Question for those that cook

[SouthPaw]

Never tried this, but I read once about putting eggs in muffin tins and baking them in the oven instead of boiling them. Supposed to work well, but I don't have further details atm, like temp/time/etc.

Yeah, my wife scoffed at me too......

<edit> Found it....

Preheat oven to 350F.
Put one egg in each muffin cup (the tin muffin pan things).
Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes.
Plunge baked eggs in large bowl filled with ice water until cooled completely, about 10 minutes.
If your oven runs hot, reduce temp to 325F.

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/232024/...s-in-the-oven/

I've always wanted to try the oven method but use the boil method. 10 minutes in boiling water and immediate ice bath.

[meatman]

Steam them in a steamer basket for 14 minutes. Chill in an ice bath. Beautiful whites, wonderful creamy non-sulfur-bomb yolks....

+1

This method even allows us to easily peel our fresh chicken eggs.

There is a pressure cooker method that makes peeling even easier, but steaming is more convenient.

[StagLefty]

Hold an old chicken over boiling water,tickle the chicken until it drops it's eggs into water,shut off heat to water,cover and let sit until the chicken stops laughing. DONE !!!

[ray1970]

The steaming method sounds intriguing. Unfortunately, I probably have one shot to get this right. Probably just boil the eggs this time. Unless I can find them pre-boiled at the store.

[meatman]

Another advantage of steaming the eggs is that you don't have the eggs bumping in the boiling water and the likelihood of getting cracked eggs in the boiling water is reduced.

[Jonsey]

If you buy the pre peeled ones rinse them off before you devil them. They always taste a little "pre packaged" to me otherwise. If you can get them in bulk that sounds like it will save you a lot of time.

[ray1970]

Well, I'm heading to the store soon to get some eggs. Think I'm going to buy the eggs and see if I can boil and peel them myself.

[BladesNBarrels]

Place the eggs in the microwave oven.
Turn to High 5 minutes.
Ask your guests to clean the oven.
You will never be assigned the "Deviled Egg" task again.

[Gunner]

Side note Safeway had 1 dozen eggs for $.99


I really need some chickens

[Jonsey]

Get extra so if you mess up you don't have to go back.