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To Boil Eggs Hard

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

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Place the eggs in a saucepan and cover with boiling water.

  2. Boil for 6 to 10 minutes for plain boiled eggs.

  3. For dressed eggs, boil rapidly for 25 minutes.

  4. Drain the water and run cold water over the eggs for 2 to 3 minutes.

  5. Set aside in fresh cold water for 20 to 30 minutes.

  6. To remove the shells, roll the eggs gently on the table until cracked, then peel off the shell.

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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