How to Boil eggs (tip)

We have chickens , so fresher eggs = harder to peel. I've found a trick to
it. Add cooking oil and salt to the water with the eggs. They almost jump
out of the shell. To anyone who has ended up with half an egg after peeling
this is for you .

Hey that's a cool tip :-) Thanks


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We have chickens , so fresher eggs = harder to peel. I've found a trick to
it. Add cooking oil and salt to the water with the eggs. They almost jump
out of the shell. To anyone who has ended up with half an egg after
peeling
this is for you .

That's interesting. Never heard that one. The oil must permeate the pores of
the shell. Thanks!

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"Hunter" wrote in message
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We have chickens , so fresher eggs = harder to peel. I've found a trick to
it. Add cooking oil and salt to the water with the eggs. They almost jump
out of the shell. To anyone who has ended up with half an egg after
peeling
this is for you .

THX! I am thrilled to learn this, will try it tomorrow, sure hate that mess

THANKS!
i will give it a try!

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"Hunter" wrote in message
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We have chickens , so fresher eggs = harder to peel. I've found a
trick to
it. Add cooking oil and salt to the water with the eggs. They
almost jump
out of the shell. To anyone who has ended up with half an egg
after peeling
this is for you .

"Hunter" wrote:

We have chickens , so fresher eggs = harder to peel. I've found a trick to
it. Add cooking oil and salt to the water with the eggs. They almost jump
out of the shell. To anyone who has ended up with half an egg after peeling
this is for you .

Thanks for the tip. I'll have to try it. Much easier than my newest
method.

I found Julia Child's instructions last week for the perfect hard
boiled egg and it has a lot of steps to it: boil 17 minutes, plunge
into ice water for 2 minutes, boil again for 10 seconds, back into the
ice water for 15-20 minutes. I have to admit they were perfect, peeled
easily, and the yellow didn't turn green but it's a bit much just for
hard boiled eggs.

In article ,

I found Julia Child's instructions last week for the perfect hard
boiled egg and it has a lot of steps to it: boil 17 minutes, plunge
into ice water for 2 minutes, boil again for 10 seconds, back into the
ice water for 15-20 minutes. I have to admit they were perfect, peeled
easily, and the yellow didn't turn green but it's a bit much just for
hard boiled eggs.

Here's a much simpler method that also eliminates the green yolk and
turns out perfectly every time.

Place eggs in pan, then add enough cold water to cover eggs. Bring to a
boil, cover and remove from heat. Wait 16 minutes, plunge into cold
water. Perfect hard-boiled eggs every time.
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Donna Rose wrote:

In article ,

I found Julia Child's instructions last week for the perfect hard
boiled egg and it has a lot of steps to it: boil 17 minutes, plunge
into ice water for 2 minutes, boil again for 10 seconds, back into the
ice water for 15-20 minutes. I have to admit they were perfect, peeled
easily, and the yellow didn't turn green but it's a bit much just for
hard boiled eggs.

Here's a much simpler method that also eliminates the green yolk and
turns out perfectly every time.

Place eggs in pan, then add enough cold water to cover eggs. Bring to a
boil, cover and remove from heat. Wait 16 minutes, plunge into cold
water. Perfect hard-boiled eggs every time.

Hi, Donna. I have tried that, but they were still difficult to peel.
The boil-ice-boil-ice method really puts a space between the egg and
the peel so that it pops right off. I am going to try the oil and see
how it works.

Older eggs are easier to peel. I didn't know why till I incubated some eggs
for a 4h project.(I had more fun than the kids did). As the egg gets older
the air sack increases in size and pulls away from the shell. So use your
old eggs first.

The green yolk means the protein has been destroyed-

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Donna Rose wrote:

In article ,

I found Julia Child's instructions last week for the perfect hard
boiled egg and it has a lot of steps to it: boil 17 minutes, plunge
into ice water for 2 minutes, boil again for 10 seconds, back into the
ice water for 15-20 minutes. I have to admit they were perfect, peeled
easily, and the yellow didn't turn green but it's a bit much just for
hard boiled eggs.

Here's a much simpler method that also eliminates the green yolk and
turns out perfectly every time.

Place eggs in pan, then add enough cold water to cover eggs. Bring to a
boil, cover and remove from heat. Wait 16 minutes, plunge into cold
water. Perfect hard-boiled eggs every time.

Hi, Donna. I have tried that, but they were still difficult to peel.
The boil-ice-boil-ice method really puts a space between the egg and
the peel so that it pops right off. I am going to try the oil and see
how it works.

In article ,
says...
Donna Rose wrote:

In article ,

I found Julia Child's instructions last week for the perfect hard
boiled egg and it has a lot of steps to it: boil 17 minutes, plunge
into ice water for 2 minutes, boil again for 10 seconds, back into the
ice water for 15-20 minutes. I have to admit they were perfect, peeled
easily, and the yellow didn't turn green but it's a bit much just for
hard boiled eggs.

Here's a much simpler method that also eliminates the green yolk and
turns out perfectly every time.

Place eggs in pan, then add enough cold water to cover eggs. Bring to a
boil, cover and remove from heat. Wait 16 minutes, plunge into cold
water. Perfect hard-boiled eggs every time.

Hi, Donna. I have tried that, but they were still difficult to peel.
The boil-ice-boil-ice method really puts a space between the egg and
the peel so that it pops right off. I am going to try the oil and see
how it works.

I've heard that the fresher the egg, the more difficult it is to peel.
When I peel my eggs under running water, fresh or not, I generally don't
have much of a problem.
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