Strange Egg question.

[Marlinchaser]

I guess what your trying to say is she cooked the Sulfates out of those eggs.

 

[skeeter9]

Um. . . I understand the chemistry perfectly, but I didn't know you weren't supposed to boil the eggs.

So, let me get this straight. You put the eggs in the pan with the water, turn the burner on, then cover the eggs and turn the burner off as soon as you get those big bubbles coming up, then you wait 15 minutes and the eggs are done? Are the yolks actually cooked? Man, and all these years I've been boiling the &%@# out of them for like 40 minutes or so. Oops!!!!

Lori

 

[mdbucks]

Quote:

http://www.aeb.org/Recipes/BasicPreparation/Hard-CookedEggs.htm

 

[picklespickles]

i think a lot of people not used to fresh eggs try to sterilize them and overcook them. i had someone who was sure they were "old" even though they were two days out of the chicken's butt. i think it's just people are scared it doesn't come with a label sanitized for your proctection.

 

[hoosierhen]

Just don't do what I did. When GracieChickie was little, I accidentally forgot I had eggs on the stove and we took a walk. As soon as we came in the door to our smokey, smelly kitchen- POW!! an exploding egg! She hasn't let me forget it either...

 

[carugoman]

Um. . . I understand the chemistry perfectly, but I didn't know you weren't supposed to boil the eggs.

So, let me get this straight. You put the eggs in the pan with the water, turn the burner on, then cover the eggs and turn the burner off as soon as you get those big bubbles coming up, then you wait 15 minutes and the eggs are done? Are the yolks actually cooked? Man, and all these years I've been boiling the &%@# out of them for like 40 minutes or so. Oops!!!!

Lori

Ummmm ....That's the ticket! when you have a rolling boil i.e. big bubbles coming up in profusion, the likelihood of severely cracked egg shells with egg white oozing out and creating a mess plus the fact the shape of the cooked (boiled?) egg is now less than perfect after all that hard work of fertilizing, incubating, brooding feeding,watering,feeding,watering.feeding,watering...I'm not giving you any eggs!!!
What's even better is if one was to add some plain salt(none of that iodized or sea salt ridiculousness!) to the water...The boiling point will be lower than 212 F. Therefore, one can 'cook' the egg at a much lower temp lessening the probability of ring around the yolk. Also adding distilled white vinegar to the water will help to make the calcium in the shell harden so that when the whole egg is cooked then allowed to soak in ice water...the shell will slip right off with a minimum of cracking and the yolk will still be hot. Shelled eggs then can go directly into a brine to pickle or clean cold water to chill in the fridge. Don't use eggs with mayonnaise based salads until throughly chilled! All y'all take care now!

 

[GrayRoo]

Okay, DW says that she heard that cooking in an aluminum pan will cause the yolk to turn black. Chemists - please comment.

The link that mdbucks added nails it!

I did not know about the boiling part, however. It may not matter as much to my situation, because I use salt in the water and we are at 1100 ft here in the Phoenix area, both of which serve to lower the boiling point of water.

I used the vinegar trick once in the Navy and the eggs whites turned black!

After he threw out the eggs, the Chief told me the Navy treats the eggs with a preservative that reacts with the acid of the vinegar. How was I to know, I was following mom's directions?

The rule I had been taught growing up was 3 minutes = soft boiled; 10 minutes = hard boiled. I use 11 minutes here because of the elevation and often turn the heat off early to avoid those overcooked "rubber" eggs.

edited for spelling / grammar

 

[skeeter9]

Carugoman - you are too funny!!!!

I'm gonna have to try this and see if it really works!!! Ha!

Lori

 

[Catalina]

When I was younger I babysat three kids and I microwaved eggs for them.

Eggs still in the shell!

- they exploded- big time
Let's just say those kids never forgot the egg bomb babysitter!

 

[ksacres]

I always boil mine, lol, greenish color doesn't turn me off, they still taste good...