Comments on: Another way to peel a hard-boiled egg

By: David

David — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 00:29:52 +0000

RickZ’s suggestion of white vinegar usually works for me as well. We started putting baking soda in the water and the eggs seem to peel better. One more thing for you to try I guess.

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 17:45:38 +0000

For the eggs I cook, the fluffy soft yellow ones are good. When the whites become crisp, that’s bad, so I have to cook it all using water to distribute the heat and prevent the whites from over burning.

By: snopercod

snopercod — Sun, 21 Jun 2015 22:32:54 +0000

For horseradish deviled eggs, I just add ~1 or 2 Tbsp. of horseradish to the traditional recipe. Also a little dill weed. You just want to give them a little twang.

By: Michael Adams

Michael Adams — Sun, 21 Jun 2015 15:47:36 +0000

Everyone is being so nice, maybe too nice. They need to come out and say,the reason you had trouble peeling the eggs was your impatience to get to the DEVILED EGGS! I share your impatience, as I am a fiend for the things. I’ve said before that there were two guys in a former congregation of ours who could eat all of every plate brought on Easter, until my son grew up and hit his stride. It’s familial, of course. We are possible related, somewhere in the great Back There. If the SHTF, you’ll see us standing by the on ramp with a sign, “Will Work for Deviled Eggs.” I do not put in horseradish, which I surely do like, in other contexts. Just a bit of mustard, mayo and paprika, salt and black pepper. Being largely Irish, we would ordinarily be less conservative with the pepper, just not in the deviled eggs. When you finally make it to Texas, the first thing we’ll serve at your welcome dinner will be deviled eggs. I hope you also like potato salad, since we have to do something with the eggs that failed the peeling test.

By: Eric

Eric — Sun, 21 Jun 2015 15:39:31 +0000

RickZ: “When it comes to eggs in general, I find most people overcook them, whether fried, scrambled, omelets, whatever.”

I blame that on fear of Salmonella and disease from undercooked meat in general.

I agree that there is a substantial difference in flavor and texture between eggs cooked right and overcooked eggs.

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Sun, 21 Jun 2015 15:29:41 +0000

Many things are lost and rediscovered over the generations. Medieval swordmanship was just one thing the West lost and recovered, only recently though.

People become good at what they do, what they specialize in.

Some eggs tend to have the membrane that sticks very close to the hard white. So perhaps the trick is finding out how to get eggs with the looser mechanic.

By: Artfldgr

Artfldgr — Sun, 21 Jun 2015 13:32:04 +0000

next discovery…
that there is such a thing called a sewing needle.
that its possible to bake a cake, and you dont need to have a permit from the city council and professional training.
oh.. and forget changing lightbulbs, fixing the car, etc… cause the boys disonnected from the dads… dont nkow how to do muh of anything..

we have been made helpless by feminism…

the go to it and do it attitude is gone cause we dont even know enough to not to try to hug the polar bear…

By: Artfldgr

Artfldgr — Sun, 21 Jun 2015 13:29:38 +0000

great… you fount out what old people made useless and ignored knew for 100 years…

duh…

want to guess what else was lost by feminism disconnecting women from grandparents and mother in the kitchen and what boys cant do as they never got to be with dad?

on another note as to peeling eggs metaphorically.
the daily news has four pages they title “americas sickness” covering the actions of the young man in the church.

two pages later on page 8 is an almost full page spread written by three journolists who detail a spanish auto shop owner hog tied and beatn for money… two masked assailants… and the whole article does not ask what did they look like, what were they wearing, etc… in the who what where when how, asking who is not allowed.

want to know why there is four pages for the white kid that kills blacks, but not a damn thing as to the blacks tying up people, beating them, robbing them…

what would make someone take action themselves when the police ignor it, the press does not report it, etc?

ie. you can see the daily news manufacturing the race hate and then exploiting it in terms of political goals… those church people were not killed by a young kid, they were killed by the press that hid the crimes and played games till a nutty kid went nuts.. which is the whole point… unless the press manufactures this by nudging the nuts, where would they get the manufactured excuse to press for laws that sworn not to make?

the united states is so much like the soviet union in head games is horribly sad… and the worst part is that you cant blame the actual people causing it, which is the press, and how they cover things and no longer report news, but report what party mentality yhou whould have, whether based i reality or fabricated by omission lies..

no wonder we have record numbers of citizens giving up their citizenship… of course, learning how to peel eggs the way they did before post modern liberal feminism made pre made garbage meals a necessity… well thats more important…

you would be surprised what we as a society lost when we were modified by feminism to be more like caged animals with no past, no future, and no skills like the people who were free had…

its very very sad

its like wathing a hamster raised in a cage find out what hamsters outside the cage used to know…

By: RickZ

RickZ — Sun, 21 Jun 2015 09:20:17 +0000

I always put a splash of white vinegar in the water when I boil eggs. I also like soft boiled eggs. Put eggs in a pan and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil, then cover and turn off the heat. Let stand covered for 10-11 minutes (depending on how runny you like your boiled eggs; longer for hard boiled, naturally). After the time has elapsed, dump the water and cover with cold water for about a minute, then dump that water, too. Then peel. The yolks will be a brighter yellow with no hint of that green ring around the yolk thanks to the vinegar. I’ve also never had a problem peeling the eggs. The best way to peel the eggs is to crack them on a flat surface, rolling the egg around the equator as you tap the shell to crack. After a little work starting the shell removal at the equator, the end halves pretty much come off intact.

As for horseradish in deviled eggs: No. Just no. Now non-pareil capers on the other hand, . . .

When it comes to eggs in general, I find most people overcook them, whether fried, scrambled, omelets, whatever. I call eggs the most abused food in the kitchen. Too much heat. Lower the heat and cook them slower to have a softer, more delicate yet delicious egg (IMnotsoHO). Also, never salt eggs before cooking. That makes them tougher, too.

By: Lee

Lee — Sun, 21 Jun 2015 01:49:19 +0000

Doom — maybe my method works pretty well becuase you don’t over cook them. Though bulk boiling can be problematic since you need a single layer of eggs in the pot.