Put six eggs in a baking-dish and cover them with boiling water;
put a cover on and let them stand where they will keep hot, but
not cook, for ten minutes, or, if the family likes them well done,
twelve minutes. They will be perfectly cooked, but not tough,
soft and creamy all the way through.
Another way to cook them is this:
Put the eggs in a kettle of cold water on the stove, and the moment
the water boils take them up, and they will be just done. An easy
way to take them up all at once is to put them in a wire basket,
and sink this under the water. A good way to serve boiled eggs
is to crumple up a fresh napkin in a deep dish, which has been made
very hot, and lay the eggs in the folds of the napkin; this prevents
their breaking, and keeps them warm.
Source:
A Little Cook Book for a Little Girl
