Boiled Eggs Recipe

On holydays, an _egg or two_ at most;

But her ambition never reached to roast.

CHAUCER.



The fresher laid the better. Put them into boiling water; if you like

the white just set, about two minutes' boiling is enough. A new-laid egg

will take a little more. If you wish the yolk to be set, it will take

three, and to boil it hard for a salad, ten minutes. A new-laid egg

will require longer boiling than a stale one by half a minute.

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