Soft Boiled Eggs??? OK to eat??

after reading the 10AM lunch post...I read about eggs...

now im craving Soft Boiled Eggs with toast!!!!

But are Soft boiled safe to eat??? are they considered fully cooked????

Hopefully one of you can let me know because I am craving this hard now LOL

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haha.. that must have been me..

i don't boil my eggs until the green icky film develops.. i boil it until yolk is firm yet soft to the touch.. a deep yellow color.. not sure if that is considered soft boil though..

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After a little research, all the experts seem to say that the egg should be firm all the way through to cancel any chance of salmonella poisoning. Unfortunately....i think that's a little longer than you want to cook your soft boiled egg.

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Posted by LIFWriter

After a little research, all the experts seem to say that the egg should be firm all the way through to cancel any chance of salmonella poisoning. Unfortunately....i think that's a little longer than you want to cook your soft boiled egg.

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Posted by buttercup

haha.. that must have been me..

i don't boil my eggs until the green icky film develops.. i boil it until yolk is firm yet soft to the touch.. a deep yellow color.. not sure if that is considered soft boil though..

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egg doneness

eta: i think medium is too underdone for preggos.. mine looks like hardboiled..

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Posted by LIFWriter

After a little research, all the experts seem to say that the egg should be firm all the way through to cancel any chance of salmonella poisoning. Unfortunately....i think that's a little longer than you want to cook your soft boiled egg.

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Posted by MathWife

Posted by buttercup

haha.. that must have been me..

i don't boil my eggs until the green icky film develops.. i boil it until yolk is firm yet soft to the touch.. a deep yellow color.. not sure if that is considered soft boil though..

nope your eggs are hard boiled...the terms tell you the consistency of the egg...

for soft boiled you put the eggs in the water once its at a high boil and only leave them in about 3 minutes....this makes the white part mostly hard and the yolk is still runny, it's almost like a chunky egg soup!! it's really good, but I wasn't sure if the yolk was OK to be runny and the white had to be cooked, cuz in that case I could do it, but seems the verdict is the WHOLE egg must be firm...which is OK because I like fried eggs too...

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Posted by Teach723

Posted by LIFWriter

After a little research, all the experts seem to say that the egg should be firm all the way through to cancel any chance of salmonella poisoning. Unfortunately....i think that's a little longer than you want to cook your soft boiled egg.

Oh no! DH has been making me eggs over easy. I can't have that???

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Posted by Teach723

Oh no! DH has been making me eggs over easy. I can't have that???

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Posted by buttercup

egg doneness

eta: i think medium is too underdone for preggos.. mine looks like hardboiled..

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Unfortunately not. I have been missing my poached eggs so much for breakfast.

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Posted by ODonnell

Unfortunately not. I have been missing my poached eggs so much for breakfast.

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Oh wow! I feel like I can't eat anything anymore I'm terrified of putting the wrong thing in my body. So scary!
Thanks girls!

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tell me about it...or how about when you're eating food you KNOW is ok and healthy (like fruit, and nuts, etc)

and you have family saying "THERES TOO MUCH SUGAR IN FRUIT" and "WATCH YOUR SALT INTAKE IF YOU'RE EATING ALMONDS/PISTACHIOS" "THeres too many carbs in whole wheat bread!"

I want to smack people LOL

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I admit that I still eat over medium eggs once a week

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oh geez...everytime i come on here i see someting else i shouldnt be eating. im 23 weeks on thurs and have literally been eating eggs sunny side up at least once a week the whole time. im not one of those that avoids foods...i eat whatever..so i guess i wont stop now...mayeb cut back.

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I just ate my egg sandwich, never cooked fully cooked eggs, thought it was fully cooked and about 3 bites in, some yolk started coming out

It was only a bit, the rest of the sandwich was fine, but sheesh I didn't realize how long eggs have to cook!

next time ill get it right

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Posted by MrsG72907

Posted by MathWife

tell me about it...or how about when you're eating food you KNOW is ok and healthy (like fruit, and nuts, etc)

and you have family saying "THERES TOO MUCH SUGAR IN FRUIT" and "WATCH YOUR SALT INTAKE IF YOU'RE EATING ALMONDS/PISTACHIOS" "THeres too many carbs in whole wheat bread!"

I want to smack people LOL

i eat a lot of fruit and nuts. i know too much cant be good but hey its better than going to the drive thru which i have not done once!! if you were eating mcdonalds everyday they would have something to say about that too!!!

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The one thing I have been craving this whole pregnancy is sunny side up eggs with toast!!! Now I want them soooooo much more

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i used to eat my eggs overeasy and since i got pg, i cant go near them. Except for one time I was making potato salad and ate a piece of hard boiled egg.