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Originally posted by James
I know that its like 5 minutes to hard boil an egg, 3 minutes to soft boil an egg . . . . but when do you put the egg in the water?
When it starts boiling? Or when you first put the water on the stove?
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From "The Absolute Beginner's Cookbook" :
- Immerse the egg in a small saucepan of cold water.
- Bring water to a boil over high heat.
- As soon as the water bubbles, turn heat down so that water stays simmering.
- Cover the saucepan and start timing.
- For a soft-boiled egg, simmer for 5 minutes. For a hard-boiled egg, simmer for 12 minutes.
- And believe it or not, the altitude at which you are cooking makes a difference! This timing is for a high altitude. A soft-boiled egg cooked at sea level will take a full 2 minutes less cooking time and a hard-boiled egg will take 3 minutes less.
And, BTW, AAAAARGH at that cookbook for giving cooking times at altitude first. Usually, recipes are written for those at sea level, and directions for cooking at altitude are given as a sidebar.
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