We know egg prices are absolutely through the roof right now…
…so you want to make sure all of your eggs are cooked to perfection.
Well, we're pleased to report that researchers in Italy may have cracked the code on the perfect hard-boiled egg:
Boiling an egg flawlessly is challenging because the albumen — or egg white — and the yolk have different compositions, requiring them to be cooked at varying temperatures to achieve ideal taste and consistency.
But now, scientists say they have officially cracked the code with a technique known as periodic cooking. This new method involves alternating the eggs between hot and lukewarm water cycles to optimally cook the albumen and yolk simultaneously without separating them, according to a new study published February 6 in the journal Communications Engineering.
So that's it? Just ... back and forth from hot to medium?
Apparently so! In the research article itself, the Italian scientists say they performed "mathematical modeling and subsequent simulation" in order to generate real-world testing conditions to bring about the perfect hard-boiled egg.
And friends, let me tell you: These people took it seriously. They weren't just chucking eggs into boiling water. They actually made graphs and stuff about it!
And folks, I gotta say, I think they might be onto something. Look at that beautiful "periodic" hard-boiled egg right there!
A beautiful white, a jammy, bright-orange center, well-cooked and rounded ... that's a good-looking egg!
Admittedly, the process is a bit more involved than just boiling eggs in water; you need two pots and, ideally, a way to easily move them from one pot to another:
If you like your hard-boiled eggs perfectly cooked, it might be worth it!
These findings, the scientists say, can actually work to make our daily lives better:
Analysis of the color, texture, and consistency of all the egg products was only the final proof of a successful cooking experiment that might inspire new fancy recipes, proving how knowledge of the science behind simple problems can improve even the slightest bits of our daily life, like the simple act of eating an egg.
Amazing, but we'll probably wait for egg prices to drop a bit before playing around with this!
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