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Ice bath. Needed an ice bath for sure. Put some salt in the ice water…get it frigid.
I do mine in instant pot now. I take a dozen of my older eggs (from backyard hens), on the rack with a cup of water, 5 minutes high pressure, 4-5 minutes natural release, 1 minute quick release, and then an icebath…at least 5 minutes, preferably longer.
Most of them come out perfect but my olive-egger is always a pain to peel. Not as bad as this, though.
U running an ice bath after boiling?
Hey. You. Yeah, you.☝️See that up there? That whole “ice bath” nonsense? That’s it. That’s the trick. Ice bath after boiling. Off you go.
That’s not enough. It’s also important that the water is boiling when one initially drops the eggs in, instead of them putting the eggs into cold water and bringing to boil.
Also: older eggs. The newer an egg is the more the shell will try and stick after hard-boiling.
Can I introduce you to a so called Eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher?
THE FUCK DID YOU JUST CALL ME?
Bless you
The fresh eggs thing is a myth, this happens to all eggs. Here’s what you do: Boil the water first and then place your eggs in it. You can lower the heat afterwards to a lower simmer.
6 minutes for really runny eggs. 7 minutes for runny yolk. 8 minutes and the yolk is almost firm. Egg size matters of course.
After, put the eggs in cold water so they stop cooking. This also helps the membrane to separate.
Another method is to prick the bottom of the egg where the air pouch is with a small needle before dropping them in the boiling water along with some vinegar. Same steps after, cold water etc. This is what they do in restaurants but honestly I never bother, the first method delivers easily peelable eggs 80% of the time and that’s good enough for me.
After, put the eggs in cold water so they stop cooking.
You mean a separate container (large enough to hold plenty cold water I presume)? How long? How cold? Icy, so it hurts your hand, or just not warm, not even lukewarm?
I struggle to get consistent results with this method, but I don’t always put the eggs in when the water already boils.
I just run the same pot under running cold water and then I leave the eggs in that cold water for a couple of minutes. I guess if you want you can prepare an ice bath, that would be better but I can’t be bothered. I need to have breakfast ready in a few minutes so I don’t care about perfection. Sure, some might break when you lower them into boiling water, and some might not peel as easy. But in general this method gives me easy peeling eggs for the most part.
Thanks.
for a couple of minutes
This is clearly the crucial part. I take them out much too soon.
Shock it in an ice bath immediately after removing from the boiling water. This helps the membrane between the shell and the rest of the egg peel away easier.
Another method I’ve seen recently says to add like half a cup of vinegar to the water you boil them in, tho I have yet to try this one myself. Makes sense tho; dyed easter eggs are usually easier to peel and those are dyed by dipping them in vinegar with dye.
Also don’t let the water come to a boil with the egg in it. Put eggs directly into boiling water.
this happens usually with very fresh eggs, leave them for a couple of days.
(German popular “science”, note the quotation marks, magazine) GEO: https://www.geo.de/wissen/endlich-verstehen-darum-lassen-sich-frische-eier-schlechter-pellen-30173258.html
I had an egg this morning that I had to get by basically chasing the chicken away from the nest. It had the same problem. Even after an ice bath
I think you misunderstood. Fresh eggs have that problem more. If you boil an older egg, the shell doesn’t stick as much.
I think they were agreeing. Offering evidence in support.
