Re: Pinholin' and hard boiled eggs

>

To answer the original question, the air sac is at the big end.
   - John

>
> >
> > Jim Kosinski wrote:
> >
> >> Guy - c'est superlatif!
> >> but where the heck is the bottom of an egg?
> >> Jim K
> >> Many thanks,
> >> Jim Kosinski
>
> >> From: "Guy Glorieux" <guy.glorieux@sympatico.ca>
> >>
> >> 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
> >>
Received on Mon May 6 22:28:20 2002