[Sca-cooks] A message for the silly season....

[Terry Decker]

>> Here is a question for the silly season:  What happens when an egg
>> is "deep
>> fried" in it's shell?
>>
>> Just a silly question that came up  during a 2 hour drive for a demo
>>  Caointairn
>
> I'd be really concerned about the possibility of a small explosion
> and the mother of all hot-oil splashes... deep-frying oil is a lot
> hotter than boiling water.
>
> Adamantius

If you brought the oil up to boiling from cold with the eggs already in the 
oil, it might not.  Puncturing the shell for pressure relief might also 
work, but I'd be worried that the coagulating protein might seal the hole. 
Maybe we could turn this into an urban legend and get Mythbusters to 
investigate for us.

Bear