why do potatoes go soft when boiled but eggs go hard
2007-03-22 23:57:31 · 13 answers · asked by andrew j 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Rude too. Potato's are starch, goes soft when boiled. Eggs are high in protein, protein coagulates(becomes solid) with heat.
2007-03-23 00:00:54 · answer #1 · answered by =42 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The shell cooks the egg on the inside. Heat cause the potato to go soft. There is nothing containing it (like a shell)
2007-03-23 06:59:55 · answer #2 · answered by Michael b 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Basically the proteins in the egg combine to go hard, and by removing the starches from a spud causes it to go soft. by the way as others have pointed out your no dumb big guy awreet
2007-03-23 10:14:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because potatoes are hard before boiled, and eggs are soft before boiled.
2007-03-23 06:59:28 · answer #4 · answered by C J 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because potatoes start hard & eggs start soft, if that makes sense.
2007-03-27 05:31:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
potatoes are a starchy food so when cooked in a certain way they go hard. Eggs are a protein and in eggs they coagulate
2007-03-26 17:42:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because potatoes are hard to start off with, so they go soft, and eggs are soft so they go hard!
2007-03-23 07:02:43 · answer #7 · answered by Keira 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because pototaes start out as a solid and eggs start as a liquid.
2007-03-23 07:00:02 · answer #8 · answered by klynnr_1981 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You're not fkn dumb - you just came up with
a good question.
Sorry I can't help but thanks for my points!!
2007-03-23 07:02:15 · answer #9 · answered by Minxy 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
this question along with others keep me up at night. like why is it called a blo job when sucking is done instead?
2007-03-23 07:05:00 · answer #10 · answered by askmike 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋