From John Nicholson, Durham, UK
Talk of how to cook the perfect boiled egg reminds me of trying to cook one in compost. My compost bin was insulated to accelerate decomposition, so got unusually hot. I buried a foil-wrapped egg about 20 centimetres deep in it and left it for 1 hour. The result was a hard-boiled yolk swimming in warm, liquid egg white, a revolting sight that my daughter described as a nightmare egg. I ate it anyway, unharmed, but never tried it again (15 February, p 19).
