Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

[foreverlearning]

Hey Bee or anybody else, how do you boil fresh eggs and get them to peel right?

Let them sit for a while before boiling. The fresher it is the harder it will be to peel.

 

[Triple Willow]

Let them sit for a while before boiling. The fresher it is the harder it will be to peel.

Yeah I have heard that but I forgot and I have some cooking now. lol I've heard there is a trick or two that will get them to peel good. I've never tried boiling fresh ones. We shall see what happens shortly...

 

[foreverlearning]

Yeah I have heard that but I forgot and I have some cooking now. lol I've heard there is a trick or two that will get them to peel good. I've never tried boiling fresh ones. We shall see what happens shortly...

If there is I want to know too.

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Rinsing them in very cold water before peeling does wonders, I find. The insides shrink a little from being colder and the result is they shrink away from the shell (which is made of such dense material it can't shrink or expand much). But then again, I am horrible at peeling eggs, so what do I know? This just makes me feel LESS horrible at it. I manage to avoid peeling half the egg away with the shell when I rinse them.

 

[wlhtx]

If there is I want to know too.

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They are never in our kitchen long enough to really "sit" before they get eaten. If an egg lasts a week at our house, it's because we're on vacation... So, I always have to fight to get the shells off. Sometimes running cool water over it as you peel helps.

 

[Triple Willow]

Well hot dog, it worked pretty dang good. I put the eggs in some water, brought it almost to a boil, then take the pan with the eggs off the stove, cover and let sit for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes I took them out of the hot water and put them in ice water. I let the eggs sit in the ice water ...maybe 5-10 minutes and while that was going on I brought the hot water back close to a boil. After the 5-10 minutes I put them back in the hot water for 10 seconds (one at a time) then took them out and peeled. (When I took them off the stove to sit for 15 minutes I did throw in a little baking soda - don't know if that made any difference.) They peeled really well, just slow because the shell came of in small pieces.

 

[Beekissed]

I've heard you can drain off the hot water and place the pan and all into the freezer for a short time and it will make the eggs shrink away from the shell, making them easier to peel. I've not tried it and haven't boiled eggs for many a long year....I always used the hot water to cold water method, peeling them under a cold water stream.

 

[Demosthine]

Hey Bee or anybody else, how do you boil fresh eggs and get them to peel right?

The best way I've found for fresh eggs is to keep a constant stream of water going over the egg the entire time to help keep things moist and lubricated. It is such a waste of water, though, that I hate doing it that way. For some reason, the flowing water tends to work better than peeling them while holding them under water in a full sink. Other than that, there is no easy way to do it. Plain and simple, the older the eggs, the better they peel. I've tried every trick I could find and none worked better than any of the others. Baking the eggs, adding vinegar (or was it baking soda?), adding salt, letting them cool the entire way in their boiled water, dunking them immediately in cool water and even tried ice cold water, using the magical shell removing gadget... Yeah, I kept running out of ways to try.

Now, I've never tried to Blow the Shell Off, so that might be one to try... I just stumbled across it looking for the proper name for the gadget.

 

[Triple Willow]

I've heard you can drain off the hot water and place the pan and all into the freezer for a short time and it will make the eggs shrink away from the shell, making them easier to peel.  I've not tried it and haven't boiled eggs for many a long year....I always used the hot water to cold water method, peeling them under a cold water stream.  

I messed them up for years before I read how to cook them. LOL Now I put them in the water and then put that on the stove, bring to a boil, then take the pan off the eye, cover and let it sit for 15 minutes, then I put them in cold water to cool then peel. I don't know if that will work with fresh eggs or not. I'll try it next time and see.

A friend of mine sells Tupperware and I got a doodad from her that you use to dip the eggs out of hot water. This was the first time I have used it, pretty snazzy. I didn't really think it was much when I got it but I like it - didn't get burned this time. lol

 

[foreverlearning]

The best way I've found for fresh eggs is to keep a constant stream of water going over the egg the entire time to help keep things moist and lubricated. It is such a waste of water, though, that I hate doing it that way. For some reason, the flowing water tends to work better than peeling them while holding them under water in a full sink. Other than that, there is no easy way to do it. Plain and simple, the older the eggs, the better they peel. I've tried every trick I could find and none worked better than any of the others. Baking the eggs, adding vinegar (or was it baking soda?), adding salt, letting them cool the entire way in their boiled water, dunking them immediately in cool water and even tried ice cold water, using the magical shell removing gadget... Yeah, I kept running out of ways to try.

Now, I've never tried to Blow the Shell Off, so that might be one to try... I just stumbled across it looking for the proper name for the gadget.

I just read that blow the shell off thing and I think I'll pass. I'll take the little deformed looking ones.