The Perfect Soft Boiled Egg

I have been trying to make a perfect egg my whole life.  I've tried 

poaching, frying and even baking.  I've finally found a fool proof 

method of making a perfect egg.  Soft boiling....   but there are as 

many different methods as there are people.  Everyone has there 

own method.  I even tweeted Donal Skehan (the amazing Irish chef) 

and here is his method.

Donal Skehan ‏ @donalskehan

@MikaGarnett I pop them in cold and bring up to boil and then time
for 4 minutes or so from the boil! :)

 In reply to Mika Garnett

Here is the method that works for me.....  I put my water on to boil.  Take cold eggs and pierce them with a pin and set them aside until the water is boiling rapidly.  (The piercing is so the shells won't break while 

cooking)

Using a wooden spoon I gently drop the eggs into the boiling water.  Turn on the timer for 6 minutes.  Here is where it depends on how you like your eggs.The ones in the pictures are exactly 6 minutes.  I like them from 6 minutes to 6 minutes and 30 seconds.  I would never go over 7 minutes.  

Next I run cold water over the eggs and peel them.  Set them on top of a good piece of toast and smooch away adding salt and pepper.

Voila!  The perfect soft boiled egg on toast, grits, breakfast tacos or anything you can think of!

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