Egg

[eilonwey]

Inspired by Chocolate and Zucchini, a belated birthday gift from my friend Julie, I made my first ever soft-boiled egg for lunch. I had to improvise an egg cup, but a little Christmas shot glass in the breakfront served admirably well. The "hat" of the egg came off perfectly in response to the taps of my knife, just as it was supposed to. Some

Comments

[evilmagnus]

How long did you cook it for? 3 minutes in rolling boil water should do it unless it's an ostrich egg. :)

I love soft boiled eggs. Had them a lot when I was a kid, with buttered toast cut into strips. We called them 'soldiers'.

[eilonwey]

The recipe called for bringing the water to a rolling boil, slipping the eggs in, and then once the water was boiling again, reducing to a simmer for 4 minutes. I just realized that I was supposed to use room-temperature eggs, though, so that might account for mine being a little underdone.

I'll have to give your method a try, though, since it seems less fussy.

I like the idea of little toast soldiers. :)

[parakkum]

My mom made soft-boiled eggs for me when I was little. I always enjoyed them, especially with a neat little egg cup.

[tesslouise]

I bet you could find a neat egg cup on Etsy. :)