Nearly half of young adults in Britain don't know how to boil an egg, according to a new survey.

Only 51% of 18 to 24-year-olds knew it took three minutes to soft-boil an egg, reveals the poll to mark Farmhouse Breakfast Week.

One in 20 thought it took 10 minutes while 15% had no idea. Overall, 65% of the 1,950 adults questioned got the cooking time right.

British chef Brian Turner said preparing a healthy cooked breakfast was a basic skill and the findings of the survey were a cause for concern.

He said: "This survey shows just how far people have lost touch with Britain's food heritage and that many aren't capable of boiling an egg or grilling bacon or cooking sausages correctly."

The British Egg Information Service says large eggs should be put in cold water which is brought to the boil and left for three minutes to get a really soft boiled yolk and set egg white.



you can boil eggs?!

Yep sure can.

I'm not bad but it's all in the timing. Normally I get it right. It's good to put a tiny pin prick in the egg apparently.

JDInteractive said:

do people still have soldiers with boiled eggs?

Does salting the water really make for easy peeling with hard boiled eggs or is that just some kind of vile propaganda?

2the9s said:

and vinegar, is that supposed to help?

I just microwave them. 2 minutes on full power.

jami0mckay said:

And drinking heavily beforehand?

2the9s said:

you know when Dan wakes up this thread won't resemble anything worthy of reading.

jami0mckay said:

Then we have to see to it that he never wakes up!!

jami0mckay said:

I do although I dont like dipping the fat end bits of the bread in.

2the9s said:

its at times like this I wish I still kept in touch with a James Bond villain.

Sorry, but eggs and bacon for breakfast

large egg, in cold water, bring to boil, take out three mins after boiling.

But i don't suppose I count as a young brit anymore

PANDURITO said:

How long should I boil the bacon for? Or should I just bung it in the pot with the eggs?

PREDOMINANT said:

mcmeekle said:

Continental breakfast will do, thanks

PREDOMINANT said:

*****cough*****shutthefuckupcomis*****cough

jami0mckay said:

I do..

jami0mckay said:

Has it really changed in time?
I mean, who cooks breakfast?
Mama til your 20s and then wife forever more, so 50% sounds OK to me

REDFEATHERS said:

good.


oh do people still give all their soldiers name and army rank?

They should bring back domestic science in schools..

jami0mckay said:

Mine just have faces and shoes..

REDFEATHERS said:

mind you we only made fruit salad and pizza

REDFEATHERS said:

I use baked beans as their shoes

jami0mckay said:

Thats lame, we used to make 3 course meals.

REDFEATHERS said:

In other words...Cooking DOnt make it complcated for those that cant boil an egg RED

jami0mckay said:

No way!!!

Shows my age..

We made real things like pastries, cakes, oh and mince and dumplings all of which fell onto a lady passenger when I fell over on the bus tipping over my cookery basket and casserole..



the bus smelled of gravy all the way home..

ahh bistro..

chillichocaholic said:

Well cooking, sewing, hygiene and stuff..

LleeLlee said:

Kim Wilde ate my fruit salad..