how to do a perfect soft boiled egg

[dmax]

how please , thanks

[dmax]

oh and be able to peel it without the egg falling apart and coming off when peeling shell. thanks

[joggerjayne]

Ooh, I can do this one (except for the peeling bit)

(why would you peel a soft boiled egg? it would collapse)

Prick the flat end of the egg with the tip of a sharp knife. This allows the air to escape, and stops the shell from splitting.

Boil a pan of water. Put the egg(s) in the water when it's boiling. Boil for 4 minutes.

Take the egg(s) out and put them in a bowl of cold water for a few seconds. This cools the shell down. If the shell is hot, it keeps on cooking the inside of the egg. Also, it enables you to handle the egg.

Put the egg in an egg cup and chip the top off with a teaspoon asap.

Removee the top, and dip the spoon into the egg a few times. This mixes up and hot spots in the yolk, and evens out the temperature, and stops any bits of the yolk from going hard.

The End.

(not sure about the removing the shell bit!)

[sara3]

that was quite impressive, Nigella!

[joggerjayne]

"Domestic Goddess" !!

... ????

=0o

(I can't make many things, so I have to "talk up" the things I can do, LOL)

[joggerjayne]

1. Put bread in toaster.

2. Take toast out of toaster.

WARNINGS

Do not have the toaster on a low setting. The toast will come out raw. It is very dangerous to eat raw toast.

Do not have the toaster on a high setting. The high settings on a toaster will totally burn the toast. Nobody has ever worked out why toaster manufacturers provide settings that burn toast, but all toasters have them.

So be VERY careful when making toast.

[S_C]

darn it you lot are making me hungry. and i have run out of eggs to practise with :-(

[beejay1124]

f-f-s JJ
olive will be out of work soon

[joggerjayne]

Nobody runs out of eggs !

Everybody's kitchen contains a few eggs, which you can't remember why you bought them, or how long they've been there.

Go and check again, S_C

x

[joggerjayne]

I don't think Olive's ever boiled me an egg, beejay, LOL

Anyway ... there's plenty of ironing for her to do.

=0)

[ChuckFickens]

OK I think I have got how to do the toast now,

I'm a bit stuck on the beans to go with it though!

[joggerjayne]

Steady on, Chuck.

I can boil an egg. I'm not Michelin starred !

[Naomicorlett]

Half inch of cold water in pan, Egg at room temp, Egg into pan. Lid on. Bring to boil. Turn off if elec or right down if gas. Leave with lid on for 3 and half mins. perfectamumndo..
Next lesson how to teach your grannie to suck eggs.

[beejay1124]

naomi-need altered for goose eggs tho

[joggerjayne]

Do grannies really "suck" eggs ?

Gross !

[joggerjayne]

** goes to kitchen and empties some of water out of pan **

[beejay1124]

i'm sure you have sucked worser JJ