Comments on: Why is peeling a boiled egg so HARD???

By: T

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:35:50 +0000

hey, chrissie–have you ever cooked farm fresh eggs??

By: chrissie

chrissie — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:00:09 +0000

with peeling eggs i’ve found its got nothing to do with age Boil the eggs and then afterwards submerged them in cold water for half of a min to a min, makes peeling a lot more easier… not rocket science.

By: Mary McC

Mary McC — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:18:24 +0000

Here’s another hard-cooking method, which sounds wierd but results in easy-peeling eggs:
Put eggs in HOT tap water in a bowl. Put pot of water on to boil. When water boils, slip eggs into water and boil for 10 minutes. Let sit off the heat for 10 minutes, then run cold tap water over for another 10 minutes. There’s an occasional exploded egg, but the rest peel easy! I need to check this out on some fresh eggs – I have heard that you only need to wait a week til you can hard-cook fresh eggs.

Thanks for all you do – and a fun blog!

By: Carla

Carla — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:10:07 +0000

We live on a farm and have our own fresh eggs. I discovered a way for easy peeling of fresh eggs by trial and error. After boiling rinse immediately with cold water and throw a large amount of ice on top of eggs (as quickly as possible)….if you have an icemaker the whole container full works well. Let sit for about 20 minutes. Works great.

By: zoe

zoe — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:30:10 +0000

Hi Kimbers,

Thank you for the advise, I’ll be sure to try this next time!

Zoë

By: Kimbers

Kimbers — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:39:48 +0000

I peel eggs using a teaspoon and it works really well. Simply smash the top of the egg a little, with the spoon and then slide the spoon under the shell and push the shell away from the egg

A very nice blog you have here, by the way!!

By: zoe

zoe — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:25:10 +0000

Thank you Pat!!!!

This is fantastic, I will put it to use right away!

Zoë

By: Pat Stephens

Pat Stephens — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:02:09 +0000

Zoe,

I’m reading your archives and have to comment on this…Heloise, years ago, taught me how to do fresh eggs and it’s no problem if you do them her way! Put your eggs in cold water to cover and bring to a boil. Cut burner off, put lid on and set timer for 20 minutes. When it goes off, take pot to sink and pour off hot water. Then, shake them around and around in the pot and the peels will begin to fall off. Keep shaking and finally all will be peeled and only then can you pull them out and rinse and let sit in cold water.

This is in trade for all you’re teaching me.

Easy peasy,

Pat

By: zoe

zoe — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 02:13:30 +0000

Hi Laura,

Thanks for helping solve the mystery. I know it is true that old eggs are easier to peel but I didn’t know why that was!

Thanks, Zoë

By: Laura B

Laura B — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 01:13:42 +0000

Zoe,

I found this out the hard way too, actually. I’ve finally gotten the hang of hard boiled eggs after many, many tries. The thing about using older eggs is that age creates an air pocket that makes peeling easier.

Love your site and look forward to making my first batch of master recipe!

Laura B.