# Is it possible to hard-boil an ostrich egg?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 22, 2004, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-hard-boil-an-ostrich-egg/246526 "2004-05-22T15:03:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-hard-boil-an-ostrich-egg/246526/1 "2004-05-22T15:03:21Z")

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…and is the result edible? 🙂

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-hard-boil-an-ostrich-egg/246526/2 "2004-05-22T15:09:41Z")

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A simple Google search seems to indicate it would take roughtly 40 minutes to hard-boil an ostrich egg. It also indicates they are edible (no word on how tasty):

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> The World Record for eating a hard-boiled ostrich egg is 6 minutes, 40 seconds

. From [here](http://www.wherescherie.com/newsread.php?newsid=251).