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fluffyblanky · 2025-02-01T12:24:26+00:00

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 !

Words · 01/02/2025 14:58

I am wincing at the right hand holding the egdg in that picture! Arrrghh

Words · 01/02/2025 14:57

I know.I have tried those. A sad failure. Just couldn't get it to work but maybe useful for other readers!

LetsGoOverThere · 01/02/2025 14:56

This

maltravers · 01/02/2025 14:56

Spurber · 01/02/2025 12:49

This

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Yes, six minutes from the fridge (large egg). 👌 😋

LetsGoOverThere · 01/02/2025 14:55

@Words

My main issue is I have ridiculously sensitive finger tips and find it hard to slice the lid off! Can't manage with a tea towel etc. Ideas welcome!

They have egg top removers on Amazon

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.

BunnyLake · 01/02/2025 14:52

ApolloandDaphne · 01/02/2025 12:26

I put a fridge cold egg into boiling water for 6 minutes and it seems to work. The whole 3 minutes for a boiled egg must be a different method because experience tells me that leads to a raw horrible mess of an egg.

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

WobblyBoots · 01/02/2025 14:52

Anyone else delighted to see a thread demonstrating that AIBU can be a force for good!? 😂

Loving the range of egg cooking methods.

Piggywaspushed · 01/02/2025 14:52

Words · 01/02/2025 14:38

I've got a Victorian egg house I found in a junk - sorry, antique- shop - a specially designed small cupboard with two shelves which have circles to rest the eggs in. You attach it to a wall so no issues with ' too much stuff on the side'. Similar to the meat larders you occasionally see.

I suppose adding vinegar to the water might help the white solidify if the eggs break, but generally that's something you do when poaching eggs.

Not convinced refrigeration will extend the life as British eggs are not chlorine washed as in the US; but happy to be corrected.

My main issue is I have ridiculously sensitive finger tips and find it hard to slice the lid off! Can't manage with a tea towel etc. Ideas welcome!

I don't have a wall space in my kitchen!

stampin · 01/02/2025 14:47

Put eggs in water, then always pour some salt on. It seals any cracks immediately, even large, open cracks.

caringcarer · 01/02/2025 14:46

Nellieinthebarn · 01/02/2025 13:04

If the egg is a bit over done you can always do an eggy cup instead. Just peel your egg, mash it with butter and a bit of salt, and serve in a cup with toast. I suspect eggy cup was invented for this situation.

Nowhere near as nice as a dippy egg though.

caringcarer · 01/02/2025 14:44

SantaToSSD · 01/02/2025 12:27

5 mins straight into boiling water. That's a large egg from the fridge.

This is exactly what I do boil kettle first then 5 mins lowered in carefully on a large spoon so it doesn't break.

Words · 01/02/2025 14:42

Gosh I had never thought of taking my altitude into account when boiling an egg!

Words · 01/02/2025 14:38

I've got a Victorian egg house I found in a junk - sorry, antique- shop - a specially designed small cupboard with two shelves which have circles to rest the eggs in. You attach it to a wall so no issues with ' too much stuff on the side'. Similar to the meat larders you occasionally see.

I suppose adding vinegar to the water might help the white solidify if the eggs break, but generally that's something you do when poaching eggs.

Not convinced refrigeration will extend the life as British eggs are not chlorine washed as in the US; but happy to be corrected.

My main issue is I have ridiculously sensitive finger tips and find it hard to slice the lid off! Can't manage with a tea towel etc. Ideas welcome!

RobertaFirmino · 01/02/2025 14:38

CatsMagic · 01/02/2025 12:30

To cook a Soft boiled egg put room temp egg in a pan of cold water, bring to rolling boil then simmer for 3 mins.

Not relevant I know -but “dippy” egg gives me the same rage as “picky bits” - just stop it !

I'm with you on this - DE is fine for a small child but when an adult is talking to other adults it is dreadful.

That aside, would it not have been quicker to Google 'soft boiled egg delia' for a definitive answer?

LetsGoOverThere · 01/02/2025 14:37

Eggs vary in weight a lot. I use an online egg boiling calculator and weigh each egg. It means my eggs are perfect every single time.

The one I usually use OMNI calculator. You give the weight, temperature and, if relevant, the altitude and it gives you the exact time.

AllTheChaos · 01/02/2025 14:35

ElleneAsanto · 01/02/2025 14:09

I’ve been told the reason they sometimes crack is because the air pocket inside the egg expands too quickly when you put it straight into boiling water too fast. So lower them in slowly.

Oh interesting! I had no idea why they sometimes cracked, will try to remember this! Tha k you!

AllTheChaos · 01/02/2025 14:33

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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Not the advice in the UK though! It is in places where eggs are washed before selling due to the conditions chickens are kept in, like the US

Pixie2015 · 01/02/2025 14:32

8 mins 180 degrees air fryer

Pinkywoo · 01/02/2025 14:32

BashfulClam · 01/02/2025 12:27

I do 3 minutes but I put the egg into cold water and bring it to the boil in the water. Once boiling rapidly it’s three minutes.

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Same, it's less likely to crack this way too.

AllTheChaos · 01/02/2025 14:32

ApolloandDaphne · 01/02/2025 12:26

I put a fridge cold egg into boiling water for 6 minutes and it seems to work. The whole 3 minutes for a boiled egg must be a different method because experience tells me that leads to a raw horrible mess of an egg.

Ah in the uk eggs don’t need to be kept in the fridge. I guess an American guide would be 6 mins whereas the uk guide is 3?!

Fawn87 · 01/02/2025 14:31

6 mins on 190 in the air fryer makes perfect dippy eggs. If they are large farm eggs I give them an extra 30 seconds.

MyCatNamedCookingFat · 01/02/2025 14:30

Caplin · 01/02/2025 13:26

Am I the only one surprised by how many people keep eggs in the fridge?

In the supermarket they are on the shelf, not the fridge. It is only American eggs that go in the fridge because they are chlorine washed which takes a layer of shell off so they go off faster.

Fridge cold eggs would be a pain for baking and timing boiled and poached eggs.

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

rainbowunicorn · 01/02/2025 14:26

Caplin · 01/02/2025 13:26

Am I the only one surprised by how many people keep eggs in the fridge?

In the supermarket they are on the shelf, not the fridge. It is only American eggs that go in the fridge because they are chlorine washed which takes a layer of shell off so they go off faster.

Fridge cold eggs would be a pain for baking and timing boiled and poached eggs.

Yes, this always surprises me. I have never kept eggs in the fridge. Nobody that I know does.

Piggywaspushed · 01/02/2025 14:24

Nanny0gg · 01/02/2025 14:22

My question too!

If you buy something sold ambient (not refrigerated or frozen) why would you keep it in the fridge?

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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!