I've always found hard-boiled eggs hard to peel, and now that I get them direct from the chickens it's worse. The eggs are fresher, of course, which is suppose to make peeling more difficult, plus the shells are thicker.
At the request of my granddaughter I'm making curried egg salad today, so if anyone has a method to make peeling easier, please share!
I run them under cold water as I peel them. But I still get eggs that will not, NOT, peel.
ReplyDeleteAre they still hot while you do this?
DeleteUSually yes. I also find that either new eggs or old peel better. Considering you wrote that they are fresh from the chicken, I would bet it is old eggs...
DeleteInvest in an instant pot. (small size on sale On Amazon today only). Really The pressure cooked eggs are the easiest to peel that I have ever peeled. Even fresh eggs.
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DeleteDo you roll them so the shell cracks all over but the egg doesn't. Then if you manage to break, just in one place, the membrane underneath it means you can peel the shell off almost as one. Sorry, hard to explain.
ReplyDeleteI just boiled a dozen eggs before I read this post. And I think I've been told many things many times and watched many videos, but I only boil eggs a couple of times a year, I always forget, and I find everything works kinda OK but not always.
ReplyDeleteI've heard adding vinegar to the water they're boiled in makes them easier to peel. (Although someone noted that might be a placebo effect, so I think a double-blind controlled cooking trial is in order.)
ReplyDeleteI tried the vinegar today after reading it on a blog. Big zero.
ReplyDeleteMali, I know exactly what you mean, but I'm often unable to snag even one little bit of that membrane.
Dona, you did it! I've been playing with the idea of getting an Instant Pot for over a year, knowing I had enough Amazon points to cover it. I was thinking I might see if it goes on sale before Christmas. But your suggestion was the push I needed. I didn't get the 3-qt. on sale for $79, however; I ordered the 6-qt. in RED for $68! It's identical to the popular 6-qt. in black. That's the lowest price I've seen for one of these. So now I'm psyched. I don't know where I'm going to put it, but I'm psyched. Thank you, and everyone else!
Excellent. I hope you like it. I have the 6qt which I am giving to my son and ordered the 3qt. I really mostly use it for eggs, but I have cooked some pretty good food in it. Happy egg peeling!
DeleteI saw the size of the 6-qt at Walmart, and I'm wondering if my eyes were bigger than my common sense when I ordered that model. I might cancel and rethink this. The 6-qt would have been wonderful when I was cooking for five.
DeleteYeah, I was shocked at the size of the thing. But the red one is so pretty!
DeleteI hope I still think it's pretty when it dominates my pantry shelf, because I was unable to cancel the order. It was weird . . . Amazon initially said it was out of stock, and they'd charge my card when it became available. My Orders page said they didn't have enough information to give me an estimated ship date. But when I tried to cancel the order they said it wasn't possible because it had been shipped. Huh? Oh, well. I'll find out if my daughter has one. If not, it would make a good birthday gift. If that doesn't work, I guess I'll start cooking in quantity again. :-)
DeleteI got my small one today. Small is a relative term. It is smaller than the other, but still big. You can cook any amount in the 6qt. Not just large amounts of food.
DeleteWait. What are Amazon points? Is that something else we don't get in Canada?
ReplyDeleteI have an Amazon Visa credit card that awards me points for purchases--the number of points depending on the type of purchase. I use it for just about everything.
DeleteFor the record, I peeled two of those eggs today. I remembered the spoon method! Get a little of the shell off, then carefully fit the spoon between the membrane and the egg and move the egg carefully along the natural curve...you can get a lot of shell off at once! I'm sure it only sometimes works, but it worked today.
ReplyDeleteI never heard of that, but I'll try it. Getting anything under the membrane will be a feat!
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