Hard Boiled Eggs = FRUSTRATION!

[#8]

Does peeling hard boiled eggs make anyone else want to put a gun in their mouth? Honestly. Its ****ing terrible to do unless you do it RIGHT AFTER you pull the eggs out of the hot water and let them sit in the cold water for 5-10 mins, and even then it SUCKS.

Has anyone actually used the EZ Cracker that they show on tv? Ive read mixed reviews of this thing online, and its hit or miss. Does this thing work or what?

I eat at least 12 hard boiled egg whites a day with a couple yokes thrown in for shits and giggles here and there. Nothing beats an extra large or jumbo size egg for the cost / protein ratio, with ease of preparation (minus the painstaking peeling).

Someone please help me out. EZ Cracker or no?

[#8]

For those who havnt seen the EZ Cracker...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CB2MVZgt5Y

[Forever]

omg crunchy egg shells ruined those muffins......

Have you tried the smash and roll spoon and toss?

[tiramisu]

I can't eat hard boiled eggs anymore. The first couple aren't so bad but by the time I get to the fifth one it's just intolerable. Scrambled w/ Frank's hot sauce.

[blp]

eat raw eggs mix with spoon and add splenda , in a glass,,, full fat, full protein !!

[faller]

Lol at the EZ Cracker! If the shells won't peel by hand useing that contraption isn't going to work. Where do you buy your eggs? The fresher the eggs the harder they are to peel.

What i've found that works pretty good is when you pour cold water on them crack the eggs up and let them sit in the cold water for a bit. Seems the water works its way under the shell and makes for easier peeling.

[#8]

^^ yes that does help. usually the eggs crack in the boiling process and it makes it easier. I really like the convenience of hard boiled eggs over any other way of cooking them. I wish there was another way.

And no I have never tried the spoon and roll technique. I dont quite understand what that even means...

[morty]

Easy To Peel Hard Boiled Eggs

If you’ve ever struggled to peel a hard boiled egg or ended up with a greenish yolk, try this… Start with eggs that have been refrigerated for several days because new eggs will not peel easily. Usually any egg you buy at the store will fall into this category!

• Place the eggs in a pot of COLD water. Be sure there is at least an inch of water above the top of each egg. Our well water is icy cold and roughly the same temperature as an egg taken from the refrigerator, but if your cold tap water is not as cold, let the eggs sit in the cold water for about five minutes, then replace that water with more cold water. The idea is to equalize the temperatures of the eggs and water so that both the water temperature and the egg temperature start out the same. (If you just put refrigerator-cold eggs in water warmer than they are, the water will heat up faster than the eggs and the eggs may crack. Some people add a teaspoon of salt or vinegar to the water when they are cooking eggs. This supposedly helps keep the inside of the egg from oozing out if an egg shell cracks. I do not use either salt or vinegar, because I have found that starting with the eggs and water at the same temperature prevents the eggs from cracking as they cook.)

• Place the pot with the eggs and water over high heat until the water comes to a full boil. IMMEDIATELY take the pot off the heat and cover with a tightly-fitting lid. The eggs will cook from the heat of the water. The eggs do not need to be, and should not be, boiled. Overcooking eggs causes the iron in the yolk and the sulfur in the white to combine, and this is what makes that ugly greenish color around the yolk.

• Let the eggs sit in the pan in the hot water for 12 minutes for medium eggs, 15 minutes for large eggs and 18 minutes for extra large eggs. This timing is very important.

• Drain the eggs and fill the pot with cold water. I like to empty and re-fill the pot several times to make sure the heat of the eggs doesn’t heat the water back up again. You can also put ice cubes in the water. The water should be very cold. Letting the eggs sit in the cold water until the eggs are completely cooled helps the papery membrane stick to the shell, instead of to the egg, and makes the egg easier to peel.

• Let the eggs cool completely. To peel the eggs, gently tap the large end of the egg against a hard surface like your kitchen counter. This should crack the shell. Turn the egg and crack the other end. The shell should peel off very easily.

• Hard boiled eggs in the shell can be refrigerated up to one week. Hard boiled eggs out of the shell should be used right away.

[Forever]

And no I have never tried the spoon and roll technique. I dont quite understand what that even means...
Don't forget the smash, its the most important part.

Lightly smash the long side of the egg on the counter, just enough to start cracking the shell. Put the palm of your hand on the egg and with enough pressure to crack the shell but not so much you **** up the eggy goodness inside, roll it for one full rotation. The two ends usually come off pretty easy after this smash and roll. If they resist, flip over a spoon so its curve follows the eggs and slide it under the offending shell piece, give it a little push and it pops right off.

This method can get a little messy with all the little shell pieces, but if your handy enough to clean up a few shell pieces its better then ruining the muffins!

[Forever]

Easy To Peel Hard Boiled Eggs

If you’ve ever struggled to peel a hard boiled egg or ended up with a greenish yolk, try this… Start with eggs that have been refrigerated for several days because new eggs will not peel easily. Usually any egg you buy at the store will fall into this category!

• Place the eggs in a pot of COLD water. Be sure there is at least an inch of water above the top of each egg. Our well water is icy cold and roughly the same temperature as an egg taken from the refrigerator, but if your cold tap water is not as cold, let the eggs sit in the cold water for about five minutes, then replace that water with more cold water. The idea is to equalize the temperatures of the eggs and water so that both the water temperature and the egg temperature start out the same. (If you just put refrigerator-cold eggs in water warmer than they are, the water will heat up faster than the eggs and the eggs may crack. Some people add a teaspoon of salt or vinegar to the water when they are cooking eggs. This supposedly helps keep the inside of the egg from oozing out if an egg shell cracks. I do not use either salt or vinegar, because I have found that starting with the eggs and water at the same temperature prevents the eggs from cracking as they cook.)

• Place the pot with the eggs and water over high heat until the water comes to a full boil. IMMEDIATELY take the pot off the heat and cover with a tightly-fitting lid. The eggs will cook from the heat of the water. The eggs do not need to be, and should not be, boiled. Overcooking eggs causes the iron in the yolk and the sulfur in the white to combine, and this is what makes that ugly greenish color around the yolk.

• Let the eggs sit in the pan in the hot water for 12 minutes for medium eggs, 15 minutes for large eggs and 18 minutes for extra large eggs. This timing is very important.

• Drain the eggs and fill the pot with cold water. I like to empty and re-fill the pot several times to make sure the heat of the eggs doesn’t heat the water back up again. You can also put ice cubes in the water. The water should be very cold. Letting the eggs sit in the cold water until the eggs are completely cooled helps the papery membrane stick to the shell, instead of to the egg, and makes the egg easier to peel.

• Let the eggs cool completely. To peel the eggs, gently tap the large end of the egg against a hard surface like your kitchen counter. This should crack the shell. Turn the egg and crack the other end. The shell should peel off very easily.

• Hard boiled eggs in the shell can be refrigerated up to one week. Hard boiled eggs out of the shell should be used right away.
Oh my..... how many hard boiled eggs have you eaten??

[whiteknight]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN2gYHJNT3Y&feature=player_embedded

Haven't tried it yet

[69challenger]

^^^That's wild!

[#8]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN2gYHJNT3Y&feature=player_embedded

Haven't tried it yet

wow. that might actually change my life.

[metalchick]

Okay this is the easiest way ever!

After the eggs are cooked, pour out hot water, then pour in cold water to cool, let sit. Then just break the shell, cracking it all over, by tapping it on a plate and peel the shell off. Wash hard boiled egg to remove any left over shell pieces.

So easy!

[Big D]

Okay this is the easiest way ever!

After the eggs are cooked, pour out hot water, then pour in cold water to cool, let sit. Then just break the shell, cracking it all over, by tapping it on a plate and peel the shell off. Wash hard boiled egg to remove any left over shell pieces.

So easy!

This ^^^ works like a charm

[ironwill]

Lol at the EZ Cracker! If the shells won't peel by hand useing that contraption isn't going to work. Where do you buy your eggs? The fresher the eggs the harder they are to peel.

What i've found that works pretty good is when you pour cold water on them crack the eggs up and let them sit in the cold water for a bit. Seems the water works its way under the shell and makes for easier peeling.

Heres the procedure!!!

[LonelyBedouin]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN2gYHJNT3Y&feature=player_embedded

Haven't tried it yet

That doesn't work, well at least it has never worked for me.

[Delt King]

Okay this is the easiest way ever!

After the eggs are cooked, pour out hot water, then pour in cold water to cool, let sit. Then just break the shell, cracking it all over, by tapping it on a plate and peel the shell off. Wash hard boiled egg to remove any left over shell pieces.

So easy!

I'm literally going to try this right now and see what the my results are like.

[#8]

Okay this is the easiest way ever!

After the eggs are cooked, pour out hot water, then pour in cold water to cool, let sit. Then just break the shell, cracking it all over, by tapping it on a plate and peel the shell off. Wash hard boiled egg to remove any left over shell pieces.

So easy!

I already mentioned that I do this regularly. It works ok, but its not great IMO. Im looking for a failproof way to peel an egg.

[Knuckles28]

Okay this is the easiest way ever!

After the eggs are cooked, pour out hot water, then pour in cold water to cool, let sit. Then just break the shell, cracking it all over, by tapping it on a plate and peel the shell off. Wash hard boiled egg to remove any left over shell pieces.

So easy!

This is how i do it^, i find the Brown eggs much easier to peel than the white ones. I dunno.. But for 19.99 and you get the "original Bacon Wave"!!!! seems too good too be true, plus i can crack and peel eggs faster than that contraption, and the shells never ruin my muffins.

[LonelyBedouin]

-pour out hot water
-put in cold water
-grab a knife and cut them in half
-grab a teaspoon (note not tblspoon; too big) circle around the inside and scoop out
-salt & pepper and enjoy.

doesnt cutting it crack the shell into a whole bunch of pieces?

[Delt King]

I'm literally going to try this right now and see what the my results are like.

Nope still a pain in the ass. Back to eggwhites aleady seperated and i'll find my good fats with something else.

[macka]

I just put up with the agony of peeling them, its hit or miss with how they peel.

[ab_chic25]

i find after you boil them, take them out of the hot water, crack them then peel them under cold running water. The water seems to make it easier to peel but also the cheaper the egg the worse to peel i find.

[Durk]

use a spoon to quickly scoop off the shell.

[JifeLacket]

Does peeling hard boiled eggs make anyone else want to put a gun in their mouth? Honestly. Its ****ing terrible to do unless you do it RIGHT AFTER you pull the eggs out of the hot water and let them sit in the cold water for 5-10 mins, and even then it SUCKS.

Has anyone actually used the EZ Cracker that they show on tv? Ive read mixed reviews of this thing online, and its hit or miss. Does this thing work or what?

I eat at least 12 hard boiled egg whites a day with a couple yokes thrown in for shits and giggles here and there. Nothing beats an extra large or jumbo size egg for the cost / protein ratio, with ease of preparation (minus the painstaking peeling).

Someone please help me out. EZ Cracker or no?

dude you need me to cook for you seriously. what i do is bring them up to a boil and then turn the element off and let them sit on it until near luke warm. Hasn't not worked.. okay maybe 1 or 2 per 24 fail but thats a pretty good success ratio. Eggs refrigerated for a few days do work best.