hard boiling eggs-got ruined-help

[sonew123]

ok I knew fresh eggs were hARDER to peel,what are the tricks so half the egg is stuck with shell on it?? help

 

[mstricer]

I had to laugh that same thing happened to me. I was just about to hard boil some eggs just now and knew I saw something about it and how to do them.

 

[thechickenchick]

Hey NY! The trick is this, bring your water to a boil. Carefully lower the eggs one at a time into the boiling water. Set timer for 14 minutes. Immediately run cold water over them until they are cool, then peel right away. Out of 2 dozen I might get 1 that sticks. I learned this trick from a thread posted on here quite a while back. Good luck!

 

[wombat]

Very fresh eggs have no air space in them at all. It's easier to let them age about 5 days so there's a bit of evaporation. If you hard boil a day old egg with no air space, the shell often sticks.

Other than that, you can run uner cold water and peel immediately.

 

[Concordmommy]

It is so frustrating and heartbreaking to have your eggs ruined by this problem--I know because it happened to me tonight! I steamed my eggs and they still did this. I'm going to try the baking soda idea and put a teaspoon in the water next time and see if that helps.

 

[sonew123]

Quote:
ok Im going to try again! baking soda trick???

 

[Fowl Visions]

Quote:
I use this method and have perfect eggs everytime. I highly recommend.

 

[Marlinchaser]

Quote:
I use this method and have perfect eggs everytime. I highly recommend.

This is the best way so far, I tried them all, and this one is easiest and works.

 

[trilyn]

Quote:
I use this method and have perfect eggs everytime. I highly recommend.

This is the best way so far, I tried them all, and this one is easiest and works.

Oh yeah, this one made me a believer-it rocks!

 

[Germaine_11.20]

Quote:
This is the best way so far, I tried them all, and this one is easiest and works.

Oh yeah, this one made me a believer-it rocks!

Just learned this one a few weeks ago. I sure wish I knew it 20 years ago!!