That's not a euphemism for Mrs. HM blowing her top at some Farmer H shenanigans. This is literally about a boiling pot. Which I'm sure you surmised from the thumbnail. Darn Blogger, taking the mystery out of my clickbait titles!
On Monday, I tried to get a start on Christmas dinner preparations by boiling 40 eggs. I actually had 54 eggs, but 9 were needed for the Oreo Cakes. And I figure that Farmer H might want some ham and eggs with the leftover ham.
I boiled them in two shifts. They don't always come out right if I crowd the pot. Besides, that pot is heavy enough with the water and 20 eggs. I sure don't want to spill boiling water down my legs! Nine minutes, that's how long I boil them. I start them in tapwater, and let it heat up to a boil. After that, it's nine minutes. Then I transfer the pot to the sink, fill it with cold water, dump that out, and fill the whole pot with cold water.
I don't take care when dumping that water. I let the eggs roll out and slam into the sink. That way, they all get a crack, and the cold water they are put back into helps loosen the shell for later ease of peeling. I've tried all the so-called tricks like adding vinegar to the water. My way works best. I have peeled a lot of eggs in my time.
Here's my egg breakdown:
8 for the 7 Layer Salad
2 for side salads for finicky Pony and Genius
5 for potato salad
2 for doling out samples during deviling
5 for The Pony to take home
8 for deviling for our meal
10 for deviling to take to my sister the ex-mayor's wife's party
Of course I will start with the deviling. The whites that tear, or have a thin bottom, will be set aside and designated for the potato salad or 7 Layer Salad. They don't have to be pretty. They get chopped.
Anyhoo... I was standing at the stove, waiting for boiling to start so I could set a timer, and while I was watching...
I think this was the second pot of 20 eggs. I was trying to get a picture of them. There's the first BLOOMP of a boiling bubble, captured on phone.
8 comments:
I pretty much do my hard-boiled eggs the same way, although I can honestly say that I have never hard boiled that many eggs at one time. Maybe 8 at the most, for a generously made potato salad or a few extras for egg salad sandwiches. I'm impressed. Ranee
I love 7 layer salad. But the family does not. Maybe I'll just make a small one for myself.
I don't think I have ever hard boiled more than three eggs at a time since the 80s, that's when ex-the-first was still with us and loved devilled eggs though we rarely had them. I'm pretty sure I couldn't lift a pan with 20 eggs in boiling water. I'm glad to hear I am not the only one who dumps the water and eggs into the sink. I don't let them boil more than 6-7 minutes though, I think they start cooking as the water warms up to a boil, so after 6-7 minutes they are hard boiled.
Rae,
That's one more of my many talents: boiling a large quantity of eggs!
Angie,
That's a lot of work, just for a single salad. But they're SO GOOD!
River,
It might be my stove burners. Less than 9 minutes, and part of the yolk is not done. More than 9 minutes, and the yolk gets a green tinge around the edges.
I use a lot of eggs, too. I think you get in the habit of using them if you have chickens. I still would love to have two hens, but that would interfere with traveling. My Minnesota son-in-law loves my potato salad because I don't skimp on the eggs. My daughter tells me that her mother-in-law doesn't cook the potatoes long enough, they crunch when you bite into them, so I am sure mine is much better than hers!
Kathy,
I loved it when we had 33 chickens! The eggs were delicious, except not good for boiling, because the shell would never peel off easily. Yikes to the crunchy potato salad! The only crunch I want in mine is from diced onions and dill pickles.
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