In a previous post I reported on our failed attempt to boil eggs in the dishwasher, as described in Jeff Yeager's "The Ultimate Cheapskate's Road Map to True Riches." He concurs with my speculation that while variation in water temperature may be a factor, the most likely discrepancy is simply personal preference:
"I like my soft boiled eggs cooked for 2-3 minutes, close to the consistency of the photo on your blog," Yeager writes. "Of course, I grew up in the rural Midwest, drinking egg in my beer, and I still love nothing more than cracking a raw egg directly into a bowl of hot soup and soaking it up with some stale bread. I'm sure health officials frown on all that, but it sure tastes good and it's an affordable, quality protein.
"BTW, I came up with the idea of cooking eggs in the dishwasher many years ago, when I was traveling in Japan and heard stories of how, in days gone by, Japanese wives would bring a mesh net filled with eggs to the communal, hot spring baths in the morning, and soft boil the eggs for their families as they bathed. As a result of mentioning the dishwasher method in my book, I get a fair number of people who write to me to say that cooking eggs in the dishwasher is 'disgusting.' I feel like saying, 'If you think that's unappetizing, just be glad I don't cook them in the bath tub with me.' "
If you want to read what Yeager is up to these days, check out his weekly "Green Cheapskate" blog at www.thedailygreen.com.
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