Soft Boiled Eggs

• 1). Place enough water in a saucepan so that it will cover your egg. Bring the water to the boil, and then turn to a medium heat to simmer.
  
  
• 2). Using a tablespoon, very gently lower your egg or eggs into the water.
  
  
• 3). Set the timer for 1 minute, and let the eggs simmer.
  
  
• 4). Take the saucepan off the heat, and place a lid on the pan. Set the timer again for 6 minutes if you would like your egg with a soft, fairly liquid yolk and the whites a little wobbly, or 7 minutes if you prefer the white to be firm and the yolk more creamy.
  
  
• 5). Take the eggs out of the water as soon as the timer goes off and place in an egg cup for serving.
  
  

Hard Boiled Eggs

• 1). Place egg or eggs in a saucepan and cover with water. Bring the water to a simmering point.
  
  
• 2). After the water starts to simmer, set your timer to 7 minutes.
  
  
• 3). Immediately after the timer goes off, run the eggs under cold water so that they cool quickly. Leave them in cold water for a couple of minutes so that they are cool enough to handle.
  
  
• 4). Take the eggs out of the pan and then gently tap the eggs all over and peel. You should now have the perfect hard-boiled egg.