To Boil Eggs for Dyspeptics
Ingredients
Directions
Place the eggs in a covered dish.
Pour plenty of boiling water over the eggs.
Set the dish in a warm place for 15 minutes to cook slowly.
For easier digestion, some suggest boiling the eggs for 30 minutes.
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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What each ingredient does
- Eggs
- Heat sets the proteins in the white and yolk, firming them into a cooked texture.
The step that matters
Setting the dish in a warm place for 15 minutes. Eggs left in warm water cook gently and slowly rather than at a rolling boil, so the white and yolk set more gradually. Covering the dish helps hold the heat in while they cook.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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