On 9/26/2016 9:13 PM, Opinicus wrote:

> On Mon, 26 Sep 2016 17:38:33 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> when it is ready for me to eat. I like soft boiled eggs but I confess
>> to having difficulty with consistency. I don't know until I crack it
>> open if I had the right time for that size egg.
>
> You might try one of these:
> http://preview.tinyurl.com/gtn99z3
>
> This one is a "Norpro New Egg Perfect Color Changing Boiled Egg Timer
> Kitchen By Temperature" but there are plenty of other brands available
> for other vendors.

Or ... simply get an egg cooker like one of these:

https://www.amazon.com/VonShef-Elect... ZTSEHVBRFWP2

(http://amzn.to/2dfOrU0 if the above is unwieldly)

We have an older version of one of these and use it regularly. It's
super simple: not based on a timer but on water volume. The less the
volume of water used, the less the egg cooks. Easy to do soft boiled,
medium hard, hard ... and it's quite consistent.