I am sooo excited. We are going to color eggs soon. This will be Rylee's first time. We will probably do it next weekend. I have one little problem though, I don't know how to boil eggs. I have never done that before. Can someone help me? Thanks.

By Colette on Friday, March 11, 2005 - 01:00 pm:

Pierce them with a needle, put them in cold water, bring it to a boil, let them go for about 10 minutes. Have fun.

By Rayanne on Friday, March 11, 2005 - 01:06 pm:

Wont the yolk come out if I pierce it?
I'm afraid they might crack.

By Fraggle on Friday, March 11, 2005 - 01:16 pm:

This is my favorite method and it keeps the yolks from turning greenish around the outside. I put eggs in a pot, cover with cold water (to about an inch over the eggs) and then bring to a boil over high heat. Once the water boils I turn the temperature down to med. and let them simmer for one minute. Then I take the pan OFF the heat put the cover on and let them cook in the hot water for 15 minutes. Once 15 minutes is up I drain the water and add fresh cool water until they come to room temperature. Then you can color them.

By Happynerdmom on Friday, March 11, 2005 - 01:19 pm:

My method is almost like Fraggle's, except I take them off of the heat once they start boiling, and let them set for 20 min. They come out perfect every time!

By Colette on Friday, March 11, 2005 - 01:37 pm:

forget what I said about boiling for 10 minutes. After reading what meredith wrote, that's actually what I do too. I usually have to look in the cookbook because we never eat hard boiled eggs.

and no the yolk will not come out if you pierce the ends. A little of the white might but you can remove it when the eggs are done.

By Sunny on Friday, March 11, 2005 - 02:11 pm:

I'd do what the others suggest. My method is to let them boil for twenty minutes - Around here, it's not done unless the yolk has a green tinge! LOL

By Ginny~moderator on Friday, March 11, 2005 - 02:42 pm:

I would not pierce the egg if you intend to eat it after it is colored, hid, and found - I'd be worried about contamination.

By Annie2 on Friday, March 11, 2005 - 04:11 pm:

I don't pierce mine either. I don't care if they are not perfectly round. Half of the colored eggs don't get eaten anyway...they get cracked from over handling while "on display". LOL

I bring mine to a boil then let them sit in the hot water, without more heat, for 20 minutes, too.

By Andi on Friday, March 11, 2005 - 04:22 pm:

No piercing here either.

I use pretty much the same method as Fraggle.

By Ginny~moderator on Friday, March 11, 2005 - 04:58 pm:

BTW, the reason you start them in cold water and heat the water up with the eggs in it is so they won't crack - or at least most of them won't crack.

By Karen~moderator on Saturday, March 12, 2005 - 09:26 am:

Ditto Andi........and Ginny.........

I love coloring eggs. Sometimes I still do it, even though I have no young kids at home.

By Trina~moderator on Saturday, March 12, 2005 - 09:49 am:

My kids love to color eggs. I boil the eggs and set everything up and then watch them do the coloring. We usually don't do it until Easter weekend, and I don't hide the real eggs for fear of contamination.

Easter 2004

By Trina~moderator on Saturday, March 12, 2005 - 09:58 am:

While we're on the topic, here's a thread from last year.

Egg Safety

By Heaventree on Saturday, March 12, 2005 - 12:55 pm:

We did an Easter Egg tree last year, here's a photo.

By Heaventree on Saturday, March 12, 2005 - 01:02 pm:

OOPPS! That didn't work - here we go again.

By Breann on Sunday, March 13, 2005 - 05:56 pm:

I do about the same thing as fraggle posted.
The only time I pierce eggs is if we are blowing them out for the easter egg tree

By Kernkate on Sunday, March 13, 2005 - 10:01 pm:

Same as Fraggle here to and they come out great. The only time I pierce an egg is to blow them out, its a pain but what fun to decorate and keep from year to year.

By Rayanne on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 - 10:54 pm:

I just wanted to thank you all for helping me out with boiling the eggs. They turned out great.

By Cybermommyx4 on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 - 11:25 pm:

??? Why pierce the egg before you boil it? Just wondering......Never heard of doing that before

By Ginny~moderator on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 - 05:39 am:

Definitely don't pierce them unless you intend to blow them. Piercing the shell leaves room for bacteria, germs, etc., leading to food poisoning if you intend to eat them at some point. I have blown eggs in the past, but not for years. What you do is pierce the raw egg at both ends, one hole a little larger, put a skewer through the larger hole and stir to break up the yolk, and blow. It is very hard work.

My oldest son is coming tonight with his s/o to color eggs. It has become a tradition that he comes every year, the Wednesday or Thursday before Easter, to color eggs, and he has so much fun. He really works hard at it to get really dense colors and to make some unusual color mixes. And every year we take three of the best eggs and, because we are ushers and always usher during the month in which Easter falls, we put these eggs in the offering plates as they go up to the altar. And this year my youngest rearranged his schedule so he will be home tonight specificlly to color eggs. I have 4 dozen hardboiled eggs waiting for them.

By Colette on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 - 05:50 am:

Wendy, they don't crack when you pierce them. We do not eat them - the Easter Bunny hides them, the kids find them, and they go in the fridge. Eventually they get tossed.