# Who wants 30 min eggs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [September 19, 2026, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-30-min-eggs/1033210 "2026-09-19T19:36:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2026, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-30-min-eggs/1033210/1 "2026-09-19T19:36:01Z")
I have a bad habit of putting on a pot of eggs to boil (for snacking during the week) and walking away to do something else real quick. 30 or so minutes later, there’s an inch of water remaining and I have what are basically baked eggs. Who wants some? ---
**Author:** ![Xarrot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xarrot/32/21728_2.png) [@Xarrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xarrot)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2026, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-30-min-eggs/1033210/2 "2026-09-19T19:52:42Z")
Are they rock hard? I prefer my eggs poached, so I’ll just double and give to the next person. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2026, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-30-min-eggs/1033210/3 "2026-09-19T19:56:08Z")
> [@Xarrot](#): > > Are they rock hard? Yep. But honestly, no harder than properly timed hard boiled eggs. Which my wife insists is: bring to boil, flame off, cover, and let stand for 12 mins. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2026, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-30-min-eggs/1033210/4 "2026-09-19T19:59:32Z")
That’s how I make them, although I don’t let them stand for twenty minutes. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-30-min-eggs/1033210/5 "2026-09-19T20:02:27Z")
Sorry, it’s 12 min. Same principle. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2026, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-30-min-eggs/1033210/6 "2026-09-19T20:15:56Z")
Hard pass, I’m afraid. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2026, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-30-min-eggs/1033210/7 "2026-09-19T20:16:57Z")
Oh what do you know… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2026, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-30-min-eggs/1033210/8 "2026-09-19T20:35:03Z")
Less and less as the years go by. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2026, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-30-min-eggs/1033210/9 "2026-09-19T20:39:21Z")
I can eat 30 min eggs. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2026, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-30-min-eggs/1033210/10 "2026-09-19T20:50:38Z")
Here’s how to cook scrambled eggs in only 45 minutes, courtesy of Nero Wolfe. > **[Nero Wolfe’s 45 Minute Scrambled Eggs - Ordinary Times](https://ordinary-times.com/2023/06/08/nero-wolfes-45-minute-scrambled-eggs/)** > > "Tell me forty minutes before you’re ready.” Her eyes widened. “Forty minutes?” “Yes. I knew you didn’t know.” ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2026, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-30-min-eggs/1033210/11 "2026-09-19T21:21:08Z")
I’ve done eggs for 45 minutes in the pressure cooker. The whites end up getting browned, but it’s not from getting burned. They brown in the same way meat does when you cook it. It tastes pretty good. Gives the eggs more of a savory taste. I’m not sure if the same thing can be done on the cooktop in boiling water. What do your eggs taste like compared to normal boiled eggs? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2026, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-30-min-eggs/1033210/12 "2026-09-19T21:29:22Z")
Now and then, when I question my judgement for returning to the boards, along comes someone that makes me think I can stand it for another day or two. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2026, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-30-min-eggs/1033210/13 "2026-09-19T21:38:21Z")
That’s probably the nicest thing anyone’s said to me on this board. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-30-min-eggs/1033210/14 "2026-09-20T01:58:21Z")
Grated fairly fine, I bet those 30-min eggs would make excellent egg salad. Halfnhalf mayonnaise and plain yogurt dressing, with seasonings and finely diced vegetables, let it sit in the fridge for an hour or so before spreading on firm bread or a chewy roll, maybe with lettuce and tomato. Yum! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-30-min-eggs/1033210/15 "2026-09-20T19:00:12Z")
I’m a sucker for a good Oxford comma. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-30-min-eggs/1033210/16 "2026-09-20T22:09:45Z")
That’s exactly how I do my hard boiled eggs. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-30-min-eggs/1033210/17 "2026-09-21T02:18:51Z")
The way I do them is once the water starts to boil you put a lid on the pot and stop the heat and let them sit 15-20 minutes. Then hit them with cold water. Works well and usually easy to peel. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-30-min-eggs/1033210/18 "2026-09-21T02:29:35Z")
I have yet to overboil eggs. Sure, they’ll get the green tint on the yolk, but they always taste fine. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-30-min-eggs/1033210/19 "2026-09-21T03:32:59Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > have yet to overboil eggs. Sure, they’ll get the green tint on the yolk Then they’re overboiled. > [@Kimstu](#): > > Grated fairly fine, I bet those 30-min eggs would make excellent egg salad. That’s not a bad idea. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2026, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-30-min-eggs/1033210/20 "2026-09-21T03:49:00Z")
Buy an egg timer. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-30-min-eggs/1033210.md?page=2)