"elaich" wrote:
>
> I read somwhere that the water should be ice cold, so I drop an ce cube in
> before adding.

Nonsense... and no way do I believe you make ice water, and especially not
by that method, just to add a few drops to eggs... were that so important to
you tnen you'd have a bottle of water in your fridge or ice water through
the fridge door. So I don't believe you.

Regardless how cooked eggs should always be brought to room temperature
first... and most home cooks don't... which is why their yolks tend to break
and whites cook up tough, unevenly, and with browned edges... and when
cooked in the shell the shells break.

> I always love a few dashes of Tabasco in mine.

Hopefully after cooking.