Lead: It's not "my" cure. I learned it from my good friend, now deceased, Paul Beaupre. I really don't know if both salt and borax are needed. I just follow his recipe. I know Paul was a fanatic about his eggs and that when he wanted them just right, this is the cure he used. He felt he was doing us all a major favor when he gave me permission to reprint this . I suspect that tinkering with it could improve it, I just haven’t had the inclination to do so.

I can tell you the eggs done this way come out really nice. The key is to know how long to stir them to get just the consistency you want. He told me this is also a killer cure for single eggs, but I have never tried that.