Whenever I want to make hard-boiled eggs I have to go searching for directions. I can never seem to remember how long to set the timer for. I seem to recall my mom letting them stand for 23 minutes, but none of the cookbooks or web pages I've consulted agree. Then again, none of them agree with each other either. What it comes down to, I guess, is personal preference. Some people like the yolk just barely set, others like it fully cooked.

I went with Julia Child's method, since I imagine she knew what she was talking about.

The result?



As promised, it peeled very easily, but I would have preferred the yolk cooked a bit more.