Hard-Boiled Eggs

Brain of J.Lo

long red wrote:

I keep fucking this up and it's super-frustrating for me cause I'm the motherfucking eggman in every other egg aspect. Over-easy? Super easy. Scrambled? The best. Sunny-side Up? You betcha. Omelets? Puhlease. But hard-boiled, notsomuch.

I let the water come to a full boil, then I turn off the heat and drop the eggs in ... 20 minutes later I crack those suckers and they're STILL runny ... which is good, but not for egg salad.

Where did I go wrong?

I kept doing this last week. I kid you not, I wasted 9 goddamned eggs. Then I finally realized that I needed to boil the water with the eggs in it, and THEN remove it from the heat and leave it covered for 15 minutes. Then they were perfect!

Brain of J.Lo

AmentsChick wrote:

The key to rice is a heavy pot.

Good to know.

I just tried to make rice (like, real rice...not minute rice) for the first time a few weeks ago and it was sticky and gooey. :(

you are

Brain of J.Lo wrote:

Good to know.

I just tried to make rice (like, real rice...not minute rice) for the first time a few weeks ago and it was sticky and gooey. :(

i honestly think that Jasmine rice is the EASIEST!! i really don't try to cook other kinds now. anyway, basically it's 1 cup of rice, 1 and a half cups of water, salt to taste, bring to a boil, turn heat on low, cover for 20 minutes and it's done and PERFECT! no stirring, and no special pot to cook it in.

brainofPJ

GOOGLE.

oh, and on a side note, after just one hard boiled egg does anybody else's gas smell like what they ate?

wheeeewwwwww!

brainofPJ

nick1977 wrote:

lol

Yeah, my wife needs a device to cook rice. I tell her to boil 2 parts water, one part rice, and simmer for 15 minutes. How much easier can it get? She would insist on a rice cooker if I didn't make the rice.

what's so bad about a rice cooker?

put the rice in, and the water, turn the thing on, and it automatically cooks the rice until it senses that the moisture has been absorbed; then it switches to a mode that will keep the rice warm for many hours.

i love the thing.

i turn it on when i get home and by the time my wife gets home the rice is still nice and hot.

Heineken Helen

Admittedly I've only ever boiled eggs once and this is what I did:

JaneNY wrote:

Put them in the cold water, turn on the heat. After the water boils, let it boil for about 10 minutes. Turn it off, dump out the hot water in the sink and immediately run cold water into the pan.

They were still runny :eek: so I know to just leave them a bit longer.

Can anyone tell me how the fuck do ya know when poached eggs are done? They look done almost immediately. I got them perfect first time... second time completely inedible... third time was alright. How lond should ya leave them for?

SENROCK

long red wrote:

I keep fucking this up and it's super-frustrating for me cause I'm the motherfucking eggman in every other egg aspect. Over-easy? Super easy. Scrambled? The best. Sunny-side Up? You betcha. Omelets? Puhlease. But hard-boiled, notsomuch.

I let the water come to a full boil, then I turn off the heat and drop the eggs in ... 20 minutes later I crack those suckers and they're STILL runny ... which is good, but not for egg salad.

Where did I go wrong?

This is a funny topic. Whats worse, I just got a texxxt from my cuzin that quoted RELEASE and then said 'sup? im making hard boiled eggs' :eek: GROSS!!!!!!!

zenith

you'd best learn how to boil those eggs just right or else youll get complained about, and then get banned

Heineken Helen

zenith wrote:

you'd best learn how to boil those eggs just right or else youll get complained about, and then get banned

someone trying to get themselves banned by the looks of things? :eek:

South of Seattle

Grode, Hard-Boiled eggs taste like fart.

SENROCK

South of Seattle wrote:

Grode, Hard-Boiled eggs taste like fart.

i dont EVEN wanna know how you know what a fart tastes like!!! :eek:

AllNiteThing

I do this and it works every time. I make them quite often too, about 10 at a time:

Bring a large pot about 2/3's full of water to a full on boil.

Drop the eggs in carefully so they are all completely covered by water.

Turn off the heat.

Cover the pot.

Let stand in the water for 15 minutes.

Drain the water and put ice cold water in the pot. Keep rinsing the eggs with cold, cold water until the shells are cool to the touch.