I need opinions.. Hard boiling an egg.. do you poke?

CAVSTARR313
CAVSTARR313 Posts: 8,756
edited April 2013 in All Encompassing Trip
My wife insists that a very small hole must be poked in one end to prevent the shell from cracking during cooking. She requires a device like this:

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so my fellow wonderful people, Do you poke or do you not poke?

and furthermore, have you ever even heard of this?
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  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    never heard ofsuch craziness nor ever saw such a wild device. i say shoot the eggs & call it good.
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  • STAYSEA
    STAYSEA Posts: 3,814
    She is crazy. Hard boiled eggs or egg drop soup?

    Slow heat to a steady boil.

    What would happen when given the laws of physics ? Poke a hole in a raw egg, and make her try that experiment. Save yourself twenty bucks on a silly gadget?
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  • LloydXmas
    LloydXmas Posts: 7,539
    I thought vinegar was the trick. May be wrong though
  • whispering hands
    whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    Simpler way to do it get a muffin pan.. Lay the eggs
    On their sudes( so the yolk stays in the middle) bake at
    365 degrees for twenty minutes. Then IMMEDIATELY put them
    In ice water for 5 minutes. Super easy peeling, no cracks!!
    :-) I have a cheap dye trick too, if ya need it!
  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    Just boil, no need to poke
    81 is now off the air

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  • Leezestarr313
    Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,444
    STAYSEA wrote:
    She is crazy. Hard boiled eggs or egg drop soup?

    Slow heat to a steady boil.

    What would happen when given the laws of physics ? Poke a hole in a raw egg, and make her try that experiment. Save yourself twenty bucks on a silly gadget?

    :nono: That would mean my whole family and lots of people in Germany are crazy ...

    In order to prevent this:
    90-1.jpg you pierce the larger end of the egg. There is a little air pocket that gets smaller once the egg starts to solidify (the red part):
    90-2.jpg
    You "trepanate" the egg, so to speak, in order to prevent it from cracking under the pressure (just like some people do when they have problems with their heads ...). Nothing of the insides leaks, the thin skin around the egg, the egg sack or whatever that is called, stays intact.

    Everybody I know has an egg piercer and uses it. This is how I know it. And I am stunned that you cannot find them here and that everybody seems to cook them without it.
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,811
    Love hard boiled eggs and have never pierced.
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    I used to hard boil

    but then I discovered the soft boiled egg
  • STAYSEA
    STAYSEA Posts: 3,814
    Leezestarr313 wrote:
    STAYSEA wrote:
    She is crazy. Hard boiled eggs or egg drop soup?

    Slow heat to a steady boil.

    What would happen when given the laws of physics ? Poke a hole in a raw egg, and make her try that experiment. Save yourself twenty bucks on a silly gadget?

    :nono: That would mean my whole family and lots of people in Germany are crazy ...

    In order to prevent this:
    90-1.jpg you pierce the larger end of the egg. There is a little air pocket that gets smaller once the egg starts to solidify (the red part):
    90-2.jpg
    You "trepanate" the egg, so to speak, in order to prevent it from cracking under the pressure (just like some people do when they have problems with their heads ...). Nothing of the insides leaks, the thin skin around the egg, the egg sack or whatever that is called, stays intact.

    Everybody I know has an egg piercer and uses it. This is how I know it. And I am stunned that you cannot find them here and that everybody seems to cook them without it.

    I've never had to use this type of device. But for those that need it, I guess it's necessary. I didn't know the OP's wife was from Germany. I live in a lower altitude and things cook different. :oops: Sorry.
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  • Leezestarr313
    Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,444
    It's all good. I just don't want the eggs to crack, and this is the way I learned it from my Mom and grandma and everybody around me. Isn't is funny that something so small as boiling an egg would be so different in two countries? I guess I will have my Mom send me one ...
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  • donnaruhl
    donnaruhl Posts: 2,157
    Is that contraption for the microwave? If so,Poke a hole.If not,Biol in a pot.
    Cook over Med-to medium high heat until they just come to a rolling boil,
    Remove from heat a let them stand in the water until water has cooled.
    Their shell will be perfect,and peel perfect also. :)
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    your wife is always right.. 8-)
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  • CAVSTARR313
    CAVSTARR313 Posts: 8,756
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    your wife is always right.. 8-)
    no shit.. I got the money to buy the tool if I could just find one at any store!!

    She has never let me down in the kitchen.. or any other room for that matter.. so yes, whatever she needs to get the job done I am down for..
    None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe that they are free.
    Abrn Hlls '98 - Clarkston 2 '03 - Grd Rpds '06 - Abrn Hlls '06 - Clvd '10 - PJ20 - Berlin 1+2 '12 - Wrigley '13 - Pitt '13- buff '13- Philly 1+2 '13 - Seattle '13
  • STAYSEA
    STAYSEA Posts: 3,814
    Caveeze wrote:
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    your wife is always right.. 8-)
    no shit.. I got the money to buy the tool if I could just find one at any store!!

    She has never let me down in the kitchen.. or any other room for that matter.. so yes, whatever she needs to get the job done I am down for..


    Get with Leezestarr313, her mom is going to ship her one. Up on top.
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  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    have your mom mail you a box full of egg poking things so we can all try it. you could be the next multimillionaire who sold egg hole tools online. i'll take 3. thank you.
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    STAYSEA wrote:
    Caveeze wrote:
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    your wife is always right.. 8-)
    no shit.. I got the money to buy the tool if I could just find one at any store!!

    She has never let me down in the kitchen.. or any other room for that matter.. so yes, whatever she needs to get the job done I am down for..


    Get with Leezestarr313, her mom is going to ship her one. Up on top.
    they are together, they are married those two.
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • Leezestarr313
    Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,444
    STAYSEA wrote:
    Caveeze wrote:
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    your wife is always right.. 8-)
    no shit.. I got the money to buy the tool if I could just find one at any store!!

    She has never let me down in the kitchen.. or any other room for that matter.. so yes, whatever she needs to get the job done I am down for..


    Get with Leezestarr313, her mom is going to ship her one. Up on top.

    :lol: :thumbup:
    Please, Pearl Jam, consider a Benaroya Hall vinyl reissue! http://community.pearljam.com/discussion/148993/please-pearl-jam-consider-a-vinyl-benaroya-hall-re-issue


  • Leezestarr313
    Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,444
    Chadwick, I'll see what I can do :D
    Please, Pearl Jam, consider a Benaroya Hall vinyl reissue! http://community.pearljam.com/discussion/148993/please-pearl-jam-consider-a-vinyl-benaroya-hall-re-issue


  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    to be honest (and mind you i am a good cook) i cannot boil a decent fucking egg without tearing it apart & i fuck up the timing part because at least 1/2 the time i get a runny ass yolk & demolished whites. it is pretty ridiculous how difficult boiling eggs can be if you do not literally time the fuckers & if you are not gentle you are screwed over.

    i need help boiling eggs.
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    I used to hard boil

    but then I discovered the soft boiled egg
    Nothing like a good soft-boiled egg.

    Salt & pepper, and NO runny whites.

    (sounds racist :mrgreen: )
    chadwick! My failsafe hardboiling method:

    No poking (that's not what she said)
    Cover eggs with cold water, add salt and bring to a boil.
    Remove from heat, cover and let sit for 13 minutes.

    Icebath those fuckers, peel under running water and voila!

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