How do you boil an egg

[Evil Sid]

So how do you boil an egg?

My method is to bring some slightly slated water to the boil.

carefully lower required number of eggs into it.

Start the timer allowing for size and type of egg you want, hard/soft/medium

when timer dings or whatever.remove pan from heat and run cold water into it so that you can lift the eggs out by hand.

simple but when i decided to look on the old google there seem to be many methods

So how do you boil YOUR eggs?

[Observer II]

Basically as you've described Sid -  just boil the egg in brine for up to 30mins to be certain it's done, had too many soft boiled disasters when trying to time it.  😉

[asperity]

30 minutes Obs? You're a one man global warming disaster 😲. If your egg isn't hard boiled in 6 or 7 minutes you've forgotten to light the gas 🤣🤣

[Observer II]

😉    A watched kettle never boils !    😉

[Evil Sid]

Think that is a watched pot obs.

the reason as told to me by my gran who was a cook is that if you watch it when it gets to the boil then you turn the heat down so it doesn't boil over.

two of the suggestions were to put in cold water and bring to the boil before timing and put in boiling water and then remove from the heat and let the eggs cook in the heated water for 6 minutes or so.

none of the methods actually suggested salting the water but all suggested using eggs at room temperature to prevent cracking. if used straight from the fridge this is a very likely possibility

amazing what google can come up with for such a simple job as boiling an egg.

[asperity]

It's best to get the water boiling before you put your (room temperature) egg in as it's hard to judge the exact time the water starts boiling to start timing. 3 to 6 minutes depending on how soft/hard you like your egg. I would suggest 30 minutes would be "over egging the pudding" 😂🥚

[Observer II]

I've started pre-cooking by boiling my sausages - tip from youtube - then brown off in the frying pan.