HappyGrace Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I've heard they're easier to peel when they're older, but ours are always very fresh. Any tips? I am losing most of the egg white when I peel it! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 After they are done boiling, leave them in very cold water for a while. This helps a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Can you set a few eggs aside for future boiling purposes and let them age a bit? Peeling fresh eggs is almost impossible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quark Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Try adding a tablespoon of baking soda before the water starts boiling. This usually helps me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Are they so fresh because you're getting them from a farm or from your own chickens? I know this won't help with the hardboiled eggs you've got now, but the best remedy I found was to get my eggs into a rotation so that I had a couple dozen eggs that I could set aside for long enough that they'd peel easily when hardboiled. To do this, I had to purchase a couple dozen extra eggs. I'd mark the carton with the date and set them in the back of the fridge. When I boiled a dozen, I'd replace that dozen with a fresh carton at the bottom of the stack. By the time it got to the top of the stack, it had usually been about 2-3 weeks. Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I've heard that, too, about using older eggs. However, I boil mine as soon as I walk in from the grocery store, and almost all of mine are easy to peel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnold Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Use a spoon, just one you'd use to eat cereal or such, and slide it between the shell and the white. Of course you ha e to peel a small area to fit the spoon into first, it it's the best method I've found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Kate Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 This is how I boil my eggs. They peel easily every time. I do use store bought eggs, but I often boil them on the day I buy them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendy not in HI Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 We just poach the eggs instead of hard boiling. Bring your water to a boil, crack open your egg and drop it in the water. Let it boil... Farm fresh eggs make the best poached eggs because they stay all "together" better than older eggs. Hard boiling fresh eggs is just frustrating... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyGrace Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 Shoot-I was hoping there would be a way. These are from a farm. The ones I tried to do today *were* two wks old, and still didn't work. Maybe I have to poach-I've never had luck with that either, but haven't tried it with these eggs. Any tips for poaching? Feel free to still chime in if you have a hard-boiling tip that works on fresh eggs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjzimmer1 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I've heard that, too, about using older eggs. However, I boil mine as soon as I walk in from the grocery store, and almost all of mine are easy to peel. That's because the ones in the grocery store are at least several weeks old by the time they get to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 The ones I tried to do today *were* two wks old, and still didn't work. I was just talking to my sister. I bought my eggs from her when her chickens were laying loads and loads of eggs. She reminded me that I asked for eggs to hardboil, so she gave me eggs that were already about 2 weeks old, maybe 3, so by the time I boiled them they were probably 4-6 weeks old. :) Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berta Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I keep eggs for about a month before I can peel them. I even went out and bought Eggies for times when I don't have older eggs. I have tried every trick in the book and yet I still wind up with nasty looking eggs. The only thing that works for me is using older eggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawthorne44 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I steam mine in an egg cooker (I looovvveeee looovvvve lovvveee eggs in every form). They are about $10. Even with fresh eggs they are always easy to peel. I think the steam gets under the shell. If you get an egg cooker, I'd get one that turns itself off. ETA: Mine is really old. But the new ones poach too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berta Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 This is how I boil my eggs. They peel easily every time. I do use store bought eggs, but I often boil them on the day I buy them. If you buy them from the store they are already weeks old. Fresh eggs right out of the chicken are nearly impossible to peel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I run them under cool water while I'm peeling them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyerin Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Try adding a tablespoon of baking soda before the water starts boiling. This usually helps me. yep. Baking soda in the water=easy to peel eggs. I only put in a teaspoon or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trilliums Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I have also read to puncture the wide end with a pin and use baking soda in the water. I haven't tried it yet though. GL! Hard to peel eggs are so frustrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawthorne44 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I wonder if the puncture is why the steaming works for me? You have to puncture one end when steaming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Alton Brown to the rescue: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara in Colo Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I put them in cold (icy) water after boiling, and I after about 1 min, I tap them and crack the shell-- (all over the egg) then as they cool more, the water get in between the shell and the egg. I guess this method gets me about 90% of the eggs perfectly peeled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbutton Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I put them in cold (icy) water after boiling, and I after about 1 min, I tap them and crack the shell-- (all over the egg) then as they cool more, the water get in between the shell and the egg. I guess this method gets me about 90% of the eggs perfectly peeled. Exactly what I do, except I just use cold water, not too icy. It gets me to a success rate similar to when I boil store eggs. I also boil my eggs until they are barely done all the way through, not a whole 15 minutes. I don't know if it helps, but since it's a possible factor, I thought I'd mention it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawthorne44 Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Another thing about steaming them in the egg cooker. If you invert the egg from how it was stored, the yolk ends up in the middle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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