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

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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)
 
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.
 
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
 
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...
 
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.
 
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?
 
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.

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

You asked for creative methods, not cheap ones :)
 
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