Peeling eggs

[Zhenya Solovyov]

Neighbor is giving me free eggs from his chickens. Shell is very thin.

Any tricks for peeling egg shells without destroying the egg when the shell is very thin?

[Terry Coombs]

For very fresh eggs , drop them GENTLY into a pan of boiling water (slotted spoon) , when done move them into a pan of ice water . The thermal shock will loosen the shell so it can be removed with minimum damage .

[Ed Pawlowski]

Exactly. If you put the eggs in water and then bring it to a boil they will be harder to peel I also roll the egg on the counter to break up the shell all over, then peel.

[Gordon Shumway]

My, my. Aren't you the Julia Child of the group. ;-)

[Dean Hoffman]

NaCl in the H2O. Salt the water.

[Terry Coombs]

No , I don't talk funny ... -- Snag

[Micky]

Something about putting the boiled eggs in cold water, iirc.

[RonNNN]

Some folks say to put baking soda in the water. It seems to help.

[Henry Jones]

What is the salt or sodium bicarb supposed to do?

Sounds like an old wive's tale.

[ItsJoanNotJoann]

I can't speak from experience but the baking soda in the water is supposed to help with peeling. But the best way to insure you eggs will peel with ease the eggs are at least 2 weeks old. The air bubble increases with age thus making the boiled egg easier to peel.

[RonNNN]

I don't profess to know the chemistry of it, but it seems to work for me. All I can suggest is try it for yourself, you have nothing to loose.

[Cindy Hamilton]

I have good luck with Julia Child's method, although I generally boil standard grocery-store eggs:

Cindy Hamilton

[clare]

Don't boil fresh eggs. Leave them in the fridge for AT LEAST a week before boiling - 2 ir more weeks is better.

[thekmanrocks]

[e-mail] wrote: - show quoted text - " Don't boil fresh eggs. Leave them in the fridge for AT LEAST a week before boiling - 2 ir more weeks is better. "

Man, no WONDER my FARTS smelled so bad as a kid after having soft boiled eggs at my grandma's!

I asked her if I could have some more, she just stuck her head in the room, winced, and exclaimed, "I think you've had just about enough!" ;)

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