Hard boiled
Last night I boiled a dozen eggs so I could take them to work and have them on hand for mid morning snacks. I love hard boiled eggs, but I always feel unsure about how long to boil them. I know I could get an egg timer, or maybe just look up how long it takes to hard boil an egg… but instead I just boil them for much longer then seems necessary. Then I boil them a little longer.
Still, I’m always worried that I’ll crack one open and find that I’ve soft boiled it. I’ve done it before, so I know what a bummer it is. Especially when it’s cold from being in the refrigerator. Ew.
So last night I had a dream. In my dream I met an FBI agent. He was in the middle of some sort of covert operation and he was in desperate need of a dozen hard boiled eggs. It just so happened that I had mine on me.
“They absolutely must be hard boiled. Are you sure they’re hard boiled?” He asked.
And I said, “Yes! I’m positive! They are definitely hard boiled.”
“All right,” he said, “because it’s crucial to my mission that the eggs be hard boiled.”
And I said, “I’m sure they’re hardboiled!”
But I wasn’t. He took the eggs and ran off and I was so, so anxious that I hadn’t boiled them long enough.
Eventually he came back and held out a hand covered in egg yolk. “They weren’t hard boiled,” he told me.
I felt awful.
I can’t believe I had an anxiety dream about hard boiled eggs.
Room temp eggs, seven minutes from the onset of rolling boil. If they’re gianthor eggs, you can go to eight minutes. Boil them too long and they get rubbery.
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