SC - Cooking Guilds?

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On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Philip & Susan Troy wrote:
> > Also, five minutes to boil the eggs? I thought ten minutes was closer to
> > what is needed for hardboiled eggs. Or are the yolks not supposed to be
> > firm?
> 
> Firm, but not green rocks. Put the eggs in cold water, bring it to a
> boil, and start your timer when the water starts boiling. Five minutes
> should do it; they'll be firm but not tough, and firmer still when cold,
> but still not tough.
> 
Buncha lowlanders! Egg doneness is one of the tricks high altitude plays
on us. Living at about 5000 feet, camping tourneys at 7000, I've come to
depend on an egg timer that looks like a plastic egg with a flat bottom,
red on the inside, darkens to a cranberry color in a ring indicating how
done the eggs in the pan with it are. ;)

Mirhaxa, in the Outlands
  mirhaxa at morktorn.com