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Would you like to take 32 minutes to boil an egg?

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How to Boil an Egg? Scientists Claim to Have Cracked the Recipe. (NY Times article)

 

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The task was harder than it might seem, as many home cooks know. The yolk and the egg white, or albumen, have different chemical compositions, which call for different heating temperatures. 

 

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A sort-of- solution that creates other problems.  They never said why they were boiling the egg.  If deviled eggs are the goal then they've not solved any problems.

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liuzhou

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I read this story this morning but in the Guardian, just after boiling my breakfast duck egg in 6½ minutes and thought screw that. A lot of palaver for little gain, if any.

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We are all OCD enough about food that we read and contribute to this forum.

But just because you can do it, doesnt mean you should do it. I dont even sous vide my eggs any more...I just cook them and pay attention to time. Life has to go on.....

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