bought yesterday. Don’t ask me why… just trust me.
Put your eggs in a small pot (you don’t want them to have too much room to party and crack). Fill with enough cool water to cover the eggs plus about an inch extra.
Bring to a boil.
Lower heat to a slow simmer, cover. Wait about 15 minutes.
Remove from heat and IMMEDIATELY run very cold water over the eggs, dumping out the hot water at the same time. Continue until the eggs are cool too the touch.
Peel and eat OR Put them in your fridge for later. BUT draw faces on them first so you know which ones are boiled and which ones are raw. Happy eggs also make a great lunchbox treat.

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1 On June 5th, 2007, Emma H said:

I like the happy eggs.
I will have happy fridge eggs.

posted on June 5th, 2007 at 3:52 pm

2 On June 5th, 2007, admin said:

Thanks! You should post pictures of your happy eggs in another comment.

posted on June 5th, 2007 at 4:04 pm

3 On June 5th, 2007, Helena said:

I love the idea of drawing faces so you can tell them apart! That would save me having two egg cartons in the fridge and getting them mixed up….

posted on June 5th, 2007 at 5:26 pm

4 On June 5th, 2007, admin said:

Absolutely, Helena! And it is arguably the most fun part of it all.

posted on June 5th, 2007 at 5:56 pm

5 On June 5th, 2007, Mrsdragon said:

When I was a kid, my mom pre-boiled eggs to give us as snacks. I thought that was the way eggs came. One night I wanted a hard boiled egg and my dad could NOT convince me that we didn’t have any–I could see them in the fridge! He ended up having to crack one open and I was SO SURPRISED!

Anyway, if we had drawn happy faces on them, maybe I would have known better. ; )

posted on June 5th, 2007 at 6:27 pm

6 On June 5th, 2007, Whitedove said:

Older eggs have either more air in them thus making them a better candidate for easy peeling after boiling. I NEVER use fresh eggs.

The face thing is a cute idea too. Or just a letter B. Or LOVE LETTERS.. yeah, yeah, I like love letters. I’ll start writing sweet stuff on boiled eggs.

posted on June 5th, 2007 at 7:20 pm

7 On June 5th, 2007, Whitedove said:

ok
so I’m sitting here reading my post and I didn’t mean to put the word EITHER in there.

duuuuhhh

posted on June 5th, 2007 at 7:21 pm

8 On June 5th, 2007, admin said:

What a cute story, Mrsdragon!
And Dovey, I love your love letter idea.

My dad used to write us cute lunchbox notes sometimes, and how cool would it be to do that on an egg instead of the napkin?

posted on June 5th, 2007 at 8:10 pm

9 On June 5th, 2007, Joyous said:

That egg all the way to the right is a hottie. I would date it. If it wasn’t an egg, of course.

posted on June 5th, 2007 at 8:19 pm

10 On June 5th, 2007, admin said:

I wonder why you find it so attractive, Joy… maybe because it was modeled after YOU??? *gasp*

posted on June 5th, 2007 at 8:26 pm

11 On June 5th, 2007, Joyous said:

It waaaaas??? *GASP*

posted on June 5th, 2007 at 10:51 pm

12 On June 6th, 2007, Emma H said:

Egg love notes! Awww! If only I’d remembered to buy eggs a few days ago..

posted on June 6th, 2007 at 1:51 am

13 On June 6th, 2007, Irene said:

A few useful notes (found on the Net, used it a few times, now always do it like that):

1. To save some energy (and if you’re not in a hurry), when the water starts boiling, turn the stove heat off, cover the pot with a tight fitting lid (if the lid is not fitting enough, put a folded towel or a tea cozy on top) and put your timer for 15 minutes. The eggs will be just as hard-boiled, and you’ll save some electricity or gas, depending on your stove.

2. For easier peeling, crack the egg *under the water*. The explanation I read for that is: when you crack the egg under the water, the water gets between the egg’s “flesh” and the shell, making it easier for the shell to come off.

3. There’s also a trick for distinguishing between a raw egg and a hard-boiled one. Something about spinning them on the counter. I can never remember that one, so I’ll draw faces on them from now on!

posted on June 6th, 2007 at 7:48 am

14 On June 6th, 2007, Gar said:

Ahh, the “telling a hardboiled egg by spinning trick”. Hardboiled eggs will spin very quickly on a hard surface, raw eggs will not. This has to do with the liquid inside the raw egg sloshing around (preventing spin) and the solid hardboiled egg not having any slosh. In actuality, the hardboiled egg will spin fast enough to stand on its end, and the raw egg will merely rotate slowly. Its interesting to try.

posted on June 6th, 2007 at 10:30 am

15 On June 9th, 2007, Dawn said:

I also do what Irene says, about putting a lid on the pot of eggs, turning off the heat, and letting it sit (I go for 17 minutes, but that’s just me lol).

Here’s a hint to see if your eggs are fresh or older (or.. ROTTEN!!). Put an egg into a bowl of water.. if the egg lays down on it’s side, it’s fresh. If it sits upright, but stays on the bottom of the bowl, it’s older (but perfectly good, and probably the best for making hard-boiled eggs). If it floats, BEWARE!! It’s a bad one!

posted on June 9th, 2007 at 1:35 pm