Hard boiled Eggs - urgent

[netibiza]

I don't have any gas for my cooker until hubby comes home with a gas bottle - is it possible to hard-boil eggs in their shells (pricked I should imagine) in the microwave, like in a bowl of water??????so that they are like conventionally boiled eggs. Please, thank you.

[perkypat]

Will explode apparently! So don't do it! Only way is to have them scrambled am afraid!

[Bluerose]

Hi, don't put them in the microwave!! I used to boil eggs in the kettle, just keep the lid off the kettle and it continues to boil, don't think its very good for the kettle though!

[Ethel]

You could scramble you eggs - lovely from the microwave.

Or poach them the proper way. Boil your kettle and pour the water into a small pan.

Add salt. Crack your eggs and slide into the water. Put the lid on. Wait for 5 minutes.

The eggs will be cooked - promise!

[netibiza]

......but I want them sliced for a salad!!!!

[smudge]

Hi Neti - I would go along with Bluerose & boil them in the kettle minus the lid!

P.S. Don't talk to me about boiled eggs! I hard boiled, peeled & halved 10 eggs yesterday for our BBQ. My daughter shouted out from the garden "Mum, there's a blubottle on the eggs" & that was the end of that - the whole lot got thrown in the bin as no one wanted to touch them! bl00dy flies!

[Quizmonster]

Click here, Neti, and scroll down to "Hard-cooked Eggs". I've never tried it, but it sounds as if - once chopped - they'll be much the same as if boiled in the shell. Let's know how you get on.

[sweetdor]

boil it in the kettle

[netibiza]

Have decided to wait for gas bottle - Quizzy your suggestions will have me separating the yolks and whites and all that bother, so would rather not. Thank you all anyway, maybe won't even have eggs as its a goat cheese, blue cheese and walnut salad with odds and bobs. I was doing a salad for ease.

[perkypat]

http://www.microwavecooking.com/Microwave_Eggs .htm

[Zeddy]

Quite frankly, I'm surprised if you are still urgent after consuming a few boiled eggs.