whenever we boil eggs my mother always says "make sure u start out using cold water" why is that?
2007-06-22 05:54:00 · 11 answers · asked by Diamond Princess 313rd 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
If you put a cold egg in hot water it will crack.
2007-06-22 05:58:06 · answer #1 · answered by Cristi H 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Dropping a cold egg in hot water can cause small cracks that will expand as the egg boils. Starting with cold water and heating the egg with the water helps to keep the number of cracks down.
2007-06-22 05:59:36 · answer #2 · answered by msbettyboop40 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A cold egg must start with cold water, otherwise the egg shell will crack if placed immediately into warm or hot water and you'll be cooking a wontong soup instead of getting a hard boiled or 2-minute egg.
2007-06-22 06:16:54 · answer #3 · answered by Kat G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You start them in cold water so that the cold egg gets a chance to warm through as the water is heating thus it will be cooked all the way through in the time it takes to be completly cooked. Same thing with potatos. If you start them, eggs or potatos, in hot water they will be overcooked on the outside and not done on the inside. And the best way to boil the eggs is to bring them to a full rolling boil, turn off the heat, cover and let stand for twenty minutes. They will be cooked through and won't get that nasty greeny-blackness around the yolk. The foolproof way to peel them is: Pour off the hot water, cool under cold running water for a few minutes, pour off the water, replace the cover, firmly grip the lid with one hand and the handle with the other and vigorsly shake the pan back and forth until the eggs are no longer clattering around. The shells will slip off in your fingers.
2007-06-22 06:32:00 · answer #4 · answered by valducci53 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what everyone said here about the eggs cracking when dropped into hot water is right. I let my hubby make hard boiled eggs one day & he didn't know about this...oh boy!
one egg out of 12 didn't crack! And all the ones that did crack...oh boy did they crack good! Half the egg white spewed out of the shell & cooked in this funny shaped mass attached to the outside of the egg, because the white cooked almost as soon as it hit the water.
Boil up a little pan of water & try it, because the egg cooks so quickly it won't make a mess. Plus this can be a great way to entertain little ones, just make sure they don't get splashed with hot water!
2007-06-22 06:05:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't have to, but cold egg shells break more easily when put into hot water. ~
I always punch a hole into the broad end, and to make soft boiled eggs start with boiling water.
Incidentally, you can't boil an egg in cold water! ;-)
2007-06-22 05:58:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
placing a cold or room temp. egg into hot water will cause the egg to crack. plus it is hard to put an egg carefully into hot or boiling water without dropping it in.
2007-06-22 07:34:10 · answer #7 · answered by Constipated CON. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eggs tend not to break as easy while thy are boiling if they are cooked at room remp. she is probably wanting the egg and the water to have a better temp match than if hot water were used.
2007-06-22 05:58:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because when it starts to boil, you shut off the flame, cover the eggs and wait 20 minutes...they come out perfectly.
2007-06-22 06:00:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anglcake 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you put cold eggs into hot water they crack!
2007-06-22 07:05:44 · answer #10 · answered by GrnApl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋