Peace - that woman spoon you showed us is really a wine strainer, used when decanting wine. Womanly spoons have bigger holes.

Put egg in pan of cold water, put pan on stove. Bring water to boil. Boil for as long as takes to play Mozarts' "Dies Irae" on the CD. Take pan off the heat, drain and immediately run cold water into pan, over egg. This will drasticallly reduce the external temperature and stop the majority of the cooking. Serve immediately.

I was always told that eggy water would give you warts so you should never use it to make tea or coffee with.... or boil your eggs in the kettle. Besides, it makes the coffee taste funny.

LTS