How to... Hard boil eggs... and Center the yolk...

Here is how I boil my eggs, and it works perfectly every time.

Ingredients:
Fresh eggs
2 tsp vinegar
Ice

Directions:
1. Place your eggs in a single layer in a large pot. Make sure you aren't cramming your eggs- leave enough room so they can boil.
2. Cover with cold water (so that there is about 1"-2" of water above your eggs). Add the vinegar (this helps with removing the shell when peeling)... no worries, your eggs won't have a vinegary taste.
3. Bring the water to a boil over high heat.
4. Once it is a rolling boil, turn off the heat, and cover pot. Let it sit for 30 minutes-1 hour.
5. Remove the eggs with a slotted spoon, and place the eggs in a bowl of ice cold water. Once cooled, you're ready to peel. If you plan to store them in the fridge, make sure to put them in a covered container (as I've noticed eggs tend to release odors.)

How to center your yolks to make deviled eggs
In researching recipes to make deviled eggs for Thanksgiving, I wanted to see if there was a method to center the yolks perfectly within the surrounding egg white. Here is a tip I learned from a co-workers that says it works like a charm:

The night before boiling, take the eggs out of the egg carton and place them in the carton so the eggs are horizontal (or on their sides). They won't fit right in the egg carton, nor will you be able to close the carton lid... however, this will "set" the yolk in the center for boiling. When it came time to boil the eggs, I laid them down horizontal in the pot (in the same manner I had them in the egg carton).



Fact or Fiction? I'd have to say they were pretty centered...