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To Boil Eggs

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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To Boil Eggs

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Wash the eggs in warm clear water and wipe them dry.

  2. Fill a kettle with boiling water and place it over a brisk fire.

  3. Using a skimmer, carefully lower the eggs into the boiling water without cracking the shells.

  4. Do not add more eggs than the skimmer can lift at once, and ensure they are of similar size.

  5. Time the cooking: for soft whites, boil for 2.5 minutes.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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