tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post11650144534804149..comments2024-02-23T02:03:23.020-07:00Comments on The Eco Cat Lady Speaks: The Perfect 3-Minute Egg In Only 8.5 Minutes!EcoCatLadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-78645453539623714402013-12-05T13:09:52.900-07:002013-12-05T13:09:52.900-07:00OK... I didn't realize email subscriptions was...OK... I didn't realize email subscriptions was an option in Blogger - but I did some hunting and voila! Your wish is my command! :-)<br /><br />Fortunately Denver is the only place I've ever really lived - well, I did live in both Norway and Upstate NY when I was in school, but I didn't do much cooking there. I think I'd probably burn everything if I moved to sea level!<br /><br />And I don't really have any patience at all... but I've stuck a bargain with myself. Instead of tapping my foot waiting for it to be done, I give myself those minutes to clean the kitchen!EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-28184881362604480622013-12-04T20:50:22.192-07:002013-12-04T20:50:22.192-07:00Oh how I wish you had email subscriptions, I would...Oh how I wish you had email subscriptions, I wouldn't fall so far behind in your posts. <br /><br />I still remember having to learn how to cook all over again when I moved to Albuquerque. My youngest turned 4 the end of that month and I wanted to bake him a cake as normal. It took me until the third box mix to read the fine print about the altitude. Funny how that works.I'm back at sea level where I know how to cook again. :-) <br /><br />So....an 8.5 minute egg? I don't know if I would have the patience for that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-27671970755248503662013-12-02T12:50:47.567-07:002013-12-02T12:50:47.567-07:00Ha! I mentioned something about soft boiled eggs a...Ha! I mentioned something about soft boiled eggs at Thanksgiving and my dad and step-mom went apoplectic. They started quoting statistics about how nearly one third of all eggs in this country are contaminated with salmonella. I dunno... I've been eating eggs with runny yokes my entire life and have never gotten sick. Here's hoping the trend continues! :-)EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-90383931419883703752013-12-02T07:45:30.457-07:002013-12-02T07:45:30.457-07:00Wildly entertaining as always. We love eggs, and e...Wildly entertaining as always. We love eggs, and eat them in every imaginable way, at every possible chance. But I have to say, we've never had a softboiled egg, and I'd like to give it a try. Runny yolks are actually incredibly healthy and if you buy local/organic, I'm not at all worried about the need for cooking to overwhelm bacteria. Jacob @ Cash Cow Couplehttp://cashcowcouple.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-47989279463515835162013-11-30T22:28:51.611-07:002013-11-30T22:28:51.611-07:00Interesting... does that make a hard or soft boile...Interesting... does that make a hard or soft boiled egg at your altitude? You're in upstate NY, yes?EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-32306812700160382962013-11-30T22:28:24.780-07:002013-11-30T22:28:24.780-07:00Ha! Well, I think you'd enjoy the batch of sho...Ha! Well, I think you'd enjoy the batch of shortbread cookies that I just spent 15 minutes scraping the brown off the bottoms of! I don't much like the brown stuff, at least on cookies! :-)EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-92080720326412233182013-11-30T21:32:50.997-07:002013-11-30T21:32:50.997-07:00I use the method where you put the eggs in water a...I use the method where you put the eggs in water and bring it to a boil, then take it off the burner and cover then let sit for ten minutes. In our house, if it doesn't fully cook, you just feed it to the dog!Alex Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15562233895276078957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-74357244318375451462013-11-23T17:30:10.864-07:002013-11-23T17:30:10.864-07:00I used to slightly/greatly overcook everything bec...I used to slightly/greatly overcook everything because I was always distracted doing other things while food was on/in the stove. Now that I cook more, I at least stay in the kitchen and pay attention to the food! But I got so accustomed to dry and crunchy food that I still prefer it. You may as well feed me cat kibble. Any medical advice that warns against coffee is suspect in my books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-55557598339806536692013-11-23T14:29:59.900-07:002013-11-23T14:29:59.900-07:00Wow! That sounds like a nifty gizmo!Wow! That sounds like a nifty gizmo!EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-21557658765293611172013-11-23T14:12:41.910-07:002013-11-23T14:12:41.910-07:00I live at sea level - on an island - that will lik...I live at sea level - on an island - that will likely be swamped by rising sea levels in the not-too-distant future.<br /><br />I have no idea how long it takes to boil an egg as I cook on a woodstove and my brother gave me a gizmo that you drop in the water, along with the egg, and it changes colour as the egg cooks, so you can have it soft, medium or hard.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04878023047516773161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-8225589112243461652013-11-20T13:45:56.309-07:002013-11-20T13:45:56.309-07:00See what I mean... it sounds difficult! I imagine ...See what I mean... it sounds difficult! I imagine you have to keep the water just barely simmering and not at a full boil?<br /><br />Well anyway, I think I'll stick with soft boiled for the moment!EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-21051404514732225172013-11-20T13:44:48.876-07:002013-11-20T13:44:48.876-07:00I still have the curtains that were here when I bo...I still have the curtains that were here when I bought my house 17 years ago! It would never even occur to me to replace them... though I did actually wash them a few years back! :-)EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-3728287131773782972013-11-20T13:43:48.178-07:002013-11-20T13:43:48.178-07:00Yes... freezing one's ass off does tend to put...Yes... freezing one's ass off does tend to put a bit of a damper on romance, doesn't it? :-)EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-52563884511464005592013-11-20T13:43:01.463-07:002013-11-20T13:43:01.463-07:00Oh, so true. Life is the leading cause of death, a...Oh, so true. Life is the leading cause of death, as CatMan likes to say!EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-5772280949002216302013-11-20T13:42:18.972-07:002013-11-20T13:42:18.972-07:00Ha! You're all lowlanders in my book! Actually...Ha! You're all lowlanders in my book! Actually, I don't really think of anything below 10,000 feet as being "high altitude" but perhaps I should adjust my thinking a bit!EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-49796712757091508892013-11-20T13:40:52.971-07:002013-11-20T13:40:52.971-07:00Or you could boil an egg in Peru! :-)Or you could boil an egg in Peru! :-)EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-52370977541602811502013-11-20T08:42:25.152-07:002013-11-20T08:42:25.152-07:00Huh. I live over 200 miles from the coast, so I d...Huh. I live over 200 miles from the coast, so I don't see the differences!Debbie Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-39956530234777344012013-11-20T07:24:57.065-07:002013-11-20T07:24:57.065-07:00After visiting this blog post three times and comm...After visiting this blog post three times and commenting twice, I finally got around to looking at the FDA website to see what this acrylamide business is all about. Specifically, I was looking for any new scientific evidence, because we've heard nothing on this side of the pond. And... there's none. Scientifically, acrylamide is still "Probably carcinogenic" - nothing has changed recently. They don't even know for sure that it increases the risk of cancer in humans, never mind by how much.<br /><br />Lots of things I eat increase the risk of cancer (and other things), notably alcohol. I bear this in mind and moderate my intake (a bit) but I don't panic and stop eating them altogether. If we avoided all risk we'd never do anything!Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619866897155085499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-7896557319855242522013-11-20T07:23:02.174-07:002013-11-20T07:23:02.174-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619866897155085499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-65440139904280250602013-11-20T04:58:47.140-07:002013-11-20T04:58:47.140-07:00I love the fact that you consider 500 ft to be nea...I love the fact that you consider 500 ft to be near sea level! You have such a different sense of scale than we do here on our little island (Great Britain). I live in the mountains... at 680 ft. I used to live near sea level, at about 60 ft. I cannot even imagine living a mile up.<br /><br />Admittedly, I live only 12 miles from the coast, so there's a limit to how high we could be, but it's high enough to have a noticeable difference on things like when the spring flowers open - we can see spring arrive at the coast before it gets here. I'm not sure it's enough to have a noticeable effect on cooking times, though.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619866897155085499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-88229040573630597362013-11-20T04:35:26.113-07:002013-11-20T04:35:26.113-07:00No, you certainly don't scramble it first! It ...No, you certainly don't scramble it first! It is kinda hard, especially as it's easy to break the yolk by mistake. Some people put a little vinegar in the water as it's supposed to keep the white together, but the best way is to use very fresh eggs, as they hold together better. If it's really fresh, the white hardly spreads out in the water at all. With older eggs, you do get water in amongst the cooked white, but you take the egg out with a slotted spoon and the water mostly drips off. It will always be wet, though, and if you put it on your toast, you will get soggy toast. This is why I mostly do boiled eggs, even though I'm not very good at getting them just right.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619866897155085499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-37924057498451554252013-11-19T13:18:45.501-07:002013-11-19T13:18:45.501-07:00I thought it was only the blackening that was bad....I thought it was only the blackening that was bad. All crispiness being bad is sad news indeed. I do prefer my carbs to be cooked. Highly prefer it.<br /><br />To answer your question, I live near sea level (hmm, let me look that up--looks like about 500 feet above sea level) and things take too long to cook, of course! I don't notice cooking times being off except things often take longer to cook in my probably not fully preheated gas oven.<br /><br />You can probably search for "high-altitude [whatever kind of dish] recipe" to get a more appropriate estimate on cooking times for whatever you're making.Debbie Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-61622679738948790942013-11-19T13:11:05.387-07:002013-11-19T13:11:05.387-07:00I think you just don't scramble it first and y...I think you just don't scramble it first and you don't mix it around. I'm sure google knows the answer.Debbie Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-89866955876574881232013-11-19T09:01:33.784-07:002013-11-19T09:01:33.784-07:00Man, I do not like hearing scientific evidence tha...Man, I do not like hearing scientific evidence that crispy outsides are not good for me. They are the best part!<br /><br />I do like the idea of a soft boiled egg though. When we get back, I'll give it a go and we can compare the times.Done By Fortyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06246597867355460723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-67688914258980510682013-11-19T07:10:23.428-07:002013-11-19T07:10:23.428-07:00Haha! We have one to those gas hob/electric oven c...Haha! We have one to those gas hob/electric oven combos...installed by previous owners of house, who left us the curtains because "they've been up for a couple of years, and are a bit old".<br />Guess what we have still hanging, three and a half years later?!NicolaBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542310810409358114noreply@blogger.com