boiling eggs is hard

[mindstalk]

At least when you're doing a whole bunch at once. The usual advice is along the lines of "bring to a boil, let sit for 10 to 17 minutes" which is already a range. And sometimes that works. But at my current place, I'd cooled 12 medium eggs after 9 minutes sitting in hot water, and the yolks were already more set and bland yellow than I liked.

So last night I was doing 10 extra large (Canadian) eggs, and I pulled three right after the water boiled, for soft boiled eggs -- and the yolks were *already* heading into 'ooze' rather than 'runny'. So I cooled the rest of the eggs after scooping those 3 out, and they're hard. Maybe medium? The yolks have a rich golden color, and a hint of softness.

It seems that it takes so long to get the water to a boil that the eggs are already pretty much cooked by the time that happens. Electric stove, big pot, not that much water.

I had problems in Highland Park when I was boiling lots of eggs on a gas stove, but not so extreme.

Comments

[mtbc]

Aha, yeah, I always start the water boiling before adding the eggs.

I don't know if it would help to get one of those fake eggs that pretends to be like a real egg and tells observers how boiled it now is?

[elusiveat]

Yeah, I thought that boiling the water first was just the way to "do" soft boiled eggs.