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Default any easy way to peal an egg?

On Fri, 01 Nov 2013 23:12:24 -0500, BlueBrooke
> wrote:

>On Fri, 01 Nov 2013 14:54:49 -0700, Todd > wrote:
>
>>Hi All,
>>
>>I just made some Deviled Eggs for my wife and me.
>>Pealing the boiled eggs in a pain. Is there
>>any easier way to do it?
>>
>>Many thanks,
>>-T

>
>I tried all the suggestions I could find -- salt, vinegar, baking soda
>in the water; old eggs, new eggs; cold eggs, room temperature eggs --
>didn't make a whit of difference. I was lucky to get half of the
>hard-cooked eggs to peel. I can only guess that it has something to
>do with our hard well water -- never had this problem before we lived
>in Podunk.
>
>I can't remember where I found it -- I steam them. They all peel
>perfectly. Get the water boiling, put the steamer in the pot and
>cover. For large eggs it takes 18 minutes -- nicely cooked with no
>green around the yolks. Run cold water over them for 5 or 10 minutes.
>I also can't seem to peel a "dry" hard-cooked egg. I have to run
>water over them while I peel them.
>
>Good luck.



You could always try eggies. They work as advertised.
http://www.target.com/p/as-seen-on-t...erm=egg+cooker