Is 36 minutes too long to hard-boil an egg?

[DeepBlueC]

It turns out that the fucking stove doesn't just turn itself off when the food is done.

[MrScorpio]

1. How high was the setting?

Are they still intact?

[DeepBlueC]

7. there was about a quarter of an inch of water left..

Gas stove, highish. They were intact. Not even cracked. I was busy seeking DU recommendations for a microwave replacement

[Orrex]

2. Did it come out of an ostrich?

If so, then you should probably give it another 20 minutes, at least.

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. *snarf* You know I love ya, right?

[Orrex]

4. :hug:

:hug:

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. *major hug back* Good night. :^)

[AlCzervik]

6. for playing lacrosse, that's plenty long.

i'm mourning for your microwave.

if i didn't have to sell my house in a few years i wouldn't even bother having a stove. I have a convection toaster oven and a microwave and a big grill in the backyard, i hardly ever use the stove, my husband uses it when he's home and makes a goddamn mess.

[DeepBlueC]

10. I have an all but unused convection/ toaster oven in my closet

Turns out when I plug it in it blows the circuit breaker. I can't figure out why I can run a dryer on that outlet but can't make a piece of toast.

[jmowreader]

8. If you want it REALLY hard, that's about right

Unfortunately, the number of recipes that call for eggs boiled to golf ball hardness are very scarce.

[DeepBlueC]

12. I think they are projectiles now

[elleng]

9. Could turn it off after starts boiling and let egg sit there for 10 or so.

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[DeepBlueC]

11. I wish I had done that

I was actually wearing a stopwatch around my neck to time it. I'm easily distracted it seems. But that sounds like a microwave-worthy smart solution.

[elleng]

13. Husb called them 'hard-cooked' eggs.

Kind of pissed me off (!)

[DeepBlueC]

14. grounds for divorce

[elleng]

15. Mebbe!

but reminds me of HIS mother. a COLD hard cooked egg!!!

[jmowreader]

17. There's an even better way to do it

Set the eggs in a saucepan you have a lid for. Put water in the saucepan until it's about half full. Put the saucepan on the stove over high heat until the water boils.

Now! Put the pan on a different burner, one that's turned off, and put the lid on. LEAVE THE BURNER OFF!!! Go away for 25 minutes.

When you come back, plunge the eggs into very cold water. They'll be great.

[1gobluedem]

19. That's my method

Works every time.

[DeepBlueC]

20. I'd like to have a pot that whistles when it reaches the boil

That way I wouldn't have to stand around to catch that moment just as it happens. That's why I usually put the eggs INTO boiling water ... easier to time that way. Though (see thread title) not foolproof.

[jmowreader]

21. There's a reason you don't want to do that

You know how boiled eggs usually have a greenish tinge in the area where the yolk and white meet? This is because there is iron in the yolk and sulfur in the white, and when you shock an egg with instant heat you get the greenish tinge at their boundary. (It also happens when you boil them too long--those cannonball-hard eggs you made yesterday should be like this.) If you put the eggs in cold water and bring it up to the boil, the iron and sulfur come up to temp slowly and everything's copacetic.

[DeepBlueC]

22. no, they don't have a greenish edge

as long as I don't boil them too long. As for yesterday's eggs the one I cracked was surprisingly NOT green around the yolk as I had expected it to be... perhaps it would have turned up as it cooled? It was odd.

[DeepBlueC]

23. now I want to know why I DON'T get the greenish tinge

there has to be an explanation. Care to surmise? You sound as if you know your science.

[Incitatus]

16. So that's why I keep burning my food

[wartrace]

18. Energy saving, FOOL-proof way to boil eggs.

Place the eggs in a pot, covered with water, throw in some salt. Cover the pot, turn burner on high. When it hits the boiling point, turn off the burner. Keep the cover on the pot and let it sit. The eggs will be perfect & due to the salt, easy to peal.
Oh, here's another helpful hint;
Removing the "core" from a head of lettuce- Hit the root area with your palm or on a table. It will separate the core of the head leaving just leaves.

[Kajsa]

24. Those are good tips.

Thanks!

:) :hi:

[zanne]

25. 15 minutes, tops. nt

[lunatica]

26. How hard did you want the egg to be. That is the question

It's all relative and the answer is blowing in the wind

[CreekDog]

27. it's not too long if you want your house condemned

:D

[Blue Diadem]

28. Reminds me of green eggs and ham.

I see others posted instructions up thread so I won't. Suffice it to say that I've had many a green egg through the years, sometimes if you let them set in the water too long after you turn it off you'll still get that greenish color around the yolk..and the strong smell.