tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post313098731190333410..comments2024-03-28T13:49:48.236+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: Boiled eggs.Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-74386064743275779142023-02-14T05:35:32.703+00:002023-02-14T05:35:32.703+00:00I expect his valet (and other lower orders) get to...I expect his valet (and other lower orders) get to eat the remains as part of their wages.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-12607362154623359432023-02-14T05:34:19.887+00:002023-02-14T05:34:19.887+00:00I tend to go for the cold things, Orange juice, Ha...I tend to go for the cold things, Orange juice, Ham, Cheese, etc. That way I'm not disappointed.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-45523368480218068122023-02-14T05:24:39.792+00:002023-02-14T05:24:39.792+00:00I keep eggs in the fridge so extra time must be al...I keep eggs in the fridge so extra time must be allowed for the warming up when boiling them. Mostly I hardboil anyway so it doesn't matter about the timing, then I mash them with mayonnaise for sandwiches. I like brown eggs, though I know they would taste the same as white and if white is all that is available that's what I will buy. King Charles seems to be quite wasteful with his eggs. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-33059984688138807392023-02-13T19:03:57.511+00:002023-02-13T19:03:57.511+00:00I also like boiled eggs and toast. Poached eggs o...I also like boiled eggs and toast. Poached eggs on buttered toast are another favorite. I am not a fan of buffet breakfast bars. In my experience, everything cools and becomes lukewarm. Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14473063249106111719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-89527083888033599092023-02-13T16:31:35.992+00:002023-02-13T16:31:35.992+00:00Anyone who claims to make perfect soft boiled eggs...Anyone who claims to make perfect soft boiled eggs every time, is lying.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-9475429894534443012023-02-13T15:05:03.205+00:002023-02-13T15:05:03.205+00:00I love soft boiled eggs for breakfast. I'm ash...I love soft boiled eggs for breakfast. I'm ashamed to say I still haven't got the timing down perfectly. (I've been working at my timing for months...maybe I need a 'timing song'.) I have two on the boil as I write this and I'm crossing my fingers.Melinda from Ontariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09019426158896831594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-17808518736257646252023-02-13T10:27:44.008+00:002023-02-13T10:27:44.008+00:00The hotel we stay at in Orleans has a boil-it-your...The hotel we stay at in Orleans has a boil-it-yourself system. I've not yet been brave enough to use it. Maybe I will on our next visit.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-59620476741167775702023-02-13T10:25:52.167+00:002023-02-13T10:25:52.167+00:00re (a), both size and temperature of water would m...re (a), both size and temperature of water would make a difference, so we shall have to presume that all is 'average'.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-44162397352877885002023-02-13T09:35:20.072+00:002023-02-13T09:35:20.072+00:00My husband always enjoyed a couple of soft boiled ...My husband always enjoyed a couple of soft boiled eggs for breakfast. On one of our stays at a French hotel, an American guest asked him about the basket of eggs and he explained that they should be cooked in the simmering pot of water and the nest of eggs beside it were uncooked. He suggested she cooked it for about 4 minutes. It caused some hilarity later at her table when, with great difficulty, she peeled the shell off the lightly boiled egg and the yolk and white collapsed in a runny mess. She'd given it two minutes, which she thought was long enough to wait around!Coppa's girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459503600694841117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-13448673894998924982023-02-13T09:29:43.303+00:002023-02-13T09:29:43.303+00:00It is possible that this is the first boiled egg s...It is possible that this is the first boiled egg specific blogpost ever published on the internet! Well done! Or should I say: Lightly done!<br /><br />The only points I would add are:-<br />a) eggs vary in size so perfect boiling time will too.<br />b) there's a big difference between cheap supermarket eggs and proper free range eggs from a farm or neighbour's garden.<br />c) it's nice to draw funny faces on boiled eggs.<br />Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-63160812808362576802023-02-13T09:24:16.569+00:002023-02-13T09:24:16.569+00:00Ah you change the heading. Makes much more sense ...Ah you change the heading. Makes much more sense now. All will be well. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-81589162096548021052023-02-13T09:09:20.388+00:002023-02-13T09:09:20.388+00:00I seem to remember that her book had a picture of ...I seem to remember that her book had a picture of an egg of the cover. Indication that she started from basics. I don't think I ever saw her scrambled egg mess.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-44936324188237312892023-02-13T08:34:32.040+00:002023-02-13T08:34:32.040+00:00You head the post hard boiled eggs and then immedi...You head the post hard boiled eggs and then immediately write about soft boiled eggs. Must be very confusing for those not familiar with the British egg boiling traditiions. Later you come to a different egg altogether, the hard boiled egg of your heading in a French railway station and a Moroccan breakfast. Stick to the subject and don't confuse the foreigner.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-47581996342921155302023-02-13T08:26:03.417+00:002023-02-13T08:26:03.417+00:00Of course for bread soldiers one needs a runny yol...Of course for bread soldiers one needs a runny yolk. But I remember Delia's Back to Basics series where she showed us how to boil an egg. I think the whole idea of that simple task annoyed several other tv chefs, but then they were always envious of her. And it was in that series that Delia made her biggest faux pas when she mixed up a scrambled egg and it looked terrible, all wet and runny and certainly not light and fluffy as it should be.<br />But alas we miss our Delia. So glad she stuck to her guns and refused the BBC's request to dumb down and jazz up her show's presentations.Deejohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17237140493845789517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-12124346083532025822023-02-13T06:57:31.613+00:002023-02-13T06:57:31.613+00:00re Your para 1. The 3 mins, then wait a bit, shoul...re Your para 1. The 3 mins, then wait a bit, should suggest that these are not boiled to oblivion.<br />We eat Quails and Quail's eggs in France. My oldest even hatched some from eggs he bought at the supermarket.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-40355915267703638242023-02-13T06:14:46.850+00:002023-02-13T06:14:46.850+00:00You have me confused. You say you like hard boiled...You have me confused. You say you like hard boiled eggs - yet, surely, those soldiers you mention need soft boiled ones to be dunked into the yolk.<br /><br />As to colour: In the motherland we dye hard boiled eggs for Easter - which is rather impossible with the brown ones the British seem to prefer. Mind you, to my delight M&S have started selling white eggs.<br /><br />The most quaint egg of all on the shelves (Waitrose)? Quails'. Their being so tiny and their shell speckled they are so pretty you'd almost be tempted not to consume them at all. Just look at them, admire their beauty. <br /><br />UUrsulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722046288685936851noreply@blogger.com