Boiling Eggs
Oven, in the book's wordsA quick oven
Ingredients
Directions
Bring a pot of water to a boil.
Gently add the eggs to the boiling water.
Boil for 2 minutes for soft whites.
Boil for 3 minutes for a slightly runny yolk.
Boil for 4 minutes for hard-boiled eggs.
Watch the clock to ensure accurate timing.
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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