# hard boiled eggs **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 9, 2004, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-boiled-eggs/228243 "2004-02-09T07:23:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![captainQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@captainQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/captainQwark)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-boiled-eggs/228243/1 "2004-02-09T07:23:20Z")
how can people eat hard boiled eggs when they smell like a fart? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-boiled-eggs/228243/2 "2004-02-09T08:31:46Z")
Peel and place in mouth. I’m willing to offer tutoring at competitive rates. They don’t smell like farts; they smell like eggs. Rotten eggs smell like farts. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-boiled-eggs/228243/3 "2004-02-09T08:34:10Z")
If your eggs smell like farts, they’re not very fresh. Trivia: volcanos and exploded fireworks also smell like farts. Sulphur is great stuff. ---
**Author:** ![captainQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@captainQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/captainQwark)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-boiled-eggs/228243/4 "2004-02-09T10:35:46Z")
> [@dutchboy208](#): > > Peel and place in mouth. I’m willing to offer tutoring at competitive rates. > > They don’t smell like farts; they smell like eggs. Rotten eggs smell like farts. the ones I’ve been around have smelled like farts. If I’m eating with my cousin at a place with a salad bar, she usually gets a few hard boiled eggs. When she tears into it to take out the yolk it emits a fart-like odor. ---
**Author:** ![so\_da\_ne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@so\_da\_ne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/so_da_ne)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-boiled-eggs/228243/5 "2004-02-09T11:26:53Z")
Then I guess your farts smell like eggs. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-boiled-eggs/228243/6 "2004-02-09T13:07:54Z")
Maybe somebody farted on your eggs? ---
**Author:** ![Cosmopolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-boiled-eggs/228243/7 "2004-02-09T18:06:34Z")
I can eat 'em 'cause they taste yummy with some salt. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-boiled-eggs/228243/8 "2004-02-09T19:46:13Z")
> [@captainQwark](#): > > … When she tears into it to take out the yolk it emits a fart-like odor. … did you ask your cousin what it smelled like? or anyone else? otherwise i agree with **so\_da\_ne**. ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-boiled-eggs/228243/9 "2004-02-09T23:32:19Z")
> [@captainQwark](#): > > the ones I’ve been around have smelled like farts. If I’m eating with my cousin at a place with a salad bar, she usually gets a few hard boiled eggs. When she tears into it to take out the yolk it emits a fart-like odor. This means that they’re not-so-great eggs and have probably been overcooked–boiling the eggs for too long will help make the bad smell. If you get good eggs and cook them correctly, there will be no unpleasant smell. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-boiled-eggs/228243/10 "2004-02-09T23:47:00Z")
> [@captainQwark](#): > > how can people eat hard boiled eggs when they smell like a fart? Eggs don’t care what people smell like. They’re very broadminded that way. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-boiled-eggs/228243/11 "2004-02-10T00:09:53Z")
> [@captainQwark](#): > > the ones I’ve been around have smelled like farts. If I’m eating with my cousin at a place with a salad bar, she usually gets a few hard boiled eggs. When she tears into it to take out the yolk it emits a fart-like odor. Please tell us, that you didn’t tell her that the eggs she was eating, smelled like farts. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![captainQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@captainQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/captainQwark)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-boiled-eggs/228243/12 "2004-02-10T04:27:52Z")
I think I’ve made an ass of myself in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-boiled-eggs/228243/13 "2004-02-10T06:31:01Z")
It just means that you are fortunate enough to be blessed with great smelling farts. Can you get your farts to smell like roast beef or grilled fish too? ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-boiled-eggs/228243/14 "2004-02-10T06:45:34Z")
> [@](#): > > I can eat 'em 'cause they taste yummy with some salt. I find they taste better with pepper. And a salad just ain’t a salad without em.