After they are done, remove from the hot water, then crack the shell in several places by dropping them on the bench. Place in very cold water for 10-15 mins. The water soaks through the cracked shell and surrounds the membrane making even fresh eggs easy to peel.
What if you just put them in the cold water? Will the shell crack enough on its own due to thermal stress?
--Blair
I don't know what thermal stress is. Is it something like the shell cracking because the air inside the egg expands? (Incidentally, the air sack is bigger in older eggs).
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What if you just put them in the cold water? Will the shell crack enough on its own due to thermal stress?
--Blair
I don't know what thermal stress is.
He means the sort of stress that will crack a hot glass if you pour ice-cold water into it - but I doubt that this is going to happen with the egg, for the same reason that makes a wine glass less likely to crack in such a scenario as opposed to a heavy beer stein. A thin shell of material with low thermal mass is relatively easy to change temperature in THROUGHOUT - it will not experience the sort of stress that a thick material which will retain a lot of heat (and so can wind up with a "cold outside" and a "hot inside," or vice-versa) is going to see.
He means the sort of stress that will crack a hot glass if you pour ice-cold water into it - but I doubt that this is going to happen with the egg, for the same reason that makes a wine glass less likely to crack in such a scenario as opposed to a heavy beer stein. A thin shell of material with low thermal mass is relatively easy to change temperature in THROUGHOUT - it will not experience the sort of stress that a thick material which will retain a lot of heat (and so can wind up with a "cold outside" and a "hot inside," or vice-versa) is going to see.
Thank you for the explanation. I too, doubt that it would affect eggs. But I haven't tested it.
Hard boiled eggs requires OLD eggs. If you do them often have them set aside in the frig so that they are at least 2-weeks old before bringing to a boil, covering, shutting off the heat and timing 18-minutes. Place in a bowl of ice water. The egg shells will all peel to perfection and will be soft and not rubbery from over boiling.
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Hi all,
Why do some eggs after being hard boiled peel real eazy and some other eggs peel off in small little clumps. What is the correct proceedure for peeling eggs? If one uses the correct proceedure, does that gaurantee an easy peeling egg?
