My sister once left eggs boiling and forgot about them upstairs. They exploded. Fragments everywhere. There was egg on the ceiling.
App1elele
Eh, I once burned a chicken soup to a crisp. Happens to the best of us.
jellyfrisson
For your roommate for future eggsperimentation:
Get a pot larger than you think you need. Fill with enough water for eggs to sit at least 1″ below surface. Add approximately 1/2 palm full of salt, somewhat heaped. Bring water to a rolling boil. Turn off heat. Add eggs (carefully). Lid pot & rest for 9-12 minutes, depending on hardness preference (9 min = pretty loose, white may still be soft, 12 = fully cooked, yolk solid). Pour off hot water & add cold to stop cooking. Peel & eat.
After switching to the above method my hard boiled eggs never have grey yolk rims & don’t reek of sulfur. They smell like eggs, but not that chemical-warfare level you get with eggs cooked at a boil for a few to several minutes. Also, they can’t be burned ’cause they’re off the heat!
Toketokyo
This happens to me constantly, I have really bad ADD so everytime I cook I put it on the highest heat and just walk away to do something else entirely.
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Been there, done that, scrubbed that.
How tho?
get them an egg cooker for their birthday.
My sister once left eggs boiling and forgot about them upstairs. They exploded. Fragments everywhere. There was egg on the ceiling.
Eh, I once burned a chicken soup to a crisp. Happens to the best of us.
For your roommate for future eggsperimentation:
Get a pot larger than you think you need.
Fill with enough water for eggs to sit at least 1″ below surface.
Add approximately 1/2 palm full of salt, somewhat heaped.
Bring water to a rolling boil.
Turn off heat.
Add eggs (carefully).
Lid pot & rest for 9-12 minutes, depending on hardness preference (9 min = pretty loose, white may still be soft, 12 = fully cooked, yolk solid).
Pour off hot water & add cold to stop cooking.
Peel & eat.
After switching to the above method my hard boiled eggs never have grey yolk rims & don’t reek of sulfur. They smell like eggs, but not that chemical-warfare level you get with eggs cooked at a boil for a few to several minutes. Also, they can’t be burned ’cause they’re off the heat!
This happens to me constantly, I have really bad ADD so everytime I cook I put it on the highest heat and just walk away to do something else entirely.