Re: Boiling and peeling eggs

Ben Newsam wrote:
> Citizen Smith <[email protected]> wrote, despite their
> Organization header reading ""
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>> Glad that worked for you, V, but that's different to how I do it. I put my cold
>> eggs into boiling water. But if your way works, it works.
>> Sometimes it's hard to figure out which is the end with the air sac. An easy
>> way to make sure you pierce the right end of the egg is to put it in water, the
>> end with the air sac points up.
> 
> The "big" end is the one with the air sac. I use a sharp pin, and I
> take care not to go all the way through the air sac.
> 
You put cold eggs in boiling water, I put cold eggs in cold water and 
slowly bring to a simmer.
My gran always stored eggs pointed up, and not always in the "ice box." 
My mom said you could even freeze eggs... and my cousin walked through 
the kitchen as I was painstakingly poking tiny holes in my next batch 
and snorted, "Don't you know? The secret is in the age of the egg."
v
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