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[Auntiejessi3]

My father in law gifted me this beautiful deviled egg platter! I looked it up with AI to see how old it was because he didn't know. No exact matches but the back has the initials of his late wife's grandmother so we think she made it herself. Such a treasure!
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I guess I should learn how to peel eggs without leaving giant gouges so I can make deviled eggs!

After you boil them (I do 10 minutes boiling, 5 off the heat), drain all the water out of the pot, then do a back and forth motion, the eggs will practically peel themselves.

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

drain all the water out of the pot, then do a back and forth motion, the eggs will practically peel themselves.

I do this and then dunk them straight in ice water. I steam my eggs but the jiggle to crack them a bit then the ice water works very well for fresh eggs.

 

[Tstraub]

I have found the best way to get eggs to peel cleanly is to make egg salad. If I’m planning to chop them up they come out beautifully. If I plan to display them on a fancy platter they come out with so many divots they look like golf balls.

 

[WingItRanch]

Hahaha fair enough! I actually hate peeling eggs so I crack all my eggs into a pan inside a pressure cooker (with a small amount of water below the pan) for 7 minutes and the eggs cook with the exact same consistency as if I boiled them. Then I just chop it up and make egg salad.

 

[Strawberry74]

When you hard boil, are you using eggs that are at least a week or older? Older eggs seem to work better in my experience. I've also read they should be at room temperature before you put them in water to boil. I always put mine in water with the lid on, bring it to a rolling boil, turn the burner off and let the pot sit on the burner with the lid on. A while later I drain the hot water off and run cool water on the eggs. They almost always peel perfectly.

 

[SunriseChickers]

There are a couple of tricks to getting an easier peel off of your eggs.
Start them in cool water, not water that's already boiling - this is more for cooking them perfectly than helping the peeling. Once it actually reaches a boil, that's when you start your timer (5-10 mins depending on what you want). Also, add vinegar to the water. It won't change the flavor, at least as far as I've noticed, it just helps the peeling. I don't remember if I did white or AC vinegar. When it's all done boiling, but it in a bowl of ice cold water for about 10 minutes before peeling.
I've not tried this particular order, but it occurs to me that if you roll the eggs on a hard surface to crack the shell all over, then put it in the ice water instead of doing everything after the chill, it may peel even easier. Usually I do it all after and I only have one or two eggs out of a dozen end up with some chunks coming out. I also peel mine under running water over a strainer, so there aren't any pesky shell fragments left over.

 

[WingItRanch]

Thanks everyone! I'll try all these methods and report back to see what works best!