Should I make fried eggs or soft-boiled?

[Theben]

Hard boiled is room temp water with eggs in, brought to a boil and boiled for 12 minutes. Then ran under cold water for several minutes until no longer cooking internally.

2 minutes less get you a hard-boiled egg that has a soft yolk, 6 minutes less gets you a soft-boiled egg.

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by snoopy369
Basically, you boil water, then put an egg in it for about 2 minutes, as opposed to the 10 minutes it takes to hard-boil it.

Are you referring to a very tiny egg?

I go for 5 minutes with a large egg from when they are added to the water, which is probably nearer 4 once the water is fully reboiling. I suppose I could go from the reboil time for greater accuracy but it usually works out fine.

If I'm a bit hungrier I go for fried, as they need toast to sit on. I tend to eat boiled eggs on their own.

Eggs If I said how many I eat a year I'd have all sorts of health fascists jumping on me.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Deity Dude


Actually it is 3 mins after the water is boiling, then submerge immediately in a bowl of ice water for 30 secs so they don't continue to cook. And if we are matching qualifications I used to cook over 500 eggs a day when I manned the egg grill on breakfast shifts at a Big Boy's restaurant. Although less than 1% of the eggs were ordered soft boiled.

Big Boy's? You mean Bob's Big Boy? I didn't know that chain was still around but I remember it fondly from the 1980's.

[Jonny]

Fried > hard-boiled > soft-boiled.

Of course, if I had the requisite ingredients on hand (some cheese, maybe some peppers and mushrooms too) I'd just as soon make an omelette.

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by Oerdin


Big Boy's? You mean Bob's Big Boy? I didn't know that chain was still around but I remember it fondly from the 1980's.

Temecula is the closest to you.

ACK!

[KrazyHorse]

Re: try poached

Originally posted by pchang
very similar to soft boiled, but better on buttered toast.

More difficult to cook. I've made eggs benedict a few times. The hollandaise sauce is the hardest part, of course, but even getting nicely poached eggs is a bit difficult.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Tuberski


Temecula is the closest to you.

ACK!

Wow. I honestly didn't know that chain was still around. It's kind of like a Denny's isn't it? A lunch counter and Denny's quality furniture and food?

[Deity Dude]

Originally posted by Oerdin


Wow. I honestly didn't know that chain was still around. It's kind of like a Denny's isn't it? A lunch counter and Denny's quality furniture and food?

In Michigan they are called Elias Brother's and they are alive and well - but I cooked their back in the early 80's.

[Deity Dude]

Originally posted by Darius871


Sick or not, it's a huge waste of eggs because the body can barely absorb egg protein that's not denatured. Rocky Balboa was an idiot.

A) The eggs were free to me because I worked in a restaurant and when going thru 500-600 a day 1 egg didn't hurt the restaurant too much either..

B) I didn't drink it for it's nutritional value, I drank it because it tasted good.

C) I was drinking these long before Rocky showed up.

[DrSpike]

Each to their own - I myself rarely wake up pining for a raw egg drink.

[Darius871]

Originally posted by Deity Dude
B) I didn't drink it for it's nutritional value, I drank it because it tasted good.

Finally a use for this smilie:

[Jon Miller]

I generally do hardboiled

I should get more eggs, they are an easy (cheap) source of good protien

JM

[Deity Dude]

Originally posted by DrSpike
Each to their own - I myself rarely wake up pining for a raw egg drink.

I don't anymore either. That was 30 years ago.

[Boris Godunov]

Re: Re: try poached

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
More difficult to cook. I've made eggs benedict a few times. The hollandaise sauce is the hardest part, of course, but even getting nicely poached eggs is a bit difficult.

You can get egg-poaching devices that are very easy to use pretty cheap--maybe even at a Dollar Tree-type store.

But the Hollandaise is a *****, yes. I tried several times but kept having it separate on me due to either too much or too little heat. I made the mistake one time of buying a mix packet (Knorr I think). The horror... horror...

[KrazyHorse]

Those don't actually poach the egg (at least the ones I've seen don't; they steam it).