How to peel a hard-boiled egg?

Put a teaspoon of bicarb in the water that you boil them in.

Do you feed them grit? They are easier to peel if they have grit or oyster shell supplemented in their diet

Unless you keep your eggs in the fridge. I gather it doesn’t work then.

Older eggs are difficult to peel but I would have thought yours are very fresh, I do it the same as you and dont have a problem.

I’m trying not to laugh at this timely post.
I’ve just now, done two hard boiled eggs for sandwiches.
Like you, I put them in cold water.
One peeled beautifully, the other was not so successful.
I’d have to buy soda bicarbonate so I guess I’ll just persevere.

Theexwife

Older eggs are difficult to peel but I would have thought yours are very fresh, I do it the same as you and dont have a problem.

When we had hens I found that it was the very fresh ones that were hardest to peel. 😁

fresh eggs are the hardest to peel

I use a pricker device and put the boiled eggs straight into cold water. Never a problem since I bought the egg pricker

I tap them gently until a bit of shell breaks and then gain entry via the crack with my fingers slowly peeling the shell back. (no double entendre intended, sorry if this sounds smutty)

This nearly always works. I find that there is a tough, white, opaque membrane just below the shell which I remove with the shell while trying not to dig into the white.

I buy free range eggs from a variety of supermarkets so I do not have any idea of their provenance.

My problem is, that, however long I boil the eggs, the yolk always seems to be slightly runny right in the middle.

The fresher the egg the harder to peel! Use older eggs for hard boiling.

I boil mine, removing them one by one to under a slow running cold tap for peeling. I cracked them a bit on the sink then sort-of scrunch them till the shell is like crazy-paving. It comes off easily. The eggs are still quite warm.

I tend to start at the pointy end and run the water into the gap.
I did 6 perfectly just a few mins ago.

A friend puts her egg/eggs in a screw top jar and shajes it. She then has the crazy-pacing egg and does what I do under the cold tap.

I was told by a Scotch Egg maker (peeling hundreds a day) to work from the broad end. Crack the shell and gently insert the bowl of a teaspoon and work it round. It certainly worked when we were have a Scotch Egg-making lesson!

Thanks very much ,- lots of methods to try now!
The hens have plenty of grit and the eggs aren't kept in the fridge

My DH faffs about with a teaspoon as that’s how his mother peeled eggs.

I never use one. I put them in cold water as I hate to see that black line around the white. Then I tap and peel.

Some peel perfectly, some not.

I agree it probably depends on how fresh they are.

Never used the teaspoon idea, I cool them down but peel them slightly warm, just tap to break the shell and they usually peel ok.
If still hot then they don’t peel well.I keep eggs in a pottery chicken in a small larder.

Just cut the egg in half and use teaspoon to eat it or scoop out😊

I find that they peel much more easily if I lower the eggs into boiling water when I’m boiling them rather than starting them in cold water. I think the science of it is that the shock of the heat stops the membrane inside the shell clinging to the white.

GreyhairedWarrior

I find that they peel much more easily if I lower the eggs into boiling water when I’m boiling them rather than starting them in cold water. I think the science of it is that the shock of the heat stops the membrane inside the shell clinging to the white.

Yes that’s how I do mine boil them for 10 minutes then put them in cold water add a few ice cubes. Leave for a few minutes Crack them on the side then roll them as well that loosens shell and I find them easy to peel…

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Ditch the teaspoon

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I usually boil them, drain them and put them back into the pan in cold water. I then fetch them out, crack them against the sink and return them to the cold water for a minute or so. They are usually easier to peel once the cold water has gone between the shell and the white. Works for me.

MaizieD

Theexwife

Older eggs are difficult to peel but I would have thought yours are very fresh, I do it the same as you and dont have a problem.

When we had hens I found that it was the very fresh ones that were hardest to peel. 😁

I agree!

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