Fresh eggs n'at

Hello! Welcome! This is my new blog. It's all about living on a prayer, counting pennies (and dollars), cooking, and cupcakes. Actually, it's my first day. I don't know what it will be about, yet, per se, but I'm guessing, since these are the things I'm thinking about these days.

I'm a librarian and book lover, so books will be mentioned, probably, and probably a lot.

On to the matter at hand.

Susan's Easy Hard Boiled Eggs

Ingredients
As many eggs as you want to boil

Equipment:
A pan

Instructions: Use the freshest eggs you have. More on this, below. Put the eggs in the pan. Cover them in COLD water. Put the water on medium, cover the pan, put a timer for 10 minutes, and come back and check. The water should be boiling. Take the pan off the heat, keep the cover on, and put the timer on for another 10 minutes. VOILA!

So why do you need to use fresh eggs, Sarah Louise?

The problem is not with the instructions. The problem is that as a single person, I sometimes have very old eggs in my fridge. (And sometimes more than one carton, because eggs were on SALE!) And of course one thinks, better use the old eggs first! Yes. For scrambled eggs. But not for hard boiled. Why? The eggs will float, for one. The water will not boil, for two (it's TRUE). And the shell will be even harder to remove than usual. Trust me. I've been there, done than, I have the t-shirt.

I'm sure there are scientific reasons for all of the above, but this is not a science blog. If you know the answers, put them (nicely) in the comments. I reserve the right to delete any comments that are not nice, B T Dubbs. (By the way.)  

Well, that's all for today. Come back soon, I'll be posting at least twice a week, and tweaking the layout/design as I go.

Oh, and here's today's joke, thanks to I love eggs:  

What happens when you tell an egg a joke?
It cracks up!