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Dippy egg - urgent

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fluffyblanky · 01/02/2025 12:24

Hey! This is not aibu. Sorry posting for quick traffic

My daughter is poorly and has just asked for a dippy egg and soldiers but I can't remember how long to cook the eggs, google gives to many answers !!

I am boiling the water as we speak ! Help !

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ThePuppyHasZoomiesAgain · 02/02/2025 00:07

Take egg (or eggs) out of fridge. Put in saucepan with cold water and a bit of salt. Set gas to max. Bring to boil. Once at rolling boil set time for 3 mins.

This is with normal sized eggs. I don't buy large eggs as it can cause stress to the hens.

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 01/02/2025 21:03

MyNDfamily · 01/02/2025 20:44

What is a dippy egg?

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A soft-boiled egg. I'd never heard them called 'dippy eggs' until MN either.

Happysack · 01/02/2025 20:49

MyNDfamily · 01/02/2025 20:44

What is a dippy egg?

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😟

MyNDfamily · 01/02/2025 20:44

fluffyblanky · 01/02/2025 12:24

Hey! This is not aibu. Sorry posting for quick traffic

My daughter is poorly and has just asked for a dippy egg and soldiers but I can't remember how long to cook the eggs, google gives to many answers !!

I am boiling the water as we speak ! Help !

What is a dippy egg?

Fluff111 · 01/02/2025 16:37

M&S Large egg from fridge 6 minutes - never fails

Piggywaspushed · 01/02/2025 16:32

Nanny0gg · 01/02/2025 16:29

It isn't but it isn't recommended by egg producers or bakers!

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Meh. It's not going to harm me. I think I break many MN rules, tbh!

MN gold this thread!

OP, I hope the eggs were lovely and your DD gets better soon.

Nanny0gg · 01/02/2025 16:30

MyCatNamedCookingFat · 01/02/2025 14:30

Temperature in supermarkets is controlled. With central heating house temperature can vary. That's why we are advised to keep eggs in fridge.

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By whom?

And it's certainly not chilly where my eggs are sold

Nanny0gg · 01/02/2025 16:29

Piggywaspushed · 01/02/2025 14:24

a) my mother is American so everything goes in the fridge by habit
b) I don't have space on my sides for more crap.
c) they keep longer. We don't go through a huge number of eggs
d) my fridge has an egg rack, so it can't be that unsual!

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It isn't but it isn't recommended by egg producers or bakers!

Travail · 01/02/2025 16:09

Bonkers.

What kind of crazy person keeps their eggs in the fridge.

Also depends on the size of your egg!

There's no hard and fast.

Medium, room temperature egg?

Four minutes boil in a pan from cold.

chattyness · 01/02/2025 15:57

when you boil eggs prick a small hole in the large end to help prevent cracking & add a pinch of salt and a splash of vinegar to the water to seal them quickly if they do

2JFDIYOLO · 01/02/2025 15:54

Did it all come out nicely? 🤓

Ereshkigalangcleg · 01/02/2025 15:52

Do you have to shoogle the eggs in the air fryer to cook them evenly or do you just stick them in on the bottom and set the timer and get them out when done?

PyongyangKipperbang · 01/02/2025 15:50

Air fryer eggs were a revelation to me!

I am, blowing my own trumpet, a very good cook. But I have a blind spot with boiling eggs, they are either almost raw or solid as a rock! No matter what method I try, timings etc, I just cant do it! But 6.5 minutes at 160 in the air fryer and they are perfect every time.

Is there anything that those machines cant do?!

Piggywaspushed · 01/02/2025 15:46

Words · 01/02/2025 15:01

@Piggywaspushed Well the answer is obvious then! You need to move to a larger property with more wall space. No price is too high when it comes to,producing The Perfect Egg Wink

Grin

I shall get on to Rightmove.

OneBadKitty · 01/02/2025 15:46

Russiandollsaresofullofthemselves · 01/02/2025 14:53

You are all crazy! 6 minutes makes the yolk solid and not remotely dippy. 3-4 minutes is more than adequate if you add the eggs to already boiling water and want the yolk runny.

No it's not- 3 minutes for a large cold egg is not enough to set the white. 6-7 minutes gives a set white and runny yolk otherwise you will have a snotty egg!

Happysack · 01/02/2025 15:41

Room temperature egg into boiling water for 2 minutes, no lid. Turn off the heat and cover for a further 2 minutes. Perfect every time.

Sharptonguedwoman · 01/02/2025 15:39

HurdyGurdy19 · 01/02/2025 12:28

In the airfryer, 7 minutes at 170 😁

180C for 9 mins = hard boiled. Incredibly convenient!

DisabledDemon · 01/02/2025 15:34

TheDowagerCountessofPembroke · 01/02/2025 12:55

I go with eggs in cold water and bring to the boil. Start the time from when then eggs start to move in the pan. 3 minutes from then.

This is me and they always turn out perfectly. Slice the top off both eggs, though, or they will continue to cook.

stampin · 01/02/2025 15:18

Some mornings my kitchen is freezing, so room temperature is a bit fridge like.

Notimeforaname · 01/02/2025 15:10

Russiandollsaresofullofthemselves · 01/02/2025 14:53

You are all crazy! 6 minutes makes the yolk solid and not remotely dippy. 3-4 minutes is more than adequate if you add the eggs to already boiling water and want the yolk runny.

😂 But to me, you and everyone else are crazy!
I put the egg from the fridge into cold water and bring it to the boil. I time from when it starts boiling. 2.5 mins for a small egg and 3 mins or just over, for a large egg. Very easy.

Superhansrantowindsor · 01/02/2025 15:08

Boil rapidly a room temp egg for 3and half minutes.

User28473 · 01/02/2025 15:07

The differences are room temp egg Vs fridge temp egg. Anyone in the UK should not be refrigerating their eggs, as it weakens the shell, and means they spoil more quickly, and lengthens cooking time. If you are in a country where the eggs are chemical treated they need to be refrigerated. I always Google Jamie Oliver for egg booking times, which is 5 minutes for soft boiled, straight in boiling water not cold.

user1496146479 · 01/02/2025 15:05

Advice in UK & lots of Europe is not to keep eggs in the fridge!

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 01/02/2025 15:05

BunnyLake · 01/02/2025 14:52

This is what i do and it’s pretty spot on most of the time. Except mine is room temperature.

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Yes, it is a different method. You put the egg into cold water and give it 3 minutes from when the water comes to the boil, so the egg has already been cooking gradually during the time when the water is coming to the boil. I think all the comments saying 'My egg would be hard boiled after 6 minutes!' and 'My egg would be sloppy after only 3 minutes!' are based on not realising about the cold vs hot water thing.

Words · 01/02/2025 15:01

@Piggywaspushed Well the answer is obvious then! You need to move to a larger property with more wall space. No price is too high when it comes to,producing The Perfect Egg Wink