hard boil
Cook until solid
To hard boil an egg is to cook it in boiling water until both the white and yolk are fully solid, as opposed to soft boiling, which leaves the yolk runny.
The term extends to anything cooked this way: hard-boiled eggs for the potato salad.
Figuratively, hard-boiled describes a tough, cynical, unsentimental person or attitude—especially in crime fiction's hard-boiled detective genre.
- eggReproductive cell in shell
- yolkEgg's nutrient core
- waterClear essential liquid
- cold waterFigurative enthusiasm killer
- ice bathTherapeutic immersion in frigid water
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- Egg thingscracking, hatching, incubation, egg whites, egg yolks
- boilingsimmer, bubbles, steam, water vapor, evaporation
- timer presets15 minutes, snooze, sleep timer, pomodoro, egg timer