Thread 21554038

>try multiple techniques I saw online
>still can't perfectly peel boiled eggs consistently
Starting to feel it depends on the quality of the egg or it's random. All these tips and trips are bullshit.

I bought one of these and it works perfectly every time. I'd rather boil up 12 at once, but they don't always come out perfect like the pod. 6.5 - 7 min and then shake the thing and the shells come off. Perfect eggs with little work.

For what it's worth, I just did the Serious Eats method and it worked perfectly, although I overcooked them a bit.

>Eggs directly into hot water (or steam). Don’t start cold.
>Keep temp high for entire cook. No bring to a boil and then turn off nonsense.
>Eggs out into cold/ice water.
>Smash the shell into teeny pieces before peeling.
>Don’t be a ham-fasted retard.
That easy.

>>21554055
>Eggs directly into hot water (or steam). Don’t start cold.
this made the biggest difference for me. eggs still stick once in a while but it's really rare now compared to starting them in cold water making them stick almost every time.

Zombie thread.

still no correct answers.

>>21554193
>Don’t be a ham fisted retard
That’s the only answer (You) require

>>21554038 (OP)
what i do is put them in boiling water. then pour that water off when done. in the same pot i smash them around but not too hard to crack the shells. then i run cold water onto the eggs and under the running water i peel them. never get stickage

Eggs in sauce pan, water an inch over eggs, bring to boil, turn off heat, sit covered 10 min, then into ice bath

>>21554319
>turn off heat
objectively wrong

>>21554319
Eggs in pot, water an inch over eggs, bring to boil, continue boil 9 minute, 10 for harder, then into ice bath
I get like 95+% easy to peel eggs this way

>>21554038 (OP)
i've tried a few different techniques and have never had an issue, save for like the odd egg here and there. i think it depends entirely on the egg; i've had some eggs from the same carton peel easy and another peel like shit; and they were prepared exactly the same, in the same session.

>>21554038 (OP)
Fresher eggs stick to the shell more. Try boiling them after they've been in your fridge a week or so.

90% of the tips are wrong. The 10% that are correct are said by people who don't know why it's correct and it's bundled together with a bunch of retarded tips.

If you want the perfect peel you have to cool down the egg and let the egg white harden. This can be done with an ice bath, you can leave the egg alone for a few hours, you can put it in the fridge. The important thing is to cool it down. The entire reason the membrane rips the egg white is because it's soft like jelly and requires less force to rip. When the egg white is properly chilled the membrane will rip before the egg white.

Here is the right answer as you retards are shit cooks.

Use a spoon to slide under the shell. It works like fucking magic. Now I have changed literally everyone’s behavior here for the next 50 years with this post. Pay me.

>>21554443
I used a completely cooled down egg and this is bullshit. It’s actually worse once cooled.

>>21554193
no answer will be correct as any rational thought is incompatible with your retard brain

>>21554038 (OP)
Try the Forbidden Fong Shuyung technique. The only tricky part is finding the Chi lines through the shell. Do NOT fuck that up, trust me.

Soak in ice water for a minute or so, run under cold water while you peel. The shell comes right off.

>>21554038 (OP)
I told you the past 5 times you made this thread to steam your fucking eggs instead of boiling them.

use old eggs
/threat

>>21554038 (OP)
the only keys to egg peeling are:
>always start from the fat end
>get under the membrane
>peel under fast running cold water
that's it. anything else is broscience.

also the easiest way to cook medium/hard boiled eggs is to put them in an air fryer.
>255f/130c
>12 minutes
wa la

>>21554065
This. I have never had any issues peeling eggs and always do it this way

Now do quail eggs if you’re men enough

>>21554038 (OP)
>can't perfectly peel boiled eggs
lmao absolute cooklet

>>21554616
Soft eggs truly are the best

>>21554193
Its just a matter of applying the side of the thumb instead of the tip.
And then finding good pressure to do it correctly.

Had a period where I would do 100 eggs once a week, and it was good training.

>>21554319
>>21554443
The ice bath is there so you don't hurt your fingers. You get the exact same results if you wait before peeling
Of course its going to be different if you also ice bath it down to 1-4ºC, but that is a lot of effort and not good to peel

Wet eggs are easier to peel. The water makes them slippery and the shell comes off easier. Dip them in water as you remove pieces of shell.

>>21554797
The point of an ice bath is to arrest the cooking process so they don’t keep cooking from residual heat.

>>21554592
>>21554371
2 correct answers. At least we're learning. Let's try to boil a potato next year.

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>>21555088
The ‘use old eggs’ thing is just a shill campaign waged by big food poisoning. Literally bankrolled by salmonella corp. and E. coli inc. if you believe it then you’re a fuckin sheep.

>>21554038 (OP)
leave eggs out till room temp (egg age does not matter)

boil water

put eggs in water

boil 6 minutes

turn off heat

let sit 6 minutes covered

rinse in cold water till completely cold.

violin! easy to peel eggs every time.

>he never learned fine motor skills as a child
peel them under running water if you have to, you autistic bastard

>>21555147
>12 minutes in fucking boiling water from room temperature
Pic related: your eggs. Hard (no pun intended) pass.

>>21555384
>?si=
you're supposed to remove this shit

You guys got it all wrong.

>Boil water and steep tea in it.
>Dissolve salt, sodium hydroxide, and zinc oxide into the tea.
>Transfer to storage jar. Submerge the eggs in the prepared brine.
>Store in sealed jar in a cool, dark place for about 4 weeks or more.
>After curing, remove the eggs, boil them for a short time, and cool them in an ice bath

>>21554038 (OP)
Kenji did his typical autism and tried out every variable before. He had some restaurant that did a shit ton of deviled eggs. I think he said that it would still be like 2-3 out of a dozen that wouldn't peel presentable and get turned into family meal egg salad or whatever.

>>21555483
>2-3 out of a dozen that wouldn't peel presentable
Wow, only 83% success rate? He fucking sucks at this lmao.

>>21555520
I'm assuming it's completely perfect, zero flaws? Also could have been less. I'm just trying to remember something from a random video I saw like a year ago.

>>21555552
>defending kenji
lmao, dude, stop

>>21555573
I'll listen to the James Beard award winning chef over the retards on this forum thank you very much.

>>21555579
my egg rate is at least 99%, so I win. don't listen to people who routinely fuck up eggs, the easiest of foods.

>>21555584
>my egg rate is at least 99%
sure thing, sport

I just cut them in half with knife and scoop with spoon

>>21555588
>hers isn’t
wow holy retard batman

you arent using fresh eggs

>>21555623
Post a video of you peeling at least 1,000 eggs in a couple of hours and I'll believe you. It's reasonable.

>>21555633
You want to use older eggs

>>21556413
any egg you buy in a store is an "older egg"

>>21554038 (OP)
see>>21554055
also the eggs being really fresh helps. lot of ppl let their eggs sit in the cupboard for a couple of weeks then wonder why they peel like shit and dont taste that good.

>>21555429
read again, 6 minutes in boiling water

yall retarded

>bring water to rolling boil
>gently insert eggs
>wait 6 mins
>rinse with cool water and peel

There is no 100% working method. Some eggs just are unpeelable properly.

>>21554038 (OP)
>Starting to feel it depends on the quality of the egg

I think it's this. I can get perfectly peeled eggs, just not 100% of the time. starting with room temp eggs, into boiling water for 10 min then immediately cool under running water. works 95% of the time but sometimes I think the egg whites don't form properly so they are more mushy then it just comes off with the shell.

>>21555064
>>21554797
The point of the ice bath is to cause contraction since heat expands, the contraction pulls away and separated from the shell membrane. The membrane is the adhesive to the shell connecting the moist inner layer to the harder drier shell portion. When water gets inside and is agitated it pushes the liquid solvent (water) into the crevice seam of the membrane.

Anyone tried dissolving the shell in strong vinegar?

I use a scalpel and tweezers.

>>21555633
>>21555147
>>21555145
Using fresh eggs makes peeling them harder actually.

>>21556731
This does nothing

>>21556731
Meme gadget

>>21554038 (OP)
fresh eggs cannot be peeled cleanly no matter what cunts on the internet say

>>21556824
No, retard.

>>21557079
You’ve never had a fresh eggs.

How do so many of you not know about using water

>>21554038 (OP)
My hard boiled eggs come out perfect every time
>heat water
>add some vinegar (this is the key)
>add the eggs
>cook however long you prefer
>once done, put eggs in bowl of water and ice
>leave for at least 10 minutes
>take egg out and lay it on a hard surface
>gently roll the egg back and forth until its shell is covered in cracks
>peel off shell
It’s that easy

>>21558080
>do a bunch of completely unnecessary shit
>"it's that easy"
What a tard.

I'm pretty sure it depends on the eggs themselves and everything else is just some voodoo. Could also be a skill issue though since you can cleanly peel even pretty dry eggs if you manage to get the thin film between the shell and the egg white to peel.

Ice bath, then peel over the sink under a gentle stream of water from your faucet. You will ALWAYS get 1 or 2 per dozen that don't peel cleanly but this is the most consistent method I think

>>21558080
I do the vinegar shit but to avoid my pans staining

Poke a hole at the bottom.

Why are we STILL having this dumb thread!?

>>21554038 (OP)
I boil my eggs on high for 20 minutes, let it sit in a could cup for 5 minutes, then peel. very rarely have issues

>>21558228
>You will ALWAYS get 1 or 2 per dozen that don't peel cleanly
If you're a knuckle-dragging, mouth-breathing retard, maybe.

>>21558080
What does vinegar even do

>>21558237
>>21557058

>>21555147
i actually did this almost exactly once on accident; beforehand i'd boil the eggs with the water. and the eggs were all easy as fuck to peel.

>>21554038 (OP)
Bruh have you tried putting them in a bowl after cooking and immediately letting cold water run over them?

>>21554044
You do you but I like peeling eggs myself. I'd feel a bit silly and dumb using this type of gadget to be honest. No judging.

>>21558595
You should have stopped reading after "hard boiled eggs" anyways you don't need vinegar just run them under cold water after cooking them 6-6:30 minutes and they will peel off with relative ease.

>>21556824
its funny how wrong this is
must sound nice in your head, but practical experience proves it wrong every time

>>21555623
Who's "her"? Stop assuming anyone here is female. Your shtick is really getting old and it's always been fucking cringe.

>>21558887
I just assume anyone who can’t cook is female, because women can’t fuckin cook.

I am frankly amazed at how many people fucking read "How do I peel an egg?" and gave tips on how to cook it.
Presuming you throw them in cold water when they're done cooking (I do), this is how I do it. Did it for years at various restaurants, peeling thousands of eggs in my lifetime
>pull out of water
>locate bottom of egg
>tap the bottom gently in a rotating circle on the counter top (rather than smashing it once ron bottom to make big pieces, this makes many small eggshell fragments)
>wet egg and wet thumbs
>hold egg in right hand, peel with left thumb
>start from the bottom you broke up and make it to the side
>with a bit of pressure on the egg itself once exposed, peel with the thumb and slide under the shell a bit
>pull off large chunks of eggshell ideally
>occasionally redunk eggs/hands

>>21559005
how do you avoid it when that large chunk of shell gets the right amount of leverage and it just fucking digs into the egg white, pulling out some of the white meat off

>>21554038 (OP)
>boil water
>add vinegar (does nothing except coagulate egg whites that seep through cracks of broken eggs, i.e. turn disaster into just ugly)
>add egg
>shock with cold running water (not just 5 seconds, do it for 45s to a minute) after egg done
>(crack egg and let a little water inside, then) peel
Works 95% of the time, and when it doesn't, you can just call your eggs shit. Parenthesis is stuff I do but it works just as well when I don't, it's mostly me feeling as if it's wrong.

If you can't do this, you suck and shouldn't be in the kitchen. Go buy 50 eggs and practice 2 hours straight until you can do it.

>>21554616
Pinch fat end, pull off skin and membrane in one go.
Quail eggs are finicky in soft-boiling, but "peeling" them is easy after you've done it one or two batches.

>>21556720
And 1 more minute in scalding water, and 5 more minutes in 97-89C water.
You fucked up.

>>21554038 (OP)
I really hope none of you ever take advice from anyone on this site. Even on the board about cooking there are people who can't even properly boil and peel a fucking egg. Beyond incredible.

>everyone gives different answers
Kek nobody knows

>>21559005
How you cook it affects how easily it peels