Can you boil an egg without breaking its shell?
By opinione
@opinione (749)
Italy
January 3, 2008 4:18am CST
In my opinion the secret is to set it -delicately- in the pot when water is still cold and to let it boil without bumping up and down, adjusting the amount of water in order to have the eggs standing but not moving around in the pot (U can also use a special egg-boiling device with holes to set the single eggs standing in the water...
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@nichole1983 (1187)
• Canada
3 Jan 08
i place the eggs in the pot put water in there and let them boil till they are ready...
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@Sillychick (3275)
• United States
3 Jan 08
Thes best way to avoid braking the shells is to put the eggs in the water while it is cold or room temperature. I sometimes put a little vinegar in the water to keep them from breaking, works like a charm.
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@opinione (749)
• Italy
3 Jan 08
In my experience, I must admit, it is quite difficult to have the egg boiled and its shell unbroken when I and everyone I know put the egg directly in hot water.
Someone suggested me to add a spoonful of salt in the water, but the result did not change, till someone tried this different approach to eggs boiling.
By the way it is more difficult to fry an egg without breaking its shell... LOL
Apart from jokes, I've seen an egg boiler for microwave ovens, you have just to await for a minute...
But I think that the shell will be broken all the same.
good bye and happy new year!
@Dadexter (438)
• Pakistan
3 Jan 08
Well!!!that's strange!!!
I have boiled the eggs a lot of times but the shell never breaks......!!!!though on a few occasions it did when i was uncareful in puting the egg down in the boiler !!!
I can't understand you are searching for machines that can be used to for boiling eggs without breaking the shells!!!...strange!!!!
@cream97 (29086)
• United States
6 Apr 10
Hi, opinione. Yes, I can. Once I used to mess the eggs up. I will now put cold water in the pot and I will set them in there. Or I will just run water over the eggs while they are in the pot. I am getting better at not breaking my eggs once they are cooked from the pot.
@vera5d (4005)
• United States
3 Jan 08
i put the eggs in first, then add water...then i leave them in the water until it cools back down...since i only boil eggs for easter eggs, i do not worry if i lose 1 or 2
