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How do I clean a pot after boiling eggs?
After boiling 8 batches of eggs, how can I clean the build up of calcium off the bottom of the pot?
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Why do some eggs crack while being boiled?
It doesn't happen with every egg. It happens with only some of them.
It doesn't have anything to do with fridge. Almost always I take the eggs out of the fridge and put them in water for boiling. ...
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How do I prevent an egg cracking while hard boiling it?
Sometimes when I cook hard boiled eggs they will crack in the saucepan, and some of the egg will seep out into the water.
Am I boiling the water too vigorously, or can I add something to the water to ...
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How to prevent watery dippy eggs
I cook dippy eggs as follows:
Bring a pan of water to the boil (enough water to just cover the eggs)
Gently lower the medium-sized eggs (usually just one or two) into the water
Reduce the heat to a ...
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Can you boil vegetables along with eggs?
When boiling eggs if you also want to boil vegetables it might be more efficient to boil them with the eggs rather then use more water and another pan.
Is it safe to do this or should one boil the ...
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Hard boiled eggs in "insta-pot" type device
I am trying to hard boil my eggs so the yolk isn't mushy at all, and the yolk doesn't contain a greenish cast around the outside (which I think means they are overdone).
I am doing this in an "...
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Does hard-boiling eggs in broth impact flavor? [duplicate]
I think the question says it all. I was looking at Marinated Soft Boiled Egg recipes for ramen and while trying them out I found it annoying to have a pot of boiling water for the eggs as well as a ...
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Soft Boiled Egg Science
I've heard that the white part of an egg cooks (solidifies) at about 63°C (145°F). I've heard that the yolk cooks at about 68°C (154°F). Is this true?
Also what chemicals do the white and yolk ...
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How to soft boil an egg
Is there a fool proof way to make sure the white of the egg is set but either all or some of the yolk remains runny?
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Dissolving Egg Shell
I know that an egg shell is made up of approximately 92% Calcium Carbonate. The remaining percentage of the mass is a protein matrix. I know that vinegar (5% acetic acid) dissolves the Calcium ...
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How can I rescue a soft boiled egg that is too soft?
I love a boiled egg, but it has to be soft. On occasion I get it just too soft, so some of the white is still 'snotty'. Oviously I only discover this once I have opened the egg, when it is too late ...
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How to make soft-boiled eggs without breaking them? [duplicate]
Here's the difficulty:
If I put the eggs in a pot with cold water, then I can't reliably control how they cook. There are too many factors: amount of water, pot size, heat setting, etc.
If I put ...
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How to properly boil egg white?
I am trying to boil egg white. It's around 500gr. How to boil it properly?
In previous attempt, I boil it using a stainless steel container with no lid and put it in a pan filled with water. I screw ...
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Do salt or vinegar in the boiling water help peeling eggs?
In another question, a user commented
I've heard some tales that vinegar helps with peeling afterwards
and another one responded
both are totally useless
That struck me as a very good ...
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Does it matter if I start boiling hard eggs in hot or cold water?
Does it matter if I in which water temperature I start to prepare hard eggs?
Of course, the preparing time will be still measured from boiling - but does it make any difference? - regards the ...
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Temperature gradients in boiled/baked eggs?
In my Science of Cooking class, we were asked to do a lab involving hard-cooked eggs using two forms of convection heat, dry (in the oven at 450 degrees) and wet (boiling water). For both the boiling ...
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How can I cook an egg to win at egg tapping?
Easter is coming up, and I was wondering how I should prepare eggs to be as strong as possible for a game of egg tapping?
The egg should still look and feel like a regular egg (although it's probably ...
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How to soft and hard boil eggs in the same pot so they are ready at the same time?
The method I usually follow is to place the eggs in cold water, then take the pot off heat once the water starts boiling and let the eggs sit in the water for X minutes. I usually do 4-5 min for soft ...
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Can I boil eggs in the same pot I'm boiling something else?
I know cooking the eggs kills the salmonella and that the risk is small even for raw eggs. However, I stopped boiling the eggs in the same pot I'm boiling something else, like potatoes, when I learnt ...
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Which method of cooking does the age of the egg matter least?
I have a tray of older eggs (almost 2 weeks old).
Previously I never paid attention to thier age and cooked whatever I wanted, but after poaching some super fresh eggs obtained from the farmers ...
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Boiling eggs on an electric or gas stove: why the boiling time difference?
Having fairly recently moved from a country where cooking on gas is the standard (the Netherlands) to a country where cooking electrically is the standard (Sweden), I've noticed that I need to boil my ...
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How to measure egg boiling time?
Which factors influence the moment of soft-into-hard egg during the boiling?
size of the egg
putting egg to cold/hot water
colour of the egg
atmospheric pressure (water boiling temperature)
How to ...
