Because I am Aversive to Dying

wolf · 12-12-2010, 03:51 PM

If a hard-boiled egg cracks when I'm cooking it, can I still use it?

footfootfoot · 12-12-2010, 04:37 PM

Only if there is no one there to see it crack.

wolf · 12-12-2010, 04:43 PM

Well, I was a bit busy watching a tree fall in the forest.

Trilby · 12-12-2010, 04:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

If a hard-boiled egg cracks when I'm cooking it, can I still use it?

Oh my goodness YES.

You never had a hard boiled egg crack when you boiled it??

Clodfobble · 12-12-2010, 04:51 PM

I don't have any specific evidence that it's safe, other than the fact that I've been eating them that way for over a decade. At least one or two of mine always crack while boiling.

monster · 12-12-2010, 05:00 PM

yes. assuming you're not boiling it in a toxic liquid.

monster · 12-12-2010, 05:03 PM

Although that said.... my mom and nan always had a special pan for boilng eggs because they reckoned toxins came out of the shells when you boiled them and impregnated the pan so you couldn't use it for other food. i've never been able to find concrete evidence for this belief and I figure if it were true (a) it would be widely known and (b) Paula Deen and Martha Stewart would include egg pans in their product ranges.

wolf · 12-12-2010, 07:11 PM

I work nights. I don't cook on a regular basis. I make fudge like a pro, and can turn out a masterly omelet, but the simple act of making hard boiled eggs mystifies me. I tried doing it differently than I usually do tonight ... I boiled the water, put the eggs in, turned the water to a simmer and waited 14 minutes, just like the Joy of Cooking said to do. I usually start with cold eggs and cold water and have to pay attention to my magic egg timer thingy in the pot.

I didn't feel like paying attention tonight, and went for the book and the electronic timer.

Flint · 12-12-2010, 07:52 PM

NO!!!1 . . . It might get water on it!

SamIam · 12-12-2010, 08:22 PM

Its okay unless you're making Easter eggs. Then all that dye seeps into the egg and will kill you if you eat it.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-16-2010, 03:29 AM

OMG, you'll dye!

Urbane Guerrilla · 12-16-2010, 03:50 AM

And if you don't wanna hard-boil, you'll blow the eggs, too. Next spring.

GunMaster357 · 12-16-2010, 04:21 AM

A bit of advice that I got from my mother : about a teaspoon of vinegar in the water. Works like a charm but you still have to keep an eye on the timer.

TheMercenary · 12-19-2010, 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

If a hard-boiled egg cracks when I'm cooking it, can I still use it?

Yes.

Griff · 12-19-2010, 11:32 AM

If you put eggs in a glass of water and they float toss them out, otherwise you should be fine.

12-12-2010, 03:51 PM	#1
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Because I am Aversive to Dying If a hard-boiled egg cracks when I'm cooking it, can I still use it? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

12-12-2010, 04:37 PM	#2
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Only if there is no one there to see it crack. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

12-12-2010, 04:43 PM	#3
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Well, I was a bit busy watching a tree fall in the forest. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

12-12-2010, 04:51 PM	#5
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I don't have any specific evidence that it's safe, other than the fact that I've been eating them that way for over a decade. At least one or two of mine always crack while boiling. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

12-12-2010, 05:00 PM	#6
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	yes. assuming you're not boiling it in a toxic liquid. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-12-2010, 05:03 PM	#7
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Although that said.... my mom and nan always had a special pan for boilng eggs because they reckoned toxins came out of the shells when you boiled them and impregnated the pan so you couldn't use it for other food. i've never been able to find concrete evidence for this belief and I figure if it were true (a) it would be widely known and (b) Paula Deen and Martha Stewart would include egg pans in their product ranges. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-12-2010, 07:11 PM	#8
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I work nights. I don't cook on a regular basis. I make fudge like a pro, and can turn out a masterly omelet, but the simple act of making hard boiled eggs mystifies me. I tried doing it differently than I usually do tonight ... I boiled the water, put the eggs in, turned the water to a simmer and waited 14 minutes, just like the Joy of Cooking said to do. I usually start with cold eggs and cold water and have to pay attention to my magic egg timer thingy in the pot. I didn't feel like paying attention tonight, and went for the book and the electronic timer. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

12-12-2010, 07:52 PM	#9
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	NO!!!1 . . . It might get water on it! __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

12-12-2010, 08:22 PM	#10
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	Its okay unless you're making Easter eggs. Then all that dye seeps into the egg and will kill you if you eat it.

12-16-2010, 03:29 AM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	OMG, you'll dye! __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-16-2010, 03:50 AM	#12
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	And if you don't wanna hard-boil, you'll blow the eggs, too. Next spring. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

12-16-2010, 04:21 AM	#13
GunMaster357 Professor Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Brest (FRANCE) Posts: 1,837	A bit of advice that I got from my mother : about a teaspoon of vinegar in the water. Works like a charm but you still have to keep an eye on the timer. __________________ "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." - Ambrose Bierce

12-19-2010, 11:32 AM	#15
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	If you put eggs in a glass of water and they float toss them out, otherwise you should be fine. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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