Norrie


Do you guys get scotch eggs over in the states ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch_egg

MMMMMMM am hungry now :(

Love 'em.  I don't have them often as they are not a good thing for my waistline (and my cardiovascular system, I hear )

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This person has to be a Coffee House natural, no?

btw Whitey, nice bunches.

Jonbouy

Beagle


I only boil them for 10 minutes.  I put them in water just covering them, turn the heat on high and when the water starts a "rolling boil" I'll start the timer and back off the heat just a tad so that it's boiling but not spilling over the sides of the pan.

I like my hard boiled eggs JUST fully cooked.  over cooking them makes the yolks crumbly and dried out.

This works for me, as I don't like that dried out texture either.

I always shell them in the pan under running cold water straight away which of course stops the cooking process in it's tracks.

10 minutes works on a medium sized egg so it's just making small timing adjustments either way to suit different sizes.

btw where I live is merely a few feet above sea level which may have a bearing on cooking time too.

I'm no more than 12' above sea level myself and stand in the 10 minute camp.  Anyone else care to share your altitude?

marcos69

Anyone else care to share your altitude?

Currently downstairs, with a 100% chance of going upstairs to bed later.
 
 
 
 

marcos69

Jonbouy

Beagle


I only boil them for 10 minutes.  I put them in water just covering them, turn the heat on high and when the water starts a "rolling boil" I'll start the timer and back off the heat just a tad so that it's boiling but not spilling over the sides of the pan.

I like my hard boiled eggs JUST fully cooked.  over cooking them makes the yolks crumbly and dried out.

This works for me, as I don't like that dried out texture either.

I always shell them in the pan under running cold water straight away which of course stops the cooking process in it's tracks.

10 minutes works on a medium sized egg so it's just making small timing adjustments either way to suit different sizes.

btw where I live is merely a few feet above sea level which may have a bearing on cooking time too.

I'm no more than 12' above sea level myself and stand in the 10 minute camp.  Anyone else care to share your altitude?

My attitude is just fine, thank you.

SteveStrummerUK

marcos69

Anyone else care to share your altitude?

Currently downstairs, with a 100% chance of going upstairs to bed later.
 
 
 
 

I used to be an air traffic controller, but I got sacked for not having the right altitude

Now about those hard boiled eggs.....

Now about those hard boiled eggs.....

I'm wondering now if these eggs are the kind for eating or the ones that Angelina and I use to roll at each other.

Of course the rolling kind can stand a much longer cooking, in actuality I'd recommend at least 25 minutes for that kind of use.

Okay, my 1-egg experiment with the boil for 10 minutes recipe turned out pretty well, but I should have let it cool a bit longer.

I did another half dozen last night and left them in the refrigerator. I haven't tried those yet, but I'm confident they'll be fine.

HOWEVER, I'm going to try the cover and turn off the heat method again next, since it's kind of a pain to maintain the exact temp I need with the heat on.

For those of you who do it this way, do you leave the pot on the heating element and just turn off the heat source, or do you remove it from the heat altogether right away? In my case this is a hot plate, so it cools gradually (but pretty quickly) when I turn it off.

Oh, and no, I've never had Scotch eggs -- maybe they're called something different in the US? They look yummy in an "instant heart attack" kind of way!

-Susan (elev. 800')

For those of you who do it this way, do you leave the pot on the heating element and just turn off the heat source, or do you remove it from the heat altogether right away? In my case this is a hot plate, so it cools gradually (but pretty quickly) when I turn it off.

I've used both gas and electric stoves for this. I leave the pot where it is and just turn off the heat.


Mike