Eggstractor ctiticism

"Ignoramus8546" wrote


Sorry to be an eggs Benedict Arnold here, but I just can't recommend
the Eggstractor. I'm afraid you're stuck, as the infomercial describes
it, "peeling until your fingers are raw."

Did you ever notice in infomercials like that, people doing something "the
old fashioned way" look like a total spaz? For instance, in the eggstractor
infomercial, the poor woman peeling the egg by hand even has egg peel in her
HAIR! Has anyone ever been peeling an egg and got eggshell in their hair?
It's just funny the way they portray people as a spaz doing something the
way people have been doing it for years!
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You let him?

"Tarkus" wrote:

The most important key is to first start with an egg that doesn't stick
to its shell. Unfortunately, for all the tips I've read, I still can't
do that consistently. (Yes, I know about not using fresh eggs, placing
in ice water, etc.)

Far as I can tell the best results come from adding apple cider vinegar to
the water, cooling sufficiently and finding the end of the egg (blunt or
pointed) that shows you the fine skin-like membrane inside the shell. If you
work from the end that lets you get beneath that membrane and shell the egg
under running water, 90% of the time you'll get good results. It takes a
minute or two. But the egg is perfectly shelled.
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I don't eat a lot of eggs, but I always have a hard time peeling them when
I do. The Eggstractor actually looked like a good idea to me, but I just
never got around to ordering one. Now, thanks to your wonderful post I can
save my money. :-)
Could you please post your "miracle of running tap water" technique for me,
though?

on 23 Aug 2004 14:16:29 GMT, Ignoramus8546
wrote:

Now for as long as I can remember, I've peeled hardboiled eggs by
employing the miracle of running tap water.

-----
Bev

Oo! Oo! Let me! Just peel the eggs under running tap water. It makes it
much easier. I usually get the shell off all in two or three big pieces.

In article ,
Bev-Ann wrote:

I don't eat a lot of eggs, but I always have a hard time peeling them when
I do. The Eggstractor actually looked like a good idea to me, but I just
never got around to ordering one. Now, thanks to your wonderful post I can
save my money. :-)
Could you please post your "miracle of running tap water" technique for me,
though?

on 23 Aug 2004 14:16:29 GMT, Ignoramus8546
wrote:

Now for as long as I can remember, I've peeled hardboiled eggs by
employing the miracle of running tap water.

-----
Bev

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I learned to roll the egg between my hands under running water.

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 02:27:00 GMT, Luna
wrote:

Oo! Oo! Let me! Just peel the eggs under running tap water. It makes it
much easier. I usually get the shell off all in two or three big pieces.

In article ,
Bev-Ann wrote:

I don't eat a lot of eggs, but I always have a hard time peeling them when
I do. The Eggstractor actually looked like a good idea to me, but I just
never got around to ordering one. Now, thanks to your wonderful post I can
save my money. :-)
Could you please post your "miracle of running tap water" technique for me,
though?

on 23 Aug 2004 14:16:29 GMT, Ignoramus8546
wrote:

Now for as long as I can remember, I've peeled hardboiled eggs by
employing the miracle of running tap water.

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Bev

Thanks. That was a newspaper article. I personally rarely eat boiled
eggs, and do not own an Eggstractor.


Oops...that's what I get for reading too quickly. Now I see that you
included a link and a little about the author at the end. Duh.

I thought you were the entertaining writer.
S t a c i

Thanks. That was a newspaper article. I personally rarely eat boiled
eggs, and do not own an Eggstractor.


Oops...that's what I get for reading too quickly. Now I see that you
included a link and a little about the author at the end. Duh.

I thought you were the entertaining writer.
S t a c i

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Cheri wrote:


that one works though! my mom loves the thing! she has worn through her 1st
one after a year and needs a new one. she has medium legnth curly hair and
it really works!

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Cheri wrote:


that one works though! my mom loves the thing! she has worn through her 1st
one after a year and needs a new one. she has medium legnth curly hair and
it really works!