3. Place where the water will keep hot 6 to 10 minutes. A quicker method is to boil eggs very gently 3 or 4 minutes.
"Why!" exclaimed Mary Frances, "I thought you dropped the eggs into boiling water for three minutes or more, 'accordin'—that's what Nora said. I asked her what 'accordin' meant, and she said 'accordin' to the tastes of them that eats them—soft or hard."
"I was speaking of the best way," declared Sauce Pan glancing loftily at Mary Frances. "There is no end of ways to do it, but this is the scientific way to cook eggs so that they will be soft, but cooked all the way through and easily digested—not liquid inside a hard, white coat. In other Words—Ahem! the al-bu-men (white of egg) cooks much better at a lower than a higher temperature."
"Whew!" whistled Coffee Pot.
"I wonder how it is in my book." Mary Frances turned to the page. "Exactly as you said!" she exclaimed.
"Of course!" declared Sauce Pan.
"Bet he peeped into the book," whispered Coffee Pot to Toaster.