Boiling an egg, easy, or is it.

Well apparently not. The good people at Waitrose (a supermarket here in the UK) asked a group of 5  expert chefs and guess what? Yep, they came back with 5 different ways to do the same thing. Not abnormal you might say, these chefs all have egos to massage so, they will do that.  So what's the solution? Trial and error? Should the egg be put in cold water then let the water boil and hopefully get a boiled egg eventually. Or should one boil the water first, then again, how do you know your water is boiled ?  ahh so many questions so much advice and who the hell is right.
Some famous chef, or Delia Smith made a who TV show just to show you how to boil an egg, Check it out here.
But if you can't follow that, then the very good folks at Lion Quality ( check their site here). These guys are smart, they have managed to take the guess work out of getting a boiled egg write, be it soft, be it hard, they have it sorted.  Pure genius, it's one of those ideas that you may think ,I could could have thought of that, kind of genius idea! How did they do it?  Well, It's all down to the ink that they will be using when they print their quality logo on the egg. (read about it here not a perfect URL)

 

 

Scientists are close to cracking the age old problem of cooking your boiled egg just right…step aside the clock and the running sand granules – here comes the self-timing egg.

Using the latest heat sensitive technology, Lion Quality egg producers tasked boffins to create a foolproof way to guarantee the yolk comes out the way you want it - soft, medium or hard boiled - every time. Carrying a special label, the egg goes into your pan as normal and when it is perfectly cooked the Lion logo appears as if by magic confirming your chosen preference.

“We are still perfecting the technology, but we are very excited at the prospect of sorting a problem that has wound people up at breakfast time for decades,“ said Gilly Beaumont of B&H Colour Change.

There you go, it will be nice and easy to get that egg right! Problem solved. Pure genius!