To Boil an Egg

Or, “when I borderlined an identity crisis after forgetting how to boil an egg.”

For Thanksgiving I was given the simple task of boiling two eggs for a salad.¹ Not much of a task, or so I thought, when everything all of a sudden went black – I could not for the life of me remember how to do that. Eggs and water had defeated me.

Of course, it takes conservatively ten seconds to find a decent “recipe” – I use the term loosely – online, and my go-to steps quickly came back to me as the right plug sparked. And so I post this, just in case my brain short-circuits again.

1. Add water and a bunch of ice cubes to a bowl large enough to cover the eggs you’re cooking. Set aside.

2. Add the desired amount of eggs to pot and add enough cold water to cover the eggs by an inch.

3. Heat until the water reaches a rolling boil.

4. Cover pot, turn off heat, and let the pot sit on the burner for about 11 minutes. (Longer if you want them truly hard boiled.)

5. Fish out the eggs and place them in the ice water, letting them sit until they’re thoroughly cold.

6. Peel, or remove the eggs from the water and store them in the fridge.

1. To be clear, I did more than that, including grilling up a pork tenderloin.