Egg boilers

[PaulSB]

A small milk pan. Two eggs with enough water to cover them, bring to boil and the boil for 3:10 for medium eggs, 3:20 for large. Then run under cold water to stop cooking.

I set the timer on my phone.

 

[Deafie]

Phone timer is a top tool.
Soft boiled eggs on toast with Marmite is one of lifes great pleasures.

 

[Deafie]

A small milk pan. Two eggs with enough water to cover them, bring to boil and the boil for 3:10 for medium eggs, 3:20 for large. Then run under cold water to stop cooking.

I set the timer on my phone.

Does it make a difference if the eggs are at room temperature vs refrigerated?

 

[PaulSB]

Does it make a difference if the eggs are at room temperature vs refrigerated?

I don't know, our eggs are always at room temperature.

 

[Deafie]

I don't know, our eggs are always at room temperature.

I tried your technique this morning with an egg from the fridge and it turned out great. I think I may have jumped the gun a little with the timer, I hit go when the water started to bubble and the egg began to move, I compensated for this on the back end by adding 10 seconds and it worked out.
The only possible issue was that when I peeled off the shell the membrane didn't want to release from the egg white, this happens occasionally with my technique so it could have been a coincidence, or it could be that I removed the egg from the water with a spoon and ran it under the tap instead of running cold water into the pan. I will experiment further.

 

[Deafie]

I'd been looking for a reliable way to cook eggs from room temp' without a gadget, this is a versatile technique. Thanks

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Phone timer is a top tool.

Alexa is even better

 

[Reynard]

Hah! Can't beat a vintage (1960s) Smith's clockwork kitchen timer.

 

[slowmotion]

Does it make a difference if the eggs are at room temperature vs refrigerated?

Yes. If refrigerated, they tend to crack when put in boiling water.
I take my breakfast egg out of the fridge the night before.

 

[Deafie]

Alexa is even better

I don't have Alexa

 

[Deafie]

Hah! Can't beat a vintage (1960s) Smith's clockwork kitchen timer.

I don't have one of those either.

It's from a time when things were built to work and last. I bought a modern one a few years ago and it was crap.

Is it worth a pic'?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Alexa is even better

“Alexa, soft boil me an egg”