Egg Heads

[owdhamer]

I don't know if anybody else has noticed but year's ago whenever I boiled an egg the shell cracked, these days it never happens, is it the water the feed or just luck.

[Euphemia]

Perhaps you have got egg-boiling honed into a fine art, Owdhamer!

[Kiki-frog]

Strangely enough, I've noticed the same thing. Although I just thought I was getting less ham-fisted about putting the egg in the water. But you've got me wondering now.

[grasscarp]

I can remember once having a piece of curled wire that you gently lowered the egg into the water with. Just a tip for if anyone does actual crack it when you have lowered it in without aforesaid aid, then a dash of vinegar in the water stops it all coming out of the crack.

[Euphemia]

Perhaps its down to the chicken feed.

[owdhamer]

It's the only art i have Euph.

[mrs_overall]

I put mine in cold water and slowly bring to the boil. I can't remember ever having a cracked shell

[Euphemia]

I don't believe it!

[mike11111]

In my experience an egg is likely to crack if placed in boiling water but not if placed in cold and then brought to the boil.

[Celticv11]

Years ago most kept eggs in the fridge and fridges had a special egg compartment, almost guaranteed to crack due to change in temperature, these days i think most people do not keep eggs in fridges so less cracking.

[weecalf]

i though it was a television programme ?

[commoner]

Think it might depend on your method...the delectable Deliah S. says completely cover the eggs in COLD water and time them from when the water starts to boil.....3 mins for soft..5/6 for hard....mmm...must experiment some..;-)

[seadogg]

LOL weecalf, I think CJ is cracked sometimes.

[mojay]

I read today - place in cold water and bring to the boil - remove from the heat and leave in the water for 6 mins ?

[humbersloop]

^^ what mrs o says

ahoy seadogg...does the new avatar mean you've taken up fishing, or that your ship requires the assistance of a tug?!

[bookbinder]

I once heard that it's hard water that cracks eggs.

[Barmaid]

I keep my eggs on the dresser in the kitchen, not had one crack yet and I cook eggs most days. However, if the chickens get into my newly planted border one more time, it won't be the sodding eggs that are cracked.......

[weecalf]

Dont worry seadogg dalphne shell look after him so he wont get to scrambled maybe some other prog will poach him only yolking think there are bringing out an albumen for christmas.

[rockyracoon]

I've justed started buying my eggs down the market, nice big ones, they are constantly cracking no matter how I boil them, the ones from Tesco never cracked at all.

[shaneystar2]

I always use an egg pricker thingy before I boil them .Never get cracked eggs .

[rockyracoon]

What's an egg pricker? Never heard of one of these.