A hard-boiled egg will spin. An uncooked or soft-boiled egg will not. Is this true?
2006-07-11 21:02:02 · 9 answers · asked by Qu3enofcha0s 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
yes. this is how you can tell whether the ege is raw or cooked/ cooked=spins, uncooked=liquid inside, will turn slowly.
2006-07-12 00:10:53 · answer #1 · answered by snowbunny 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't like either of those but they are fairly close. When you spin a hard boiled egg all of the contents are spun together so all the force you apply is transferred to motion at the same rotational rate and support keeping it spinning. When you spin a raw egg, the shell is moving full speed at the start, but it has to drive the liquid (white) inside in shear and the closer you get to the middle, and the yolk, the more the liquid slips behind to slip in the viscous liquid, then that has to try to get the semi solid yolk turning and it has a different pattern of liquid flow. The result is that you don't get the insides moving up to speed and as soon as you let go of the shell, the still slower moving insides start to drag on the shell and slow it down. Interestingly, since it may be hard to judge speeds, the quickest way to tell if an egg is raw or cooked is to spin it and then tap it to bring it to a stop. If the egg is raw, the moving insides will start it moving again while the cooked egg will just stay stopped.
2016-03-27 02:08:36 · answer #2 · answered by Mary 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A hard boiled egg will spin like a top! I have never been able to get an raw egg to spin on its end.
2006-07-11 21:30:59 · answer #3 · answered by Retarded Dave 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its the other way around and you spin it put you finger on it just long enough to stop it then take your finger off the hard boiled egg will not spin, but the raw one will start back spinning
2006-07-11 21:05:40 · answer #4 · answered by theuntouchablejdub 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you have it backwards. An uncooked egg will spin because the yolk is free to move into the center of the egg.
2006-07-11 21:06:46 · answer #5 · answered by The Apple Chick 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both will spin though the uncooked egg will spin much more slowly and erratically.
2006-07-11 21:06:18 · answer #6 · answered by DMR 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Hardboiled egg will spin on its end while raw eggs will not. I tried it so many times when I was young.
2006-07-11 21:28:20 · answer #7 · answered by mr_mayat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
both will spin
2006-07-11 21:05:18 · answer #8 · answered by sparkydog_1372 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try it.
2006-07-11 21:05:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋