Boiled Eggs

Have handy a saucepan of boiling water. Use only fresh Eggs. Put them in the boiling water without cracking the shells. If you desire Soft-Boiled Eggs, or Oeufs Mollets, let the Eggs boil from two minutes to two minutes and a half by the clock, keeping the exact time, minute by minute. The whites will then be set. If you desire the yolk to be set also in the Soft-Boiled Egg, let the Eggs