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Boil your egg?

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Re: Boil your egg?

by Larry Greenly » Thu Feb 06, 2025 12:44 pm

I've always cooked my eggs that way. :mrgreen:
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by Jeff Grossman » Thu Feb 06, 2025 1:09 pm

FFS, this is about breakfast? It would take half the day to drink enough coffee to manage that method!
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by Dale Williams » Thu Feb 06, 2025 2:35 pm

I'm with Jeff!
We're more likely to fry or scramble for breakfast, but occasionally she does soft boiled.
For recipes Betsy usually does the 5'10" egg from Momofuko.
Or we do 145F sous vide
https://www.seriouseats.com/sous-vide-1 ... about-eggs
With small eggs straight from coop in France I like the 3 minute boiled.
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by Bill Spohn » Thu Feb 06, 2025 3:46 pm

I'm not 'shirr' I like that method - seems overly fancy. I have a 2 egg omelet every day for breakfast with cheddar, fresh basil, sliced scallions and sliced fried lap chong (a locally made Chinese sausage). Done and ready by the time the water boils for my morning press pot of coffee.
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by Karen/NoCA » Fri Feb 07, 2025 11:09 am

All that fuss for an egg, good grief. I put my eggs in cold water, bring them to a boil with the lid on, turn off the heat, and let them cook as desired. Every egg is different due to size, so a little practice is necessary. I put into ice water for 5 minutes, before peeling. Works for me. I have steamed eggs in a steamer basket, which also works well.
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by Larry Greenly » Fri Feb 07, 2025 2:44 pm

I've hard boiled thousands of eggs in a pressure cooker. Always so easy to peel, even if they're new.
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Re: Boil your egg?

by Mark Lipton » Fri Feb 07, 2025 5:14 pm

Dale Williams wrote:I'm with Jeff!
For recipes Betsy usually does the 5'10" egg from Momofuko.

That's a BIG egg, Dale :mrgreen:
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Re: Boil your egg?

by Jenise » Sat Feb 08, 2025 7:25 am

Jeff Grossman wrote:FFS, this is about breakfast? It would take half the day to drink enough coffee to manage that method!


FFS? New one to me--oh wait, just got it. LOL!
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Re: Boil your egg?

by Karen/NoCA » Wed Feb 19, 2025 11:10 am

I made a batch of Momofuko eggs a few days ago. Used a small pan to fit 6 eggs, brought water to a boil, placed room-temperature eggs in water, stirred a bit, put on the lid, and cooked on low for 6 min, 30 sec, removed to the ice water bath for 5 min, then peeled. Perfect.

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