[General] the meaning of "bright yellow yolks all the way through"

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longxianchen

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Hi
I'm a newcomer. Nice to join you here.The following words are from a website:
What Is a Perfect Hard Boiled Egg?
By "perfect" I mean perfect in color: bright yellow yolks all the way through.
What does all the way through?
Thank you very much
 

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Hi.
I'm a newcomer. It's nice to join you here. The following words are from a website:

What Is a Perfect Hard Boiled Egg?
By "perfect" I mean perfect in color: bright yellow yolks all the way through.

What does "all the way through" mean?

Thank you very much.


Welcome to the forum.

Sometimes, when you hard-boil an egg, the yolk starts to go dark yellow or even grey around the edges. In the perfect hard-boiled egg, the entire yolk should still be bright yellow when you slice the egg in half.
 

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This is how a hard-boiled egg should look inside:

hard-boiled-egg.jpg

This is what it should not look like:

qt-hard-boiled-eggs-011.jpg
 

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Thanks very much !!!
 
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