farm fresh eggs HELP!

JD2ACWD · Mar 25, 2016

how do you guys boil them or bake or steam them so you can get the shells off without destroying the egg?

Delawaresurfman · Mar 25, 2016

Wait about 2 weeks,

Larry EC-OH · Mar 25, 2016

Boil them, but start with COLD water.

Larry

4520BW · Mar 25, 2016

soon as there done boiling put in ice water.

TomH in PA · Mar 25, 2016

Both of what's been suggested. Age them for a couple of weeks and make sure they're completely cold before trying to peel. A few hours in the fridge helps.

Dave H (MI) · Mar 25, 2016

In culinary school they taught us to start with cold water, bring to a boil, cover and turn off the heat. Leave for about 20 minutes covered. Then straight into ice water. I am not positive about the 20 minutes...may have been slightly longer, like 30. Do not let eggs age two weeks. The albumen will start to break down and get thin. Also defeats the whole "farm fresh" concept. If you search around you will find a website that shows you the breakdown in an egg as it ages.

old · Mar 25, 2016

Start with cold water. Boil them but add a 1/ cup or so of vinegar to the water. Then once boiled go right into cold water do not let them cool on there own

old · Mar 25, 2016

Start with cold water. Boil them but add a 1/4 cup or so of vinegar to the water. Then once boiled go right into cold water do not let them cool on there own

greenlovinsynnie · Mar 25, 2016

My suggestion is about what everyone else has said - cold water. i know your struggle all too well, haha!

rrlund · Mar 25, 2016

I've heard on cooking shows what DaveH said. Turn off the heat when it comes to a boil and cover the pan. That will keep the edge of the yolk from turning green too.

jeffcat · Mar 25, 2016

Dave you have it on the nose. Cold water, boil for maybe five minutes, turn off the gas and let stand till it cools to about room temp. Put pot in sink and run COLD water for about 5 minutes. The shell stays the same size but the interior will shrink and pull back a little. Peel under a little dribble of cool water. They will peel as slick as can be. That ageing stuff is an old wifes tail. I work in the food industry and NO ONE ages there eggs. The eggs you buy In the store can bee 2 to 3 weeks old already. Follow just as I have posted. You will get one that will not peel clean but that is like one in maybe 50? For the gun club picnics I used to make 12 dozen dozen deviled eggs every year. NEVER had any peeling troubles. Yes that is an awful lot of eggs to peel. Over 500 members and about 350 would show up for the big shindig.

Part Time Pete · Mar 25, 2016

I've found the best way is to steam them for 15 minutes, you'll need a pot with a perforated insert to keep the eggs up out of the water. The shells will come right off
Pete

Super92 · Mar 25, 2016

Keep the eggs in the fridge for a couple weeks ,then boil them. Older eggs peal better than fresh ones.

flying belgian · Mar 25, 2016

There are two ways and everyone so far has suggested one or the other. Most fool proof way is don't use fresh eggs. 2 to 4 weeks old is best. second way is add vinegar to water and cool right away under cold water.

Greg K · Mar 25, 2016

We've tried all the other ideas, vinegar, cold water, aging them, and the best we found is to boil them longer. Aging them works good too but we don't always have that luxury.

el6147 · Mar 25, 2016

rrlund said it and I'll say it listen to DaveH , that is exactly how I do them and it works.

Keith-OR · Mar 25, 2016

I know your pain. I have tried everything that has been suggested on here, I still get half the white with the shell. So I tried running the egg under cold water as I am peeling, seems to work the best. I still get a little white with the shell, but it works the best.

Keith-OR · Mar 25, 2016

I just boiled 1 1/2 doz. fresh farm eggs. Started them in cold, brought to boil, took off the heat, let stand 22 minutes. Then dumped out hot water and filled the pot with cold water. Before eggs were completely cold, i cracked shell, then as I peeling ran cold water on the egg I was peeling, wa la no white came off with the shell.

Note: Boiling and peeling fresh farm eggs is a lot different than store bought eggs!!! also ya have to remember egg shells are porous

Kickinbull · Mar 25, 2016

I agree with DaveH. One more thing I do is once they've cooled I put them in a bowl in fridge. When the get cold they peel easy.

Steve A W · Mar 25, 2016

I do it different than everyone else. I make a lot of Deviled eggs so I boil the h ll out of them.
Let the eggs come to room temp., bring the water to a boil, ad about a quarter cup kosher salt to
water and put eggs in water. Boil them about 40 minutes! Remove them to ice water and let them cool.
Crunch the shell completely, then peel under cold water.
Peel hard boiled egg

GeneMO · Mar 25, 2016

(quoted from post at 09:06:16 03/25/16) I've found the best way is to steam them for 15 minutes, you'll need a pot with a perforated insert to keep the eggs up out of the water. The shells will come right off
Pete

We tried it all. Sorry guys, but the vinegar, baking soda, cooling with ice, none of that came close to working for us.
I didn't believe my wife till she made me set down several time and try to peel some.

Part Time Pete, your method is the only one that worked for us.

My wife bought a silicone "steamer" at Walmart. It is basically a silicone disk, full of holes, with two places made in it to fit over the handles of pots or pans with handles. It is very flexible, rubbery.

She suspends the steamer over the cold water in the pan. puts a dozen eggs on the steamer and turns up the heat. I forget the time, but Pete said 15 minutes. I thinks she shuts off the heat and lets em set for awhile.

This does work. Hope I described that steamer thingy OK. I know ours is a lime green color, and it came from Walmart.

Good luck, Gene

wilamayb · Mar 25, 2016

Let em get a little age on them and they will peel just fine. Fresh eggs are almost impossible to peel.

Super51 · Mar 25, 2016

Steve A W,you are right,just asked wife the best way to get them to peel and she put's salt in water to flavor them and help's with the peeling!

JRSutton · Mar 25, 2016

I don't eat hardboiled eggs, so I don't know if this'll work for you - but worth a try:
how to peel an egg

Blackhole49 · Mar 26, 2016

I don't eat hard boiled eggs either, but just read this: 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda in the water when boiling.

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