In article >,
maxine in ri > wrote:

> On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 03:12:16 GMT, Joseph Littleshoes
> > connected the dots and wrote:
>
> ~Joseph Littleshoes wrote:
> ~
> ~I know of, and hesitate to add, to the mass of 'boiled eggs' posts.
> ~
> ~But i have recently intuited a far superior method of peeling boiled
> ~eggs.
> ~
> ~It has probably already been stated here several times before, as i
> tend
> ~to ignore the 'boiled egg' posts that routinely appear here, and that
> ~sarcastically as i apologize in advance for my redundancy.
> ~
> ~But i have found, recently, that by putting my finger 'nails' under
> the
> ~shell rather than pressing down from the top with my fingers i
> achieve a
> ~better, "peel" of the egg. Most often it comes off in 1 or 2 pieces.
> ~---
> ~JL
>
> I've been taking them for lunch the last few months, and I've found a
> couple of thing that seem to really work.
>
> 1. Use older eggs. The ones sitting in your fridge for a week or
> more.
>
> 2. As soon as the timer goes off, chill them under running water or
> in a bowl with ice.
>
> 3. roll them until the shell is all crackled like a sheet of paper
> that's been crumpled, and then the shell just peels off like magic.
>
> maxine in ri

Steaming instead of boiling works for fresh or any eggs. ;-)
It's the ONLY method I've used that works on newly laid, same day eggs
from my own hens.

Still use the chilling trick, but steaming rox!
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Om.

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