There are books written about eggs; there are egg-gadgets that cost hundreds of dollars; there are aged eggs and eggs of all sizes and colors. When it comes to boiled eggs, everyone has a clear preference, soft, hard or somewhere in between. Some general guidelines are:

1. For a perfectly soft egg yolk that resembles the consistency of softened butter that has been at room temperature for sometime, you need to boil the eggs for 7 minutes.

2. For a creamy middle with hard egg white layer, you need to boil the eggs for 6 minutes.

3. For a hard egg yolk you will need to boil them for no more than 10 minutes.

   We use large organic eggs, straight out of the fridge.