Creative ways to tell if an egg is hard boiled or raw - what can you think of?

mcombell · 8 Mar 2010 at 22:22

I noticed that there was a thread about who keeps their eggs in the fridge so I thought I would try and start another egg related thread.

The basic question is what creative ways can you think of to tell the difference between a hard boiled egg and a raw egg. Only rule is you are not allowed to break it so cracking it over an OcUK forum moderators head is not allowed.

Here is one to get you started:

Hold the egg point over point and attempt to spin it. If it falls over immediately then it is raw otherwise it is hard boiled.

I'm egg-cited to hear your replies. (sorry could not resist the pun)

muon · 8 Mar 2010 at 22:24

It should have weird inertial forces as you mentioned (raw that is). Can't think of any other method unless the shell somehow changes after getting boiled.

unwashed potato! · 8 Mar 2010 at 22:28

i'm sure someone once told me that whilst the egg is in the water, if you can spin it and it stops in a different spot then it's still uncooked as the air bubble is moving, but if it keeps going to the same spot then it's cooked. seems like it wont work though as it could be half cooked so maybe i have got it slightly wrong

Tripnologist · 8 Mar 2010 at 22:29

Just spin it.. a hardboiled egg will spin quick and easily... a raw one will spin very slowly and quite clumsily.

Jambo · 8 Mar 2010 at 22:31

Time how long you boil it for.

pzr vr6 · 8 Mar 2010 at 22:31

spin it then stop it with your finger let go quickly if it starts spining again its raw

Stupot_ · 8 Mar 2010 at 22:33

How about it being transparent when raw, and opaque when cooked. I imagine if you held it up to a lightbulb you wouldn't see the light coming through a boiled egg...

kibblerok · 8 Mar 2010 at 22:33

boil it for 7 minutes and then its hard boiled

Cosimo · 8 Mar 2010 at 22:41

Just shake it and if it feels like a stone you know it’s hard boiled.

G-MAN2004 · 8 Mar 2010 at 22:47

Just bloody eat your egg and shut up.

Sinque · 8 Mar 2010 at 22:50

Smash it on your forehead.

Hotwired · 8 Mar 2010 at 22:53

Boiled eggshell looks different. Cleaner and smoother I think.

Can't recall for certain as I've neither boiled some eggs recently or have any around.

Tefal · 8 Mar 2010 at 22:58

Hotwired said:
Boiled eggshell looks different. Cleaner and smoother I think.

I think that's more to do with it being washed in boiling water rather than a difference between hard or soft

Mik3 · 8 Mar 2010 at 22:58

Stick your peewee in it.

Lightnix · 8 Mar 2010 at 23:04

Hold it close to your ear and shake it hard. If it's not hard boiled you've just ruined your egg without opening it.

Wait that wasn't really the point was it?

4T5 · 8 Mar 2010 at 23:12

Smack it against your forehead.

JayMax · 8 Mar 2010 at 23:27

Put in the microwave on high for 10 minutes.

Randomface74 · 8 Mar 2010 at 23:35

I thought about it for a bit, and didn't have a good idea.

So how about... after you boil your egg, store it seperately from the raw eggs.

Forward planning can help reduce the number of silly forum threads.

Edit:
Okay so maybe we can't rly tell. But maybe a chicken can? Put them at either side of a chicken and see which it sits on?

I've wasted too much time on this.

D D Danneh · 9 Mar 2010 at 00:51

Roll it. If when it stops, it rolls back, it's raw? If not, it's boiled.

Don't even know if that would work, just going by the way half-full water bottles work when rolled

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Angilion · 9 Mar 2010 at 01:02

I think an MRI scan would work. If you have a couple of million quid spare.

You asked for creative methods, not cheap ones