Re: Pinholin' and hard boiled eggs

That would be the end that comes out of the hen last. ;-)
  - JE

Jim Kosinski wrote:

> Guy - c'est superlatif!
> but where the heck is the bottom of an egg?
> Jim K
> Many thanks,
> Jim Kosinski
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> Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Pinholin' and hard boiled eggs
> Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 18:23:40 -0400
> From: "Guy Glorieux" <guy.glorieux@sympatico.ca>
> Reply-To: pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com
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> Gisèle and I are just back from grocery shopping and we're preparing
> supper. Nice sunny day outside and we're preparing a big "Salade
> nicoise" with hard boiled eggs among many constituents.
>
> I pull out two eggs from the fridge and a neddle from the drawer. I
> pierce a small pinhole at the bottom of the eggs and put them in the
> water to cook to hard.
>
> Gisèle looks at me:
> - I've seen you do that so many times but never asked. Why do you do
> that to the eggs?
>
> Me:
> - It's because there's a small air bag at the bottom of the eggs. When
> the temperature of the water rises to boiling, usually the pressure
> increases inside the eggs and they break. If you pierce a pinhole in
> the air bag, the pressure can rise, the air will come out through the
> pinhole and the eggs won't crack.
>
> Gisèle:
> - You sure know how to get pinholin' in every aspects of your life,
> don't you...
>
> Me:
> - Told you so... -:))
>
> Try it! It really works fine. Pinholin' and hard boiled eggs.
>
> Chef Guy
>
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Received on Sat May 4 23:28:59 2002