Hard cooked eggs

You might find them easier to peel under an running tap...the water gets
under the shell and makes it easier to remove the shell.

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I buy fresh eggs from the farm. So fresh they don't peel when hard cooked.
Had to buy some from the store to get old enough eggs that peel when I hard
cook them! 8-0

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MOMPEAGRAM said:

I buy fresh eggs from the farm. So fresh they don't peel when hard
cooked. Had to buy some from the store to get old enough eggs that peel
when I hard cook them! 8-0

That is normal.

One way to make fresh eggs peel-able is to leave the carton out at room
temp for 3 or 4 days. They age a bit faster that way.

Steaming fresh eggs also worked for me rather than boiling them.

I used to have my own chooks.
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You might find them easier to peel under an running tap...the water gets
under the shell and makes it easier to remove the shell.

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I buy fresh eggs from the farm. So fresh they don't peel when hard
cooked. Had to buy some from the store to get old enough eggs that peel
when I hard cook them! 8-0

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MOMPEAGRAM said:

I buy fresh eggs from the farm. So fresh they don't peel when hard
cooked. Had to buy some from the store to get old enough eggs that peel
when I hard cook them! 8-0

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MOMP - buy yourself an egg cooker. It will peel an egg that you just
got from the henhouse. If you make potato salad or deviled eggs even
semi-frequently, you will bless this purchase. I have two - the first
one still works great - and I got it in 1962. LOL.

N.

Nancy2 wrote on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 08:29:04 -0700:

N> On Jun 3, 10:29 pm, "MOMPEAGRAM" <[email hidden]>
wrote:
??>> I buy fresh eggs from the farm. So fresh they don't peel
??>> when hard cooked. Had to buy some from the store to get
??>> old enough eggs that peel when I hard cook them! 8-0
??>>
??>> --
??>> Helen
??>> in
??>> FERGUS/HARLINGEN

N> MOMP - buy yourself an egg cooker. It will peel an egg that
N> you just got from the henhouse. If you make potato salad or
N> deviled eggs even semi-frequently, you will bless this
N> purchase. I have two - the first one still works great -
N> and I got it in 1962. LOL.

Interesting! Details and names please. I *know* I could use
Google Products!

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

Austin Powers said:

You might find them easier to peel under an running tap...the water gets
under the shell and makes it easier to remove the shell.

Julia Child used to recommend poking a little hole in the wide end,
which she said will let gas escape as you boil the eggs. This makes
the eggs eaiser to peel, apparently.

Leo

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Austin Powers said:

You might find them easier to peel under an running tap...the water
gets under the shell and makes it easier to remove the shell.

Julia Child used to recommend poking a little hole in the wide end,
which she said will let gas escape as you boil the eggs. This makes
the eggs eaiser to peel, apparently.

I have an electric egg boiler (cos I am rubbish at timing eggs). that has a
wee needle on the base of the water measure. That is used to poke a wee
hole in the egg. I have yet to find an egg I can't peel from that cooker.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brand-UK-Princess-Egg-Cooker/dp/B0006FFT1Y is
similar to mine. I can choose how I want my eggs and bingo!! I get them
every time🙂)

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MOMPEAGRAM said:

I buy fresh eggs from the farm. So fresh they don't peel when hard
cooked. Had to buy some from the store to get old enough eggs that
peel
when I hard cook them! 8-0

--
Helen
in
FERGUS/HARLINGEN

MOMP - buy yourself an egg cooker. It will peel an egg that you just
got from the henhouse. If you make potato salad or deviled eggs even
semi-frequently, you will bless this purchase. I have two - the first
one still works great - and I got it in 1962. LOL.

N.

I don't have room for any more gadgets! LOL

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Helen
in
FERGUS/HARLINGEN

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Julia Child used to recommend poking a little hole in the wide end,
which she said will let gas escape as you boil the eggs. This makes
the eggs eaiser to peel, apparently.

Leo

You can see tiny little bubbles escaping the eggshells as they cook, and
none of the eggs have ever cracked when I used that technique.

Leo, I also heard that this technique would help center the yolk. That
would be nice, if you were making deviled eggs. A few of the yolks are
not well centered, though. Someone said we should store the eggs on
their side, in the carton, and this would help center the yolks.

Becca

James wrote to Nancy2 on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 15:38:29 GMT:

N>> On Jun 3, 10:29 pm, "MOMPEAGRAM" <[email hidden]>
JS> wrote:
??>>> I buy fresh eggs from the farm. So fresh they don't peel
??>>> when hard cooked. Had to buy some from the store to get
??>>> old enough eggs that peel when I hard cook them! 8-0
??>>>
??>>> --
??>>> Helen
??>>> in
??>>> FERGUS/HARLINGEN

N>> MOMP - buy yourself an egg cooker. It will peel an egg
N>> that you just got from the henhouse. If you make potato
N>> salad or deviled eggs even semi-frequently, you will bless
N>> this purchase. I have two - the first one still works
N>> great - and I got it in 1962. LOL.

JS> Interesting! Details and names please. I *know* I could use
JS> Google Products!

Got tired of waiting so I did use Google Products. By heaven, in
addition to not very expensive products from Oster, Krups and
Cusinart, there's even a microwave egg cooker!

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

Becca said:

Someone said we should store the eggs on
their side, in the carton, and this would help center the yolks.

No..you stir them until the water comes to a slow boil. Take off
heat and let set 12 minutes. Immediately immerse in cold water to
stop cooking. Prevents green shadow around yolks.

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MOMPEAGRAM said:

I buy fresh eggs from the farm. So fresh they don't peel when hard
cooked. Had to buy some from the store to get old enough eggs that
peel
when I hard cook them! 8-0

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Quoted message said:

MOMP - buy yourself an egg cooker. It will peel an egg that you just
got from the henhouse. If you make potato salad or deviled eggs even
semi-frequently, you will bless this purchase. I have two - the first
one still works great - and I got it in 1962. LOL.

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N.

I don't have room for any more gadgets! LOL

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It's not a gadget, it's a "must." Trust me, you would throw something
else out to be able to keep this one. LOL.

N.

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Got tired of waiting so I did use Google Products. By heaven, in
addition to not very expensive products from Oster, Krups and
Cusinart, there's even a microwave egg cooker!

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

My original one is a Sunbeam, which apparently is now Oster (in terms
of small appliances). That one hard-cooks 8 eggs; some of the newer
ones only do 7 at a time. It also has a Teflon-coated insert that
will steam-poach 4 at once.

N.

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On Jun 3, 10:29 pm, "MOMPEAGRAM" <[email hidden]> wrote:
> I buy fresh eggs from the farm. So fresh they don't peel when hard
> cooked. Had to buy some from the store to get old enough eggs that
> peel
> when I hard cook them! 8-0

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> --
> Helen
> in
> FERGUS/HARLINGEN

Quoted message said:

MOMP - buy yourself an egg cooker. It will peel an egg that you just
got from the henhouse. If you make potato salad or deviled eggs even
semi-frequently, you will bless this purchase. I have two - the
first
one still works great - and I got it in 1962. LOL.

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N.

I don't have room for any more gadgets! LOL

--
Helen
in
FERGUS/HARLINGEN

It's not a gadget, it's a "must." Trust me, you would throw something
else out to be able to keep this one. LOL.

N.

Well I checked them out and the one available to me is $35 plus shipping.

Expensive eggs.

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Austin Powers said:

You might find them easier to peel under an running tap...the water
gets under the shell and makes it easier to remove the shell.

Julia Child used to recommend poking a little hole in the wide end,
which she said will let gas escape as you boil the eggs. This makes
the eggs eaiser to peel, apparently.

I have an electric egg boiler (cos I am rubbish at timing eggs). that
has a wee needle on the base of the water measure. That is used to poke
a wee hole in the egg. I have yet to find an egg I can't peel from that
cooker.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brand-UK-Princess-Egg-Cooker/dp/B0006FFT1Y is
similar to mine. I can choose how I want my eggs and bingo!! I get
them every time🙂)

Ok, you've convinced me. I just ordered one!

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Julia Child used to recommend poking a little hole in the wide end,
which she said will let gas escape as you boil the eggs. This makes
the eggs eaiser to peel, apparently.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I have an electric egg boiler (cos I am rubbish at timing eggs). that
has a wee needle on the base of the water measure. That is used to poke
a wee hole in the egg. I have yet to find an egg I can't peel from that
cooker.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brand-UK-Princess-Egg-Cooker/dp/B0006FFT1Y is
similar to mine. I can choose how I want my eggs and bingo!! I get
them every time🙂)

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Ok, you've convinced me. I just ordered one!

Seems more reasonable than letting the eggs age a week before
boiling them.

Steve

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On Jun 4, 1:44 am, "Austin Powers" <[email hidden]> wrote:
> You might find them easier to peel under an running tap...the water
> gets under the shell and makes it easier to remove the shell.

Julia Child used to recommend poking a little hole in the wide end,
which she said will let gas escape as you boil the eggs. This makes
the eggs eaiser to peel, apparently.

I have an electric egg boiler (cos I am rubbish at timing eggs).
that has a wee needle on the base of the water measure. That is used
to poke a wee hole in the egg. I have yet to find an egg I can't
peel from that cooker.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brand-UK-Princess-Egg-Cooker/dp/B0006FFT1Y
is similar to mine. I can choose how I want my eggs and bingo!! I
get them every time🙂)

Ok, you've convinced me. I just ordered one!

It just steams eggs...I have a kenmore electric veggie steamer (sears
approx $40 IIRC) that comes with a rice basket, a 2 stackable baskets and
a 10 egg tray. Does more than just eggs can steam veggies,fish, shrimp,
rice... whatever you want steamed. But it doesn't poke a hole in the
shell. It does have a timer. I never tried to poach a egg in it, don't
believe you could.

I find that steaming eggs for about 20 minutes allows for easier shell
removal for hard boiled eggs. I think somebody else tried it out with one
of those bamboo wok steamer dealies with good sucess as well. I've posted
about this before.

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On Jun 4, 1:44 am, "Austin Powers" <[email hidden]> wrote:
> You might find them easier to peel under an running tap...the water
> gets under the shell and makes it easier to remove the shell.

Julia Child used to recommend poking a little hole in the wide end,
which she said will let gas escape as you boil the eggs. This makes
the eggs eaiser to peel, apparently.

I have an electric egg boiler (cos I am rubbish at timing eggs). that
has a wee needle on the base of the water measure. That is used to poke
a wee hole in the egg. I have yet to find an egg I can't peel from that
cooker.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brand-UK-Princess-Egg-Cooker/dp/B0006FFT1Y is
similar to mine. I can choose how I want my eggs and bingo!! I get them
every time🙂)

Ok, you've convinced me. I just ordered one!

blimey! I should be asking for commission🙂)

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I find that steaming eggs for about 20 minutes allows for easier shell
removal for hard boiled eggs. I think somebody else tried it out with one
of those bamboo wok steamer dealies with good sucess as well. I've posted
about this before.

Yes I can see that would work if you were very good with your timings. I
am not🙂