Soft, medium and hard boiled eggs

Start with hot boiling water; cook the hard boiled egg 11 minutes.

Cook the medium boiled egg a total of 7 to 8 minutes.

Put the soft boiled egg in last and cook it about 5 minutes.

While the eggs boil, prepare an ice water bath; shock the eggs in it to prevent carryover cooking and let them cool about 5 minutes, depending on how hot they should be to eat.

Crack the eggs open; the soft yolk is runny in the middle, the medium tender and soft, the hard cooked through.