Hard-boiled eggs

Hard-boiled eggs

 

No two people we asked had the same method. And it appears plenty of us can’t quite get it right.

A 2010 survey of mothers by the Park Ridge-based American Egg Board reported that when quizzed on hard-cooking methods, seven out of 10 chose techniques that would result in overcooked eggs.

“Hard-boiled egg” is a misnomer, says chef Jeffrey Saad, a spokesman for the board’s “The Incredible Edible Egg” and host of the Cooking Channel’s “United Tastes of America.” “The key is to take the word ‘boiling’ out of your vocabulary. You have to let your eggs cook gently, since boiling them will leave a green ring around the yolk and make the whites tough.” (readmore)

Source suntimes.com