• njm1314@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    That is one skill I’ve never been able to master. Perfectly boiled eggs I can do. Perfectly peeled eggs nope. Ice bath, spoon under running water, whatever method you got none of them has ever worked quite right. At least not consistently.

    • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca
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      3 days ago

      crack the shell all over. if doing a whole batch, leave them in the pot and smash the pot around semi-gently. if doing just one, slap it around a lil.

      the shell breaks into small pieces that are still attached to the layer underneath, which can then be broken and peeled off in large sections.

      this has only failed me a couple times, when I smacked it too hard and broke the actual egg flesh. works on all eggs I’ve tried, made by various people, and of under and over done eggs made by myself and immediately after cooking or after being stored in the fridge for two weeks.

    • OhShitSon@lemmy.zip
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      4 days ago

      Try Rolling them on the counter after boiling/steaming. Doing this seems to separate the membrane from the egg, letting you pull most of the shell off with the membrane.

    • KorYi@lemmy.ml
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      4 days ago

      Have you tried steaming them? That’s the only way that consistently yields easy-to-peel eggs for me.