Boil Eggs With Potatoes for Salad

By

Shelyn

09/19/2011

I have always boiled my egg with my potatoes for potato salad an have no problems at all and I have been cooking for quite a few years. 45, to be exact... LOL

By

LJF

08/24/2010

One problem about that is that eggs are their very best, and certainly look their best if they are not really boiled, but rather brought to a boil, then set off the heat and left in the water for about 20 minutes. They are pretty and yellow, no greenish brown on the edges of the yolk. Just something I was told many years ago, and have passed on to many family and friends.

By

Anonymous

08/24/2010

Personally, I would rather have to use two pans, which are both easily cleanable cooking these two items, rather than taking the chance of bacteria possibly leaching from the egg shells in to the potatoes. Beyond that worry, potatoes take much longer to cook than eggs so the eggs could be way overcooked even for potato salad.

Boil Eggs With Potatoes or Macaroni for Salad

Ever make potato or macaroni salad only to remember you forgot to boil the eggs? I always toss the eggs in with the potatoes or macaroni and boil at the same time.

ALWAYS REMEMBER TO WASH THE EGGS COMPLETELY BEFORE PUTTING IN THE PAN!

This is the only way I can ever have boiled eggs AND potatoes/macaroni at the same time. Again, don't forget to wash the eggs first!

Source: I didn't find this anywhere, just made sense when I stopped to think about how I could avoid this problem every time.

By Sandie from Curtice, OH

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RE: Boil Eggs With Potatoes Or Macaroni For Salad

I would think that the calcium that leaches from the shells and would be absorbed would be an added plus to the macaroni or potatoes. Good idea. (05/15/2008)

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RE: Boil Eggs With Potatoes Or Macaroni For Salad

Great idea! Thanks a lot. (05/15/2008)

By bailegirl

RE: Boil Eggs With Potatoes Or Macaroni For Salad

Every time I'm tempted to do this I remember when I caught Salmonella, how painful it was, how very long it lasted, how NOTHING but antibiotics would heal it, and finally how I caught it: boiling eggs with potatoes! Boiling kills a lot of things, but not everything, and there are bacteria, molds, viruses, and mutant strains of things that live in WHITE HEAT, the hottest heat anywhere, so this gives us a good idea to not totally depend upon cooking to kill everything.

God bless and keep you. : )

Editor's Note: Salmonella can be found in raw or undercooked eggs. Pasteurized eggs are one way to prevent this. For more information, here is a website.

http://www.cdc.gov/nczved/dfbmd/disease_listing/salmonellosis_gi.html#7 (05/16/2008)

By Lynda

RE: Boil Eggs With Potatoes Or Macaroni For Salad

I do this trick also, but for the potatoes, I add the eggs the last 10 minutes or so, since eggs don't take as long as potatoes do to cook. (05/16/2008)

By KLJohn

RE: Boil Eggs With Potatoes Or Macaroni For Salad

What a clever idea! I forget to boil my eggs all of the time. Do you ever have trouble with the eggs breaking when you place them into the boiling water for the macaroni? With potatoes, the water would start out cool and so the eggs would heat up with the potatoes. Do you set the timer to pull the eggs out before the potatoes are cooked completely? (05/20/2008)

By amazon13

RE: Boil Eggs With Potatoes Or Macaroni For Salad

You're right. that's so easy. I have always done that and it saves time and extra pots to clean. (05/20/2008)

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