Experiment 7a: Boiled Eggs

Prelab:
I'm not in the mood to cook something difficult because it's that time of the month, but nevertheless I still did. Anyway, I did cook 3 eggs. Honestly, I had no idea on how to boil eggs except for the time and was too lazy to read on it. I wanted to make some hard-boiled eggs (ma mere says it takes 5 mins.) and so I tried it. To my surprise, I cooked some perfectly soft-boiled eggs.

Date Performed: Nov. 28, 2009

Ingredients:
3 eggs
water

* Preparation 1: (This is what I did but shouldn't have done)
Fill the cooking pot with some water. Set the water to a boil. When simmering, add the eggs carefully. Set the timer to 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, remove the eggs from the water, rinse with tap water, and then immerse in tap water. Remove the shell from the eggs.

Preparation 2: (What I should've done accdg. to ma mere)
Fill the cooking pot with some water, and place the eggs. Set the water to a boil. When it boils, begin to take note of the time.
- If you want some soft-boiled eggs, remove eggs from the water after 3 minutes. Rinse with tap water and set aside.
- If you want some hard-boiled eggs, remove eggs from the water after 5 minutes, or just turn off the flame and leave it there.

Post-lab:
If you do exactly what I did, the eggshells will crack, but it still tastes good. Of course the eggshells would crack due to the difference in temperatures! Why in the world did I forget? I was probably too distracted of the pain in my body.