Thread: Mastering the humble boiled egg....and peeling them

Isn't it marvellous what you can learn about a humble egg, in just a few hours?

Originally Posted by Chief Tiff

basically put the egg in a jar mostly filled with water and give it a bit of a savage shaking up and down, hey presto the egg basically peels itself.

Now this I have to try!

Originally Posted by FenceFurniture

Isn't it marvellous what you can learn about a humble egg, in just a few hours?


Now this I have to try!

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But I still get confused on why the chicken crossed the road on the first place.
More importantly know one has explained which one came first the chicken or the egg.

Cheers Matt

Originally Posted by Simplicity

But I still get confused on why the chicken crossed the road on the first place.

To watch a man lay bricks

What are you all talking about? If you want a boiled egg just send word down to the kitchen that you would like a boiled egg or two and the butler brings them up. Already cooked and peeled. It's really no trouble.

Originally Posted by NCArcher

What are you all talking about? If you want a boiled egg just send word down to the kitchen that you would like a boiled egg or two and the butler brings them up. Already cooked and peeled. It's really no trouble.

What about the toast?

Rightio then, I tried a few peeling techniques this morning.

Originally Posted by doug3030

Crack the shell by tapping them on the bench all round then put them back in the iced water.

Yep, definitely quicker, although it was tap water (which is pretty bloody icy atm). Next time I'll give it a bit more cracking, and possibly remove the shell over the bubble too before going back into the water.

Originally Posted by ozhunter

We just cool em with cold water and then a tap on the edge of the sink to crack the shell at the pointy end and peel from that end. Comes off in in big pieces mostly

First time I did this was on a par with Doug's technique - definitely quicker than my usual, although it was slow to start (no air bubble at the top) and I squeezed a bit hard trying to lift the first bit of shell up, and fractured the white a bit (no biggie). Once I had a decent start it accelerated noticeably.

Originally Posted by rwbuild

Yes, chilled water does make it easier to peel them

Tried a variation on this because we don't keep water in the fridge, nor ice in the freezer. I put the egg (cooked yesterday and refrigerated) into the freezer for about 5 minutes, and then applied Adam's top down technique. It didn't work as well as the first time (not as quick) but I did notice a nice big sheet come off.



However, this.....

Originally Posted by Chief Tiff

J basically put the egg in a jar mostly filled with water and give it a bit of a savage shaking up and down, hey presto the egg basically peels itself. As an added bonus; your life is changed. Forever.

....I'm afraid ..... is a load of tosh! On both counts!

6x2" jar, ¾ full of water, added the egg, shook the buggery out of it - several times - waiting for it to magically shed its skin. All it did was fracture the shell into 3mm² fragments which were still stuck to the egg. Not a single piece of shell came off! And that only made the subsequent manual peeling a bloody nightmare! Tiny bits of shell stuck all over my fingers making it a difficult fiddly PITA etc etc.....



This arvo I'm going to try ajw's cooking method of boiling for 60 seconds and then leaving for 7 minutes. After that I'll try another couple of things with peeling (gunna make some ice).

Stay tuned, but feel free to carry on with other aspects of your lives in the interim......

Originally Posted by doug3030

The fresher the egg the harder it is to peel. use older eggs if you have them.

I thought everyone knew this. Fresh eggs are for poaching old eggs are for boiling ?

I did learn something new a few years back from my ex's mother. Once the water is boiling turn off the heat. The egg will still cook at the normal rate but doesn't get giggled about and possibly cracked.

As for peeling well I use cold water mostly to make them easier to handle. Provided the egg is old I find cracking about and the whole thing slides off no worries.

Having said that I favour omelettes, scrambled and poached over boiled so what would I know...

Ask me how to make an omelette that will light up your mouth...

Originally Posted by doug3030

To watch a man lay bricks

I bet that brought tears to his eyes.

Originally Posted by damian

Ask me how to make an omelette that will light up your mouth...

Go on then....

Brett
you bored?
or is it too cold to be out in the shed?

Mate it's as cold as Canada in the summer atm! Skew's had at least 2" of snow this morning at Oberon.

Actually where I'm going with this, as I was just discussing with Lola, is that I want to be able to boil a dozen eggs, peel the lot and stick a week's supply in the fridge. Peeling them every time is painful, and after doing two I'm totally over it. Currently we boil 6 at a time and then just leave them in the fridge.

Update: I've done two with the "boil 60 seconds and leave in the water for 7 minutes" method, another another 3 pairs of 3,5,10 minute boiled, cooled off and in the fridge. All waiting for some ice to chill the water for some more peeling tests.


What?

Originally Posted by FenceFurniture

Mate it's as cold as Canada in the summer atm! Skew's had at least 2" of snow this morning at Oberon.

Funny you should say that.
It's been raining here and the hills have about 2" of fresh snow on them. I say hills 'cause that's how we tend to think of them, but the tops are well over 2,500 m, with one or two approaching 3,000 (almost 10,000 ft). The fresh snow is down to around 2,000.
Not really cold -- but then again, my reference point is -10 to -15, 'cause that's when you need to think about dressing up to go to the garbage bin.

Only ever used my method straight from the stove and into cold running water. Always have a small void in the pointy end to start from.

It amuses me that a thread about bum nuts can go for two pages

Obviously has a higher degree of importance than solving world problems or are we waiting for glue to dry on a project