ok so ......vinegar????

[lagpmgdsls]

I tried this and it only took an hour and the shell was floating at the top of the bowl......

If you have kids you can also show them this trick....put a chicken bone in the vinegar and let it sit overnight. The bone will be like rubber in the morning as the vinegar pulls the calcium out of the bone.

 

[kingmt]

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It dissolves calcium which is what a egg shell is.

 

[shawnkfl]

so after it's boiled, just throw it in some vinegar for awhile?

 

[kingmt]

You can but seems kind of expensive way to pile them to me unless you save it to reuse for something else.

 

[saddina]

Pretty much I think 2 hours should do it, but that all depends on shell thickness.

 

[shelleyd2008]

I believe you can add vinegar to the water you boil the eggs in, but I don't remember how much. I just boiled mine, and dropped them in a bowl of ice-water. That made it a bit easier. Plus I had my 4 y/o's tiny fingers helping me peel

 

[momoftwinsinwi]

I boiled my eggs in the evening and let them cool & sit in the water I boiled the in, and then in the morning I peeled and made my egg salad, it worked great and I think it was because they were still in water, made them very easy to peel...just my thoughts.....