Dippy egg - urgent

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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 !

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

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

Loving the range of egg cooking methods.

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

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.

@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



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

This

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

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

@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

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.

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

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.

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

😂 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.

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

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

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

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.

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!

I shall get on to Rightmove.

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?!

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?

Did it all come out nicely? 🤓

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