Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sbcs.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!sbcs!podar From: podar@sbcs.UUCP (Sunil Podar) Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: Re: Hard boiled eggs Message-ID: <247@sbcs.UUCP> Date: Wed, 24-Apr-85 03:10:57 EST Article-I.D.: sbcs.247 Posted: Wed Apr 24 03:10:57 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 27-Apr-85 01:00:53 EST References: <2463@drutx.UUCP> <5281@tektronix.UUCP> Organization: Computer Science Dept, SUNY@Stony Brook Lines: 19 .....thought I'll add my bit, although I rarely boil eggs, but you are welcome to experiment. I recall someone(perhaps mom), somewhere mentioning that if you add a bit (don't ask me how much) of salt to the water while boiling eggs, it is easier to break the shell; apparantly some kind of chemical reaction makes the shell even more brittle, I guess, ................ -- yours truly, dont like'em 'cause they leave a yuckkky after-smell just like garlic & the rest, Sunil Podar SUNY at Stony Brook CSNET: podar@sbcs.csnet ARPA: podar%suny-sb.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa UUCP: {allegra, hocsd, philabs, ogcvax} !sbcs!podar