Addendum: 8 Minutes | Keep it slim

At first my plan was to use a needle to poke the hole in the eggs as erk suggested. The number 7 size milliner's needle I had handy seemed too large, so I opted for the more slender glass headed pin from my studio, which now has a permanent home poked into the window sill of the south wall my kitchen. It will always be within an arm's reach for a the quick prick of a shell.