how do you boil the perfect egg?

richyg

Pour hot water down the sink. And you call yourselves money saving experts ?;)

The correct way to boil and egg is to place it in the kettle you are intending to make the first cup of tea with in the morning.

Boil together and then use the boiled water in the tea pot to make the tea and leave the egg in the remaining water in the kettle.

When the tea is brewed the egg is done - and no water wasted poured down the sink.

Hope the health and safety police arent out in force this morning.

This tip goes back to the days of staying in cheap hotels and having no money for breakfast. - but money for a loaf of bread and half a dozen eggs.

The corby trowser press never made very good toast however.
Thinking about it you could probably warm a muffin though !

R

starstella

I use room temp eggs put them in COLD water and when it starts to boil, time for 4 mins.I use the timer on my oven and I always have lovely runny eggs.I cut the tops of my eggs to stop them cooking futher.Handy when someone wants 2 eggs.

MrsE_2

darkblue wrote: »

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Egg-Perfect-Colour-Changing-Timer/dp/B0000CFGB5



Also, here's a random tip: If you pierce a very small hole at the top of the egg with a pin (I use map pins) the egg does not crack!

As you put that in with the eggs, I'm thinking that if you do, you would need to store it in the fridge so its starting temp was the same as the eggs.

mum26

Home Bargains had lovely wooden yoyo's last time I was there

nykied

Bronnie wrote: »

We used to have the egg chopped up in a cup as kids too.......do you suppose the egg stayed warmer and it was easier to chop up in a cup than in a dish?

I think you might be right. It never tastes quite the same when I make it now as it did when my Dad made it when I was a kid. Comfort food

Fife_Flyer

nykied wrote: »

I used to love 'mashed up egg in a cup', which is soft-boiled eggs, mashed up in a cup (surprisingly!) with butter. I still have them that way occasionally, but unfortunately my Twinkle Twinkle Little Star cup is no longer with us

Yep, me too! My gran used to do them for me on a Saturday morning and they always came in a blue and white striped cup. Food heaven for a seven year old when served with (burnt!) toast soldiers. Guess who's still got a blue and white striped cup???

liney

Fife_Flyer wrote: »

Yep, me too! My gran used to do them for me on a Saturday morning and they always came in a blue and white striped cup. Food heaven for a seven year old when served with (burnt!) toast soldiers. Guess who's still got a blue and white striped cup???

My Nan used to make me "smashed-egg-in-cup" when i came home from school. Lush!

smithyjules

it's really nice to see how many memories this thread has brought up! My DD's love for dippy eggs comes from staying at my Nan's house (her great-nanny) overnight for the first time. She came home wanting me to say 'night night sleep tight don't let the bed bugs bite', give her smokey mo kisses (Eskimo kisses but she got that one muddled) and dippy eggs for breakfast! It reminded me of when I used to spend the night there as a child, just lovely!

We haven't begun the testing yet as it was Mummy's turn for a lay in so we had pancakes a la daddy today:D

meritaten

hi smithyjules
baked eggs in a ramekin are done by buttering the ramekin dish then cracking the egg into it and placing in a hot oven (I cant remember how long but when the white is set the egg is done).
my grandkids love boiled eggs with soldiers but their fave is nannies scrambled eggs! probably because I let them crack the eggs and beat them! they do love to help!
er - they call them scrumbled eggs and my grandson used to call them bubbly eggs!

smithyjules

meritaten - thanks for the info on baked eggs, I was trying to work out how to do it without the eggs cracking as i thought you put them in whole! what a sheltered life i lead! Its lovely that you cook with your grandchildren, my daughter just loves doing anything in the kitchen...especially scrubbing potatoes in the sink or mixing things.