The search continues. Boiled eggs and soldiers is a very old pleasure. When I was small the soldiers were made from soft white bread and very thickly buttered. These days I prefer toast and am a little less generous with the butter. I’m also a little more sophisticated and have some freshly ground pepper on the runny yoke instead of the salt I used to add. I put the eggs in a pot of boiling water and leave them there for exactly five minutes (which is just about the time it takes to make and butter the toast). ..