Scientists say they have broken the code to boil the perfect egg.
This is a prescription that you can test for yourself – though the outbreak of bird flu is not ideal with the increase in egg prices in the United States.
Ideal Boiled eggs A velvet yellow joint with soft, solid white.
Acquiring this balance can be a challenge as the yellow is cooked at a lower than a white temperature. Strict boiling eggs can produce a cunning yellow, while low and slow cooking can cause low -cooked whites, like jelly.
This image, provided by researchers in February 2025, shows the results of different ways of boiling eggs, which has a new technique called “continuous cooking” to the right.
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Researchers cooked hundreds of eggs and used mathematics to deal with this flowing venue. A equation deals with how heat travels between warm surface and eggs. Another occupied how the contents of the eggs were in the middle of a state -like state between the liquid to solid.
Their last recipe involves moving the eggs to a steamer basket between two cups of water every two minutes.
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“You can definitely do half a dozen eggs or more at home,” said Gregory Weiss, a chemist from the University of California, Arun.
In the procedure suggested by the researchers, from time to time, the egg white is warm and cool until it is completely set. On the other hand, the apricot is established at a permanent temperature and cooked to creamy.
“You can also spread it on bread,” said Emilia de Lorenzo, a study author from the University of Naples Federico II.
To confirm that they have cooked something new, researchers tested the chemical makeup of eggs prepared and served them in a panel of eight flavors along with traditional boiled eggs.
The research was published in the journal Communications Engineering on Thursday.
John Slavin, a food scientist from the University of Minnesota, said the new technique could mean more time in the kitchen than a standard tough boiled egg. But a mixture of textures on the tongue can be extra time.
“This is a slow process to achieve a better result,” said Slavin, who has no role in this study.
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