02-02-2003 03:03									#1
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how do you boil eggs?

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	02-02-2003 03:04									#2
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AFAIK, its a very delicate matter of plopping them in boiling water and waiting for them to float. I think salt may be added to the water if prefered. But honestly, I think I've personally boiled eggs maybe twice in my life.

Boiling Eggs for Dummies

	02-02-2003 03:07									#3
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Do you want soft boiled (runny yolks), hard boiled or poached?

For the first two, put the eggs in cold water (if you put them in hot water they will crack open) and heat until boiling. Let boil five minutes. Turn the heat down to simmering and heat soft-boiled eggs for an additional 4 - 6 minutes, crack with spoon and scoop. For hard-boiled, simmer for fifteen minutes, put into cold water and let sit until cool to touch, peel, and eat.

For poached eggs, crack eggs into a bowl and slide eggs into SIMMERING water for 3 - 5 minutes (depending on how done you want the yolks), and remove from water.

	02-02-2003 04:41									#4
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If you want it to be runny, warm the water untill it boils, and lay the egg(s) into the water for about 5 minutes. The water have to boil all the time.

If you want it to be hard, do the same, but keep the egg(s) into the boiling water for about 10 minutes.

	02-02-2003 04:44									#5
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Is this a joke?

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quote: Originally posted by JohnT Is this a joke?

Why? Honestly, it has been informative. I've never boiled an egg before, either. I likely would have just plopped it in boiling water, which as che taught me would have cracked. Now I know better!

	02-02-2003 04:48									#7
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Boris, you didn't do that eggs break when you drop them

just poking at you

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Men who poke at me will get poked back.

	02-02-2003 04:49									#9
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Given that my wife didn't know how to cook a grilled-cheese sandwich until her 30s, I shouldn't be surprised that people don't know how to boil eggs.

But, still... wow.

	02-02-2003 04:52									#10
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Cooking ignorance runs rampant. Many people are afraid of anythign other than a microwave.

Che's post was very helpful and informative.

Next question: how do you keep your Souflee from deflaiting?

	02-02-2003 04:52									#11
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But grilled cheese sandwiches are hard, they take like 4 or 5 steps. Boiled eggs need 2:
1/ Put egg in water.
2/ Boil

	02-02-2003 05:11									#12
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damn this thread is making me... hungry. and wanting to eat boiled eggs...

	02-02-2003 05:31									#13
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quote: Originally posted by Boris Godunov Men who poke at me will get poked back.

there is no emoticon to express my laughter at this point. doesnt cut it.

	02-02-2003 05:38									#14
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BTW, those times che gave you vary greatly with the altitude that you're at. In places like Denver, you have to boil things about twice as long than at sea level.

I also though in, say, a teaspoon of salt...just to raise the boiling point.

And you thought is was easy to boil an egg.

	02-02-2003 05:46									#15
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Why are threads being rated 1?

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Who actually looks at ratings anyway?

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rflo because peolpem fUnny raitng THREADS !!!1

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No, because one person votes "1" (usually the person who starts the thread) and then no one else votes.

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quote: Originally posted by Zkribbler No, because one person votes "1" (usually the person who starts the thread) and then no one else votes.

Thread-starters can't vote on their own threads, IIRC.

	02-02-2003 06:52									#20
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quote: Originally posted by Boris Godunov Thread-starters can't vote on their own threads, IIRC.

You remember incorrectly

	02-02-2003 06:55									#21
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I dont even know how to rate threads..

anyways, I really had to have boiled eggs after this thread and now im getting gaseous... (I think it was the milk and eggs combo) I better refrain myself from drinking tonight.

	02-02-2003 07:14									#22
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Geez, the way to boil eggs is to place then in a pot with 1 inch of water to cover. Get the pot to a boil, then move the pot off the flame for 15 minutes. Cool the eggs iin cold water.

Didn't any of your mothers teach you guys to cook?

	02-02-2003 07:18									#23
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I dont like cold boiled eggs. I like them nice and hot. So you betcha I was eating mine while juggling a few.

	02-02-2003 07:19									#24
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You really can't overcook a hard-boiled egg, so err on the side of boiling it for too long.

I've found that older eggs boil up better than newer eggs -- I usually let the eggs sit in the fridge for two weeks before I boil them up, because then there's less difficulty in getting the shells off (newer eggs sometimes slough pieces of the eggwhite when you peel the shell).

	02-02-2003 07:21									#25
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My brother wanted to cook some canned beans awhile ago, but rather than call somebody up and ask how to cook beans, he just ate them cold from the can.

Thank God he's getting married soon, because otherwise I'm worried that he'd starve to death.

	02-02-2003 07:32									#26
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quote: Originally posted by Boris Godunov Men who poke at me will get poked back.

At least you can tell that I'm not homophobic. Otherwise I would be more carefull what I said to you

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Boris - I'm writing this down in my quote

	02-02-2003 10:13									#29
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Wow.

Thanks for the tips, people!

	02-02-2003 10:34									#30
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Hell, lets do some favorite, easy recipies.

Oven Fried Chicken

Ingredients: Chicken pieces, salt, pepper, flour, whatever spices you might want.

Pots/pans needed: I use a tupperware bowl (with lid) to coat chicken with flour mixture. You will also need a pan for the oven that will hold your chicken, and if you're a bit squemish on the grease, you might want some sort of rack that will keep the chicken off the bottom of the pan.

Sorry guys, I'm doin' this in good ole Amuricahn units, OK?!?

Put 1/2 cup of flour in large tupperware bowl, a bit of salt (1/2 teaspoon), pepper, and your fave spices. Close lid to tupperware bowl and shake for about 5 seconds as so the ingredients will mix.

Get thawed chicken, wash to make sure that it is properly moist. Put a couple of pieces into the tupperware bowl, put the lid on, and shake the chicken vigorously for about 10 seconds. Voila! You have breaded chicken with no flour mess. Repeat for all pieces, adding flour and spices as needed.

Put chicken, bone side down, on pan/rack. Put in oven that is heated to F475 (I don't preheat by the way and I'm 875 feet above sea level, if that matters), and leave in for about 30 minutes (go watch TV). Around 30 minutes, turn the chicken pieces over. About 15 minutes after that, turn them again. 10 minutes after that, they'll be done.

You get fried chicken, with fried chicken crust, without the damn vat of grease and a complete mess in the kitchen - plus, you use less utensils and this is easily done for just 1 or 2 pieces of chicken, unlike the vast production that is frying.