Question for step 3: is that 8:30-9:00 AM or PM?
this post was submitted on 15 Nov 2025
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It's 8:30-9, not 20:30-21.
Its been proven the shells sticking depends on the age of the egg. Older is less sticky. The cooling down part is about stopping the egg to continue getting harder which is not relevant if you want them hard boiled anyways. Instead of hovering you can use a pin and put a small hole in the shell instead, but that sometimes results in some eggwhite escaping until it plugs the hole.
I use a pressure cooking when doing hard boiled eggs, I've found regardless of the egg age they are always easier to peel.
Set a timer for 8:30-9:00
My sleepy ass at 8:99: 😪😪
If one really wants perfect, they should read Periodic cooking of eggs from the journal Nature earlier this year. Everybody that has implemented it, claims it works great.
For the periodic method, scientists alternated submerging the eggs for two minutes in boiling water at 100 C (212 F) and lukewarm water at 30 C (86 F). This cycle was repeated eight times for 32 minutes.
— from: Scientists developed a new method for the perfect boiled egg, and you can test it at home
Jesus Christ, you can produce a Q1 article with nothing but math and a bunch of eggs?
I really need to up my publishing standards.
P.S. Of course they got some fancy measuring equipment in there
It’s even easier than that
- put eggs in cold water
- bring to a boil then turn off
- cover and let sit for X minutes based on chart
- then sit in ice water for 10-15 minutes
Hard to peel eggs just means it’s fresh. Older eggs peel easier
Or just wait for your identical twin to buy a device that does six eggs at a time! It's what I did.
This, however, makes way more than 6 eggs so it's really good for when I need to make a bunch of deviled eggs, thanks!
This is a slow coop top, for us it takes below 2 minutes to heat a liter of water to boil the eggs in. Also we just use a fake plastic egg that shows you until where the egg is raw. Which works quire wonderfull no matter how you start boiling an egg
As a site note. For 550s (8-9min) and 1 Liter of water needing around 330.000 J to boil. Your using an 650W device to heat the water?
Since time depends on egg size, I just use an app:
https://github.com/woheller69/eggtimer?tab=readme-ov-file#smart-eggtimer
There's an app for everything, ain't it?
I remember seeing an app that just allowed you to set one of three timers corresponding to one of three teas you may want to brew.
At this rate, it's easier to memorize.
it's easier to memorize when you always buy eggs of the same caliber.
I just sort and weight mybeggs before cooking, so the formula's useful.
Times are irrelevant, get yourself an egg timer.
If you have an instant pot or something similar, pressure cooking eggs using a 5-5-5 method is also super great.
Put the eggs in a steamer tray or little rack- as long as they're not touching the bottom. Pour in a cup of water, then seal the lid and make sure it's not set to venting. Set it to cook on high pressure for 5 minutes (I do 4, actually because I like it a little jammy in the yolk).
It takes ~5 min for the pressure to come up, 5 min cook time, then you give 5 min for the pressure to naturally come down before venting and taking eggs out to put in cool water.
I've personally never used an ice bath and my eggs come out gorgeous every time.
I put a liter on the induction top at max temp for 1-2 minutes so the water is at full boil, then turn the temperature down to 7, use a spoon to drop the eggs down as I put a timer for 6 or 7 minutes depending on the size of the eggs.
Result is a perfectly semi hard boiled result, and breakfast is served in less than 10 minutes.