Then, gently blow away the salt. The few grains which are actually holding the egg in place remain. The egg is covering these grains, so it appears to be balanced without any support. There is an ongoing debate about whether or not it is easier to balance an egg on the equinoxes. While it is true that with a little patience you can get an egg to balance any time, the court is still out on whether or not one will balance any easier or stay balanced any longer on the equinox.
People are pretty evenly and passionately divided on the issue.
Many folks wrote to me describing their egg balancing adventures. The results and theories varied widely. One fellow believes that it doesn't matter when the egg is balanced as long as it was laid on the equinox, which supposedly gives the egg a lower center of gravity. And so the debate continues, and the mystery of the balancing eggs still haunts us. Hard boil an egg - app.