-PJ
Posted on 04/08/2009 1:17:40 PM PDT by nikos1121
Just before the November Elections for a light break I asked FRs to share their method for the perfect boiled egg. It was a fun and lively discussion.
I recently found this method from Jacques Pepin, the French guy who hung out with Julia Childs.
I wanted to share his method with you. Try it exactly as he says.
Ordinarily, we Americans are used to eating hard boil eggs that are improperly cooked. The white is hard and there's this blue tinge around the yolk which is sulfur and what gives the eggs their odor and bad taste.
We don't even know that we're eating something that could be so much better with just a little bit of effort.
Here's Pepin's method. Enjoy and let me know what you think.
1. Add water to a pot that will just cover the eggs and heat to boiling.
2. While water is warming up, take a thumb tack and pierce a small hole in the round end of each egg. (Yes, you heard me right...just do it. :-) ) If you hold the egg firmly in the left hand and pierce with the right, you should have no problem.
3. When the water is boiling add the eggs to the boiling water. You will see air coming out of the little hole.
4. Set timer for exactly 10 minutes. You can turn the heat down a tad so it's a "soft" boil, but you want them in this bath for the full 10 minutes.
5. Fill another bowl with water and add ice cubes.
6. After 10 minutes pour off the water and swirl the eggs in the empty pan to crack the shells... YES, crack 'em!
7. Dump the eggs in the ice bath for at least 8 minutes.
8. Peel the eggs under running water.
The eggs should be perfect. The outside firm not hard, the inside yellow and semi firm without any hint of blue around the yolk. The taste should be delicious.
If you go to the link you will not only see Pepin boiling the perfect egg, you will see him cook asparagus perfectly and a red pepper dip and potatoes au gratin...
I hope it takes your mind off the stresses of our lives right now.
For me it's the stress of the unknown.
I lived through the Jimmy Carter years. I was just married. Inflation 20% I couldn't get a mortgage to buy a house unless I wanted to pay 18%.
I recall old people lined up to buy Money Market Accounts and to sell their silver dollars.
I remember his turning on the Shah of Iran...not even allowing this fine ma and ally to come to the USA, Mayo's, to be treated for his terminal cancer.
We are where we are right now with terrorism andthreat of nuclear holocaust, because of Jimmy Carter. We all on FR know this.
So anyway. Please enjoy a pleasant diversion, and share it with someone you love...
nikos
-PJ
-PJ
He seemed to make a point about piercing the egg at the fat end. (pardon the pun).
I remember reading once that the design of a common chicken egg is so perfect that you could press down on one with your thumb and index finger, with all your strength, and nor be able to break it by doing so. Thumb at one end, index finger at the other.
Who wants to try?
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Thanks for the tip.
I don't think it will work if you are coloring the eggs because the cracked shells will let the dye through. Probably still edible, but a bit unsightly.
Christos anesti!
Christos anesti!
I’ve made eggs this way for ages and they always turn out well. The secret? You need OLD eggs (at least 2 weeks) to make great hard boiled eggs. I can’t use eggs right out of my chickens because the membrane is too fresh and hasn’t separated from the inside of the shell which makes for difficult, at best, peeling. I buy grocery store eggs because they’re already at least 2 weeks old when they get to the store.
Put a dozen eggs in a heavy-bottomed saucepan. Cover with cold water. Bring to a rolling boil, then turn off the heat and let them sit, covered, for EXACTLY 11 minutes.
Put the pan in the sink and start running cold water into it, tipping the pan a bit to get the hot water out quickly, replacing it with cold. Let them sit in the cold water for a few minutes, until you can easily handle them.
Refrigerate in a bowl; peel later in the day, or as you need them.
People over-cook hardboiled eggs; that’s what gives you the icky gray ring around the yolk. :(
Two things I do religiously each week: Roast a chicken from my local Amish guy and make hard boiled eggs for egg salad and/or deviled eggs. :)
I knew you would come though!
Yep. I'd skip using COLORED eggs for egg salad, but kids might get a kick out of it once a year. :)
LOL!
I never did, but thanks for the good news!
“No,no,no put them in your steamer for 18 minutes. Perfect and no cleanup. All yellow yoke and soft whites.
“No,no,no put them in your steamer for 18 minutes. Perfect and no cleanup. All yellow yoke and soft whites.
I’ll try it... But do you submerge them in ice water after wards?
Great minds think alike!
I usually just run the eggs under cold tap water until they cool down. I keep them in the pot, tilt it an angle so the water can run out, and then let the cold water run over them. I suppose you can transfer them to a collander and just run them under tap water until they cool down.
-PJ
Thanks for this. I’ll try it. I put my eggs in cold water, heat to boiling, cover with lid and take off heat. In 12-15 minutes, they are done, and gorgeous.
Yeah!!!
... He was seen BRIEFLY....BRIEFLY at Mayo’s and ushered out of the country almost the next day.
Carter let him in for 24 hrs as a token gesture.
I know this story all too well.
Apparently you don't know what really happened at all.
1. The Shah was admitted into the US on October 22nd, 1979.
2. He never went to the Mayo Clinic.
3. He was treated in New York City at the New York Hospital - Cornell Medical Center and the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center for 41 days.
4. His entire treatment was complicated by the fact that for a long time he had been hiding the fact that he had cancer from some of his doctors, from the United States government, and even from himself.
5. In late November, 1979, the Shah had an operation to remove gallstones and doctors then announced that his condition had stabilized.
6. Of course the Carter administration had made it clear to the Shah that his presence was not helpful during the hostage crisis. And apparently the Shah had previously agreed that his visit would only last as long as his urgent medical treatment. But it was ultimately the Shah's decision to leave and return to Mexico where he had an estate. However, at this point the Mexican government announced that the Shah was no longer welcome in Mexico.
7. On December 2nd, 1979 the Shah was flown to Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. He spend almost two weeks there while the Carter administration looked for another country where he could go. During this time he was treated at the Wilford Hall hospital on base. He began to have a recurrence of an enlarged spleen and was advised by specialists to stay in the US and have it removed.
8. At this point Panama (not Morocco) agreed to accept the Shah and the Carter administration asked him to go there. The Shah agreed to go to Panama where he planned to have his spleen operation done by American surgeons (including Michael DeBakey).
9. The Shah left for Panama on December 15th, 1979, having been in the US for 54 days (not 24 hours).
Apparently a lot has been written about the Shah's medical treatment. Here are some links: link 1, link 2, link 3, link 4, link 5, link 6, link 7.
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