How can you tell if an egg is cooked?

Answer 1

For hard-boiled eggs:

Eggs are boiled enough if their yolk is firm and bright yellow. They are boiled too much if the yolk develops a greenish-grey membrane.

Submerge them in a pot of water and bring it to a boil on the stove. Once the water is boiling, turn off the burner, stick a lid on the pot and let it sit for 15 minutes. Then, drain the water, rinse the eggs in cold water, and refrigerate. They'll be perfectly cooked every time. No need to make guesses.

You can tell if an egg is hard-boiled by spinning it long-ways-up on a counter top. If it stays up and spins, it's boiled. If it falls, it's not.

Another way to know if it's boiled:

Get a cup and put water in it then put the egg in it, the egg will float if boiled and sink if raw.

Answer 2

If it is hard boiled it will spin on end, you would normally time the egg, it takes about 7 to 8 minutes to hard boil a medium size hens egg, if you need to be sure it is hard boiled then all you need to do is spin the egg on a flat surface, if it is hard boiled it will spin on end because the contents are solid, if it is only part cooked then it will wobble because part of the egg is still liquid.

Answer 3

Spinning an egg on it's side can tell you if the egg is raw or hard boiled. If you spin the egg and it is spinning lopsided then the egg is raw but if the egg spins nicely that means that it is hard boiled. The raw egg yoke moving around inside makes the spinning lopsided.

Answer 4

Use a timer. Bring the water to a boil and maintain at simmer or slow boil for 12-18 minutes, depending on the size of the egg and whether it started at room temperature or came straight from the refrigerator.

Answer 5

You have to time them from when they start to boil. Ten minutes for hard-boiled. Three minutes or a little over for soft-boiled.

Answer 6

The white layer of the egg shows up more clear and if you can't split it is half eaisly. isn't it obvious? you can just tell. god! you don't have to search it up!

Answer 7

Hard boiled eggs spin, uncooked don't spin.

Answer 8

Spin it. If it wobbles then it is not done, but if it keeps spinning it is boiled.