No Timer Boiled Eggs

Boiled eggs are easy to make, right? It IS possible to overcook them, though, and it’s a pet peeve of mine. Apparently old age or motherhood is leeching brain cells from me, because I can’t remember to set a timer, set the timer as soon as they boil or remember to rescue them after it goes off. This recipe is for you, moms. I got ya.

Place in saucepan:

1 Egg (or 14, I don’t care and neither does the recipe)

Fill pan with water until it just covers the egg.

Bring pan to boil over high heat.

Turn off burner (yay for electric bills!), cover pan with lid and go rescue the baby from the dog food bowl.

Make dinner, take a walk, watch a movie or drive to Virginia and back.

When the water is cool to the touch, your egg is perfectly cooked.

You’re welcome. I’ll be here all week.

One thing I can’t help you with is peeling them beautifully, but here are a few apparent hacks. I’ve peeled hundreds of eggs in my life and none of these work for me.

• Add salt to the water (I’ve done this all my life because I was taught to, but I forgot one time and it does nothing.)
• Add oil to the water (My partner has always done this, I just found it made the eggs slippery.)
• Immerse eggs in an icebath or very cold water before peeling. (I find it makes it worse.)
• Peel eggs while hot (I used to do this and it worked for about a year and then stopped.)
• Use old eggs (This is about the only one that seems legitimate. The older and grumpier the eggs, the easier they seem to peel. So I guess if it’s about aesthetics and not our internal organ health..)