Egg boiling calculator

Nerds rock!

When I poach eggs, I set the timer for 3 minutes; the whites are solid and the yolks are runny.

I use my sous vide rig to make them. You just set the temperature to exactly how you like them and they turn out perfectly every single time with no guesswork or variance.

to get them just how I like them. For soft-cooked eggs it takes about 6-1/2 minutes and for hard cooked eggs about 12 minutes. I used a pasta insert in a kettle with a couple of inches of simmering water in the bottom of the kettle. I don't know why, but the steamed hard cooked eggs are much easier to peel than those cooked in simmering water.

I tried the Nordic Ware Microwave Egg Boiler and have never looked back. After a few trial runs to determine the time (9 minutes for four eggs, then I let them sit twenty minutes more) for my microwave, perfect hard boiled eggs every time, no watching the stove, and they peel like a charm.

I know I should ask this in another thread, but du won't let me post a new thread yet. Does anyone know how seriously to take egg carton expiration times? I unearthed one labeled Dec 24 from my frig. These are supermarket eggs. Normally I buy eggs from my neighbor, but his girls don't lay many eggs in the winter. Thanks

p.s. Like the post above, I think this is actually steaming.