peeling eggs

Anonymous-0 · Dec 25, 2011

I always just drop them a few times about 6 inches and kinda rollem in the hands a little and don't do too bad....

LPgas only · Dec 25, 2011

HELP! What is the seceret to getting eggs to peel? My wife likes to boil them for about 5 min. so the yoke does not get that green color to them. We have a hard time peeling them. I tell her to boil them longer to no avail. We dump them into ice water right after the pot also. There HAS to be a method out there some place.
Thanks
G.

Anonymous-0 · Dec 25, 2011

(quoted from post at 10:46:56 12/25/11) You're using the right procedure according to my wife, but she said fresh eggs don't peel very well. Hal

Niether do OLD eggs, don't know what the median is tho.....

El Toro · Dec 25, 2011

You're using the right procedure according to my wife, but she said fresh eggs don't peel very well. Hal

Mashbox · Dec 25, 2011

Get a box of Eggies! As seen on TV. Actually work pretty good.

Michael Soldan · Dec 25, 2011

A fresh egg boiled will not peel but will rip chunks of the egg white with the shell. Eggs that are older,say three weeks in storage in cool area will boil and peel very easily. When I make pickled eggs I buy three dozen or so and put them in the downstair fridge for a few weeks, then I boil and peel and they are usually veru easy to peel.The membrane in older eggs detaches from the shell more readily and you will notice this as you peel them.A caterer that I know keeps a large supply of eggs in his cooler and rotates them in so that the eggs he is using for deviled eggs or pickled eggs have been in his cooler for three weeks or so...eggs have probably been in storage for that long right from the grocery store!

earlschieb · Dec 25, 2011

Actually, after you have boiled them, and got them out of the hot water, immediately run ice cold water over them, or put them in it. They will peel very easily that way, I do it all of the time when I make Tuna Salad, or Deviled Eggs, works great.

Tony Vidlak · Dec 25, 2011

The Test Kitchen on PBS with Chris Kimball suggests 1/4 cup of salt to 2 quarts water then boil your eggs.I do mine like that now it works quite well.And your eggs will not taste salty either.

tomNE · Dec 25, 2011

older eggs and ice in the water works for me everytime. I usually just buy eggs from the store. the fresh ones from our local supplier are used when cooking. they are great tasteing eggs but not good for boiled eggs until they've aged a little

Anonymous-0 · Dec 25, 2011

Add apple cider vinegar to the water when boiling.

Bob Huntress · Dec 25, 2011

I enjoy hard boiled eggs, and we have grown them farm fresh, which is even harder to peel. What I do is immediately after the eggs have reached the cook time is drain the water and submerge the eggs in ice water. I let them cool to room temp in the ice water, though the ice will be melted. This makes them pretty easy to peel.

Dell (WA) · Dec 25, 2011

while boiling in salted water helps, and dunkin' in ICE water helps......the real trick is to CRACK the eggshells after the dunk in the ICE water. Just roll the eggs around under water. The water will go into the cracks and the peel will be slicker'n'snott. Simple, eh? ........the peeled Dell

Anonymous-0 · Dec 25, 2011

I have found that eggs from different stores peel differently. So I buy my eggs accordingly. I know that sounds silly, but I have found it to be true. The eggs from one store will never peel even if there a month old. Store bought eggs just don't peel like the old range eggs do. I can remember Mom never had any trouble with eggs not peeling unless they were not old enough.

jd b puller · Dec 25, 2011

Now that's funny. I just googled "how to peel hard boiled eggs" and everyone on there says that you don't actually BOIL the eggs, you just head the water to boiling and remove from heat for 12 minutes, then dip in ice water.

Then I pull up YT and you guys are talking about eggs. Merry Christmas all.

Todd D · Dec 25, 2011

My wife said the secret is to make sure they are completely covered in water while they are boiled. Works for her.
Todd

Rick Kr · Dec 25, 2011

I make a lot of pickled eggs, so peeling can be quite a chore. Here"s what works pretty good for me.

Use old eggs, 1 teaspoon of baking soda in the boiling water. When done boiling, drain the hot water, have a sink of ice water ready dump the eggs in the ice water, let cool for 15-20 minutes.

I boil 15 eggs at a time, 3-4 dozen total. I average 2-3 eggs out of 4 dozen that won"t peel right.

Rick

jim johnson · Dec 25, 2011

I've found that letting my wife do all the cooking works out very well, but that's just me I guess, but I've never had troble like this. However I have found that some restaurants do very well also.

Jim

LeonardWD45 · Dec 25, 2011

Have to agree with kornfused. Vinegar is the key and also ensure that the large end has a hole poked in it.

Leonard

willie in mn · Dec 25, 2011

Depends on what they will be used for after peeling.
To keep whole- crack the shell into small bits by rolling around on the table with enough pressure to shatter the shell all over. Usually the membrane comes off with the shell bits.
To cut up in salad etc- hold in palm of hand, quick whack with butter knife, going about half way through. Don't try to cut all the way through. Break apart & scoop out halves with end of same knife.
works for me.
Willie

gbs · Dec 25, 2011

don't boil fresh eggs there hard to peel,another trick someone showed me years ago that works pretty good is to crack the shell slip a teaspoon between the egg and shell you can almost roll the egg out of the shell,won't work on fresh one's either

Billy Shafer · Dec 25, 2011

I have tried every way that I have been told. Some times they work and sometimes they don't. What works one time great doesn't work the next time. I think luck has a lot to do with what works.

old popper · Dec 25, 2011

How about a recipe for pickling those eggs? I used to eat a lot more pickled eggs when I was drinking the breweries dry. Now I mostly consume things like that when I am going to the Sioux Falls gun show, or other crowded places. That way I can move around much more freely. LOL

Mark - IN. · Dec 25, 2011

Probably too late in the day on this Christmas day when you were probably already expected to to someone's house with your deviled eggs, but what works for me after soaking them in cold water, is refridgerating them over night. Hey, when I was stationed in Germany, that's what they did at the gasthouse I used to stop in every morning on the way to base and pickup a few, and I forget what it was called, but seasoned lean ground beef mixed with spices and covered by onions on half of a brochen (roll). That was my 9:30 break every day. Few boiled eggs that almost always peeled perfectly after a night of refridgeration, and those two half raw ground beef whatever they were called, and a bottle of orange juice. Good stuff.

Good luck.

Mark

1936 · Dec 25, 2011

Use the out of date eggs - Look on the end of the carton the longer out of date the better. Fresh eggs never peel.

donjr · Dec 25, 2011

Neighbor of mine used to work for a local milk co-op. One of his co-workers always had a hardboiled egg with his lunch. According to Bill, he would pull it out of his lunch bag, raise it to about 6-8 " high, and drop it on the table, roll it around, peel it and eat it. Bill is renowned for his practical jokes. He replaced it one day for a fresh one. Not a pretty scene---

TV Iron · Dec 25, 2011

I bought my wife a Cuisinart Egg Cooker. It works like a charm. The eggs peel in seconds with no extra effort. There is no more complaining about peeling eggs at our house.

fixerupper · Dec 25, 2011

This won't help you, but we learned a new (to us)way to eat boiled eggs when we were in Finland. They put the boiled egg in an egg cup that looks like a small stainless goblette, whack the top off the egg and eat the egg out of the shell with a little spoon the size of your thumbnail. When we were served these eggs in a cup we didn't know what was happening so we cautiously watched out of the corners of our eyes to see how the natives did it before we tried it. Jim

Ray(MO) · Dec 25, 2011

Google "peeling hard boiled eggs easily" no peeling method.

Dblair · Dec 25, 2011

after you whack the top of the egg , butter some bread and cut it into fingers and dip it in the yolk .

flying belgian · Dec 25, 2011

The right answer is all you who said use old eggs.

Bill(Wis) · Dec 25, 2011

We used to stop at a crossroads bar late at night up in Wisconsin and eat hardboiled eggs with our beer while we were waiting for a big hamburger with fried onions served on two huge slices of homemade bread. The eggs were, in effect, "hors d'oeuvres". We often asked the proprietors what they did to make their eggs peel so easy. They just smiled.

donjr · Dec 26, 2011

I think they call that poached eggs around here- they were only half cooked, not real firm yet. I keep telling waitresses I prefer my meat rare, and my eggs well done.

SweetFeet · Dec 26, 2011

Very true - older eggs peel much more easily. I always buy mine 2-3 weeks in advance of a holiday and just stick them in the fridge. After boiling, cool in cold water until you can handle them - then crack them up good (but gently) and peel them under running water, the water helps loosen that skin that is just underneath the shell. For some reason they peel better this way for me, than after being refrigerated.

If forced to use NEW eggs... add A LOT of salt to the water when boiling (like 1/4 cup or more) - it does actually help but does not make the eggs taste salty (MIL gave me that advice). But they are still more difficult to peel when the eggs are really fresh.

36 Coupe · Dec 27, 2011

I use eggs that are 2 weeks old.boil for 8 minutes.put a table spoon of vinegar in the water.thank God that I have eggs to boil.Peeling eggs and potatoes is a quite time for me.Dont fuss.

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