Did you know that matches can be useful for more than just starting a fire on the stove?
Yes, of course, in the era of electric stoves and kitchen lighters, the need for this fire-making tool disappears for many, but matches can really help solve another problem.
In particular, they will come in handy during the process of boiling eggs. We are talking about such a "trouble" when the egg cracks during the process (maybe it was cracked before) and some of the protein flows out.
In principle, there is nothing particularly terrible about this, but admit it, you want the eggs to be whole.
And if, say, it's Easter, when this product is usually dyed? It's impossible to imagine a dyed egg with a crack and leaking white.
The problem is solved by some clever housewives by adding vinegar or soda. Others boil salt together with eggs, and in large quantities.
The downside here is that for regular egg boiling, you must agree, such consumption of additional ingredients is uneconomical.
But matches are another matter. As they say, cheap and cheerful. Let's throw just three to five matches into a pan with boiling eggs.
The result will pleasantly surprise you. No leaking whites. But it is better to use burnt matches so that sulfur does not cook together with the eggs.
