# How do I make a egg white only hard boiled egg? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [April 4, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-egg-white-only-hard-boiled-egg/999826 "2024-04-04T17:32:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-egg-white-only-hard-boiled-egg/999826/61 "2024-04-05T14:09:51Z")
Get some really good, heat-resistant gloves and hold the hole shut with your finger. Seems totally safe. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-egg-white-only-hard-boiled-egg/999826/62 "2024-04-05T14:13:52Z")
Hah! I have played around with ostrich eggs. When you blow them out it takes forever, especially if you want to keep your holes small. But you can spray a bit of WD40 into the top hole and the egg will run out quicker. I had a source of infertile ostrich eggs from a farm that was breeding them. I would blow them out and give them as gifts. Sadly, the farm went bankrupt. More sadly, I never thought to keep one for myself. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-egg-white-only-hard-boiled-egg/999826/63 "2024-04-05T14:14:37Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > So really, aside from the dent / flat bit at one end, this seems like the best answer. Not to pick on you personally, but you just said something neatly that several other people had alluded to way upthread that had bugged me when I saw it, but the conversation had already moved on. Now that you’ve refreshed it … What is wrong with having a dent or flat spot on a pure-white hardboiled egg? Ordinary yolk-in-the-center hardboiled eggs have that dent / flat spot. In fact the absence of the dent / flatspot is one of the ways to identify a fake, not a genuine egg. Does the OP somehow want no flat spots, or are they OK? And if not OK, why? ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-egg-white-only-hard-boiled-egg/999826/64 "2024-04-05T14:20:34Z")
Yolkless eggs exist, they’re called fairy eggs or fart eggs or cock eggs. > **[Yolkless egg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yolkless_egg)** > > A yolkless egg is a small egg with no yolk, sometimes produced by a pullet that has only just started laying. These eggs are common and usually pose no harm. > The eggs can also be called fart eggs, cock eggs, fairy eggs, dwarf eggs, and witch eggs. The name wind eggs is also sometimes used, but this term more often refers to eggs without a shell, or with a soft shell, and less often to eggs that are rotten or unfertilized. > A yolkless egg is most often a pullet's first egg, produced before her la... ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-egg-white-only-hard-boiled-egg/999826/65 "2024-04-05T14:22:31Z")
> usually pose no harm “usually”? What, like they usually are fine to eat but one in a thousand is deadly? ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-egg-white-only-hard-boiled-egg/999826/66 "2024-04-05T14:23:54Z")
Maybe they produce deadly farts. Only dangerous to those downwind. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-egg-white-only-hard-boiled-egg/999826/67 "2024-04-05T15:15:04Z")
If it looks natural a slight dent is fine. ---
**Author:** ![phs3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@phs3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phs3)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-egg-white-only-hard-boiled-egg/999826/68 "2024-04-05T15:45:35Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Shirred eggs are cooked in a dish/ramekin. And of course all true James Bond fans know that he orders his eggs “Steak and, not shirred”! ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-egg-white-only-hard-boiled-egg/999826/69 "2024-04-05T15:46:41Z")
Eggs are pretty silent… even if deadly. “The one who fried it, supplied it.” “The one who smelt it, shelled it.” ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-egg-white-only-hard-boiled-egg/999826/70 "2024-04-05T17:02:21Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I have played around with ostrich eggs. When you blow them out it takes forever, especially if you want to keep your holes small. But you can spray a bit of WD40 into the top hole and the egg will run out quicker. > > I had a source of infertile ostrich eggs from a farm that was breeding them. I would blow them out and give them as gifts. Sadly, the farm went bankrupt. More sadly, I never thought to keep one for myself. Have you ever tried carving emu eggs? > **[carved emu eggs at DuckDuckGo](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=carved%2Bemu%2Beggs&t=ffab&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images)** > > DuckDuckGo. Privacy, Simplified. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-egg-white-only-hard-boiled-egg/999826/71 "2024-04-05T17:03:14Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > Have you ever tried carving emu eggs? No way. I have zero artistic ability. Zero. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-egg-white-only-hard-boiled-egg/999826/72 "2024-04-05T17:50:04Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I have played around with ostrich eggs. When you blow them out it takes forever, especially if you want to keep your holes small. But you can spray a bit of WD40 into the top hole and the egg will run out quicker. If the OP tries a similar trick with chicken eggs, to evacuate shells for later use as molds, best not to use WD-40!! (maybe cooking spray would work). > [@mbh](#): > > Have you ever tried carving emu eggs? Some of those are gorgeous. Now I want one! ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-egg-white-only-hard-boiled-egg/999826/73 "2024-04-05T17:54:16Z")
They are very neat. The shell is composed of many layers. The innermost layer is almost white. The outermost layer is almost black. If you want a lighter shade of blue, you cut deep. If you want a darker shade of blue, you cut shallow. They create some very intricate designs. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-egg-white-only-hard-boiled-egg/999826/74 "2024-04-05T18:01:19Z")
People swear by Pam spray. It does weird tastes in cast iron. Since we cook mostly with cast iron it’s not good around here. Baking pans do fine with neutral oil and parchment paper, if it’s precious and needs to be perfect. Not sure what Pam does with the silicon egg thingys you have. I’d try it. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-egg-white-only-hard-boiled-egg/999826/75 "2024-04-05T20:19:20Z")
Ah, thanks. I might give it a miss - it’s a bit expensive here … ! ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-egg-white-only-hard-boiled-egg/999826/76 "2024-04-06T13:41:28Z")
I don’t know what’s available in different markets, but my grocery store has a variety of cooking sprays that are just a specific type of oil with no propellant but compressed air. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-egg-white-only-hard-boiled-egg/999826/77 "2024-04-06T13:52:36Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > It does weird tastes in cast iron. Since we cook mostly with cast iron it’s not good around here. I"ve always assumed it was the canola oil, or perhaps a mix of that and the propellant. At any rate, I avoid canola oil in the house even just a straight oil, as it tastes weirdly … fishy? Is that the right word? That’s the best way I could describe its taste and smell on very hot surfaces. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-egg-white-only-hard-boiled-egg/999826.md?page=3)