Soft boiled runny eggs & hard boiled eggs

[cookie1]

Are you taking the TMX?

[CreamPuff63]

I love to add some chopped mint, S&P, dash only of tomato sauce ( secret ingredient), to the eggs and mayo. I'm so hungry ATM that my mouth is watering at the thought!

[Halex]

Oh yes my baby is coming.

The probem being it appears 1/2 my oantry is coming too.

I dont thnk we can fit all my packing in DH small car.

H

[Delightful Den]

Just before New Years we took DD24 back home to Newman. She had so much stuff after Christmas and shopping and with her dogs I had to tow a trailer.  It took us 131/2 hours to get there. 

[Halex]

Oh my goodnees.

I can just see dh face as he walks into my huge long pile of things to go in the car & thats before the  eskys.

Got a feeling I will be jamming it in. Had to sit on the suitcase to close it.

H

[cookie1]

Did you plan your meals and only take the food that is necessary? Otherwise leave all the clothes at home and live in your bathers.

[Halex]

Sort of but theres lunch as well.LOL

H

[Halex]

No luck today with eggs

Total weight of 12 eggs 420g
Fresh free range from the kalbarri egg farm

4 eggs
 500g tap water
11 min varoma speed 1
2 hard boiled
2 semi hard boiled.

Do really fresh eggs cook quicker?

H

[Delightful Den]

Do really fresh eggs cook quicker?

H

I don't know if they cook quicker but they do seem to be harder to peel.

[dede]

I was always told that you are always better to use eggs that are a couple of weeks old for hard boiling as they are easier to peel than fresh eggs. I'm guessing that the freshness will also effect how quickly they cook as well but I'm not sure. Unless you have your own chooks I guess it is really hard to tell how long ago they were laid. I rotate my eggs so I'm always using the oldest eggs first.

[dede]

What makes hard-cooked eggs hard to peel?
The fresher the egg, the more difficult it is to peel after hard cooking. That's because the air cell, found at the large end of the shell between the shell membranes, increases in size the longer the raw egg is stored. As the contents of the egg contracts and the air cell enlarges, the shell becomes easier to peel. For this reason, older eggs make better candidates for hard cooking.

[Halex]

These eggs are very fresh, the use by date is March!!

So i am thinking they need to e cooked for a shorter time.

H

[judydawn]

How frustrating for you Hally, just when you think you have got it right    You can always keep the hard boiled eggs for sandwiches and cook up another lot for DS.

[Halex]

Still havent got this right, cooked 6 eggs, 4 took out after 11mins, 2 were very runny, 2 were nearly hard boiled. Left the other 2 in for 3 mins 30 secs, not sure what they are like.

The problem is they dont seem to cook evenly. i spread them out evenly in the basket.

H

[huilink]

I have learnt to make the perfect soft boiled egg in the thermomix from
http://trissalicious.com/2011/07/19/momofukus-chicken-and-egg-on-the-thermomix/


Put 4 eggs in the basket, speed 3, 60 degrees for 43 mins.

I think the fast speed help distribute the temperature more evenly.