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perfect egg

Thu Apr 25, 2013, 3:00 AM
As part of my ongoing effort to improve my diet, we recently bought a colander to steam vegetables. Put it in a pot with some water, cover it, and bam! Steamer.

I've used it to cook broccoli  mainly, but the other day I used it for something unusual - eggs.

Previously I had been boiling them in water with a cap full of vinegar. To make them easier to peel I'd then shock them in ice water. I thought I was being smart doing that, that I was using the best technique - but I'm here to tell you we've all be STUPID.

STUPID!

The best way to cook an egg whole, soft or hard, is to steam it. After about 8-9 minutes of steaming they're just how I like them, solid white, with the yolk just partly done. After 10 minutes they're hard boiled nicely, none of that over done chalky garbage.

But the big revelation is that the shells are ridiculously easy to peel. Apparently, as steam the water can get through the shell. This loosens the shell from the egg, and the moisture then lubes it up when you shell it. F'ing AWESOME. (edit: It still helps greatly to cool and rest the eggs in a bowl of water before peeling. Just tap cold water, no need for ice, for ~10 minutes .)

I used to wonder how they processed all those pre-peeled eggs you can get at the supermarket. They're all perfect! Surely they're not done by hand! Some sort of enzyme or acid eats the shell away perhaps? Nope - they steam those suckers, has to be. :)

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My name is Nick.

...for a long time (well, since 2001) deviants knew me only as thespook. Or simply spook.

These days I play video games more than I create new work, but I still share Journal CSS tips and techniques, and maintain a collection of textures you can use in your own work, or like me, appreciate as art on their own.

I was born in Melbourne (collection link), Australia - but at the moment I'm living in Virginia, USA.

You can find me on xbox Live just about every day, my gamertag is das spooken. Let me know you're from dA and we can have a chat or game.
 

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You didn't wash your hands after.
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I never do, whats the immune system for anyway...
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thank you for watching... happy new year!
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*The-Lost-Hope Oct 27, 2012  Student General Artist
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Thanks for the faves!! :D and hope that you overcome your homesickness
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*Chlodulfa Oct 17, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
At [link] I used one of your textures, giving you credit and a link. thank you.
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Thanks for looking and the addition to the set Melbourne, regards Gil.
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