How do you boil eggs?

[lbaker]

Does a potato exploder count? In my brand new oven, a few years ago, I put in baking potatoes and for some horrible reason I forgot to poke them. Next thing I heard were EXPLODING POTATOES in my new oven

[Killearn Kitties]

Nightmare! Exploding potatoes??? Oooo, I've never done that! At least the oven must have confined the spray! Much as I hate cleaning the oven, it is probably marginally better than scrubbing the ceiling ... and the walls ... and the windows ... and the doors ...

[Edwina's Secretary]

Okay....truth time....I've done the exploding eggs TWICE! The first time I put them on to boil and went to take a shower. On the way to the shower I spied a book I was reading. Sat down to read a bit. Finally went to shower. Wondered about the firecrackers I was hearing....but it was 4th of July weekend so..... Got out of the shower. Read a bit more. Was thirsty. Went to the kitchen for a glass of water.....smoke and egg bits everywhere.

The second time the mess was not so bad.....but the smell was. Since then I do not leave the kitchen area while boiling eggs....

[lbaker]

Oh Karen, and Sara.. sorry Debbie - you too ~ I think we will NOT be allowed in Gini's kitchen this summer

[Edwina's Secretary]

And I was going to volunteer to bring egg salad!

[Lady's Human]

Exploding eggs aren't the worst kitchen disaster. One package of Pop tarts, a US Army Major who shall remain nameless to protect the foolish, and the Fort Drum Fire Department.

Said Major wanted pop tarts after his run. He put the pop tarts into the oven, set the oven on BROIL and went for his run. The Major came back to his barracks to find the FT Drum FD in front of the building with smoke pouring out of the kitchen. It's amazing how much smoke those pop tarts can produce!

We also had someone do something equally stupid with spaghetti, so we weren't letting either one of them near the BBQ grill.

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Perfect! If anything, they were actually a little undone. The center of the yolk was not quite as opaque as the rest of the yolk, but I would consider all of your advice excellent since they turned out so well. Oh, and no gray/green at all! I was surprised but since the center wasn't quite completely done, I guess they weren't overcooked at all. Don't know how that could be after 12 minutes.....

I've racked my brains and for the life of me, I can't ever remember exploding anything - what a boring life I've lived.