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I generally eat a couple a day, but with my old hard surface stove, it took forever to bring the water up to a boil. A couple weeks ago the local farm store had these on sale for $15.00: https://www.hamiltonbeach.com/egg-cooker-25500Talk about an easy button. Pour in a little water, add eggs, turn on the switch, and 18 minutes later it buzzes & they're done. No muss, no fuss.....
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It might suit your purposes, but my kitchen counter does not need any bulky, single-purpose tools like that. A pot and a timer work just fine -- and do many other things besides boil eggs.
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All right. It's too hard to boil water? Recipe for guaranteed perfect hard boiled eggs?
Put eggs in cold water on stove. Bring to boil. As soon as the water is boiling turn it off, and let the water and eggs cool until the water is luke warm.
Works at every elevation. No timer needed, ever.
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I use a pot with a steamer insert. Bring water to a boil, add the steamer with the eggs and put on the lid. 12 minutes for little eggs, 15 for jumbos. Works every time.
Take them off the heat at once and chill in cold water. Easy peel.
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I put in a pot of cold water and turn on the heat. Turn off at 20 minutes and put eggs into a bowl of ice.
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The key to hard boiled eggs is leaving the raw eggs on the counter for two days.
Then add to water. Bring to boil. Turn off heat, add lid, LEAVE ON THE BURNER THAT IS TURNED OFF.
They will always peel to perfection. And give you magnificent farts.
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How many more gadgets can they make, for people who can't fuggin cook?? brain dead society
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with my old hard surface stove, it took forever to bring the water up to a boil. Reading comprehension....a wonderful thing......
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If it took forever to get a 1 1/2 qt pan of water boiling, I'd be saving my egg cooker money for new stove.
Though I guess it could be cool to have an entire countertop covered up egg cookers, rice cookers, pasta cookers, vegetable cookers etc etc.
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All right. It's too hard to boil water? Recipe for guaranteed perfect hard boiled eggs?
Put eggs in cold water on stove. Bring to boil. As soon as the water is boiling turn it off, and let the water and eggs cool until the water is luke warm.
Works at every elevation. No timer needed, ever. That's the way I do it. Cooking too long turns em into rubber.
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and older eggs make better hard boiled eggs, than fresh ones. A pin hole in the large end helps. 1/4 cup white vinegar in the water makes the hard boiled eggs better.
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All right. It's too hard to boil water? Recipe for guaranteed perfect hard boiled eggs?
Put eggs in cold water on stove. Bring to boil. As soon as the water is boiling turn it off, and let the water and eggs cool until the water is luke warm.
Works at every elevation. No timer needed, ever. The problem I have found with this method is that it makes eggs harder to peel vs starting them in boiling water (14 min). Both get the cold water bath immediately afterwards. One started in hot water peel cleaner.
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What does the vinegar do?
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If you want boiled eggs without the boiled egg smell try this:
1) slowly lower the eggs into boiling water and cook for 10 minutes. 2) remove the eggs from the boiling water and put in ice water until they cool.
They will peel easily won't smell up your potato salad or whatever you put them in.
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with my old hard surface stove, it took forever to bring the water up to a boil. Reading comprehension....a wonderful thing...... You expect too much.
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and older eggs make better hard boiled eggs, than fresh ones. A pin hole in the large end helps. 1/4 cup white vinegar in the water makes the hard boiled eggs better. True. We have our own chickens, and there are few things more frustrating than trying to peel a truly fresh egg.
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I boil a dozen every Sunday. Cold water, add eggs to pan, bring to a rolling boil, turn off heat and cover with lid, let sit 12-15 minutes, then into cold water. Never an issue yet.
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All right. It's too hard to boil water? Recipe for guaranteed perfect hard boiled eggs?
Put eggs in cold water on stove. Bring to boil. As soon as the water is boiling turn it off, and let the water and eggs cool until the water is luke warm.
Works at every elevation. No timer needed, ever. i've always done mine this ^ ^ ^ way with the exception i let them go for 2 or 3 minutes after the water comes to a boil. i've never had any problem with shells cracking or trouble peeling or rubbery eggs. i don't add anything to the water except heat.
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At 8,000 ft. - sure fire recipe is to buy them at Costco already hard-boiled to perfection and in a nicely sealed package - they taste and smell good, too.
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Here's how to make perfect, and easy peeling, boiled eggs. Carefully (so you don't crack them) place eggs into already boiling water. Boil for twelve minutes. Drain and immediately place eggs into bowl of ice water (lots of ice). Let sit twelve minutes. Eggs peel easy. The drastic and sudden change in temperature has caused the membrane to separate from the egg.
Alternatively, you can skip the cold water if you use a wet teaspoon to remove the egg from its shell. It's easy. First, after cooling eggs in cold water to the point you can handle them, crack a line around the egg's equator with the spoon. Then slip in the wet spoon under the shell and remove the shell from one hemisphere, re-wetting as needed. Then do the same for the other hemisphere.
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