/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.18902536]

why are my hardboiled eggs always so hard to peel?

[Anonymous No.18902540]

Old eggs or hard water

[Anonymous No.18902541]

>>18902536
>why are my hardboiled eggs always so hard to peel?
easyboil them so they are easy to peel, simple as

[Anonymous No.18902544]

>>18902536
Antisemitism

[Anonymous No.18902545]

>>18902536
In what manner are you finding them difficult to peel?

[Anonymous No.18902547]

>>18902540
old eggs are easier to peel
>>18902536
prick them with a tack or somethin at the bottom before cooking and they will come right off

[Anonymous No.18902555]

Has anyone ever done the blow technique? Does it actually work?

>>18902536
Add vinegar to your water. Peel them while they're still warm.

[Anonymous No.18902557]

>>18902545
the shells sticks and pulls off the white while I peel

[Anonymous No.18902564]

Sounds counterintuitive but it's better to use older eggs for hard boiling.

[Anonymous No.18902563]

>>18902557
Add baking soda to your boiling water. About a tablespoon for every 4 cups

[Anonymous No.18902575]

Boil them, then drain the water off, then rinse them in cold water for a bit to cool them, then let them sit in the water for a bit.

[Anonymous No.18902577]

>>18902536
You don't puncture the bottom of the shell with a needle before boiling them

[Anonymous No.18902580]

>>18902577
This, also have the water boiling before you add the eggs

[Anonymous No.18902594]

>>18902536
Wack em all over with a spoon. Comes off easy

[Anonymous No.18902602]

>>18902577
but if I don't they burst open?
as a kid I always used a needle as my mom told me, moved out and forgot about that, boiled eggs and they burst open and spilled egg white into the water
next time I poked them with a pointed knife, they didn't burst

[Anonymous No.18902613]

>>18902536
I make a lot of deviled eggs
Like, the egg prices are hurting me
There are only two things that ensure you can peel the egg easily
That you steam them, and you shock them in ice water immediately
When you steam an egg you might want to poke a hole in the air pocket with a safety needle or thumbtack
Rotate the needle, don't push it straight in
Everything else is luck of the draw
I've tried old eggs, dried eggs, warm eggs, cold eggs, none of those matter

One thing to make sure they come out pretty and uniform is to get grade AA
They will also center better if you cook them top end up the top end is the round end with the air pocket
They make egg steamer baskets that are useful when you need to make a ton of eggs

[Anonymous No.18902626]

>>18902613
Fuck me egg daddy

[Anonymous No.18902644]

>>18902547
An egg has no "bottom", retard. Its symmetric.

[Anonymous No.18902651]

>>18902644
Where is the floor

[Anonymous No.18902666]

>>18902536
take room temperature eggs and lower them into already boiling water, simmer for 10 minutes, once done put the eggs in cold water for 5 minutes. never had an egg that i couldnt peel doing it this way.

[Anonymous No.18902699]

Hard boiled egg threads are always amusing. Everybody gives different advice and nobody actually knows what they're talking about, and often give terrible advice or just repeat old wives' tales from half a century ago.

[Anonymous No.18902708]

>>18902699
Ok dubsman, whats your technique?

[Anonymous No.18902709]

>>18902536
age of egg does NOT matter.

bring eggs to room temperature
boil water
place eggs in water
boil 5 to 6 minutes
turn off heat
let sit 5 to 6 minutes
rinse under slow running cold water till eggs are cool.
VOILA!
eggs will people every time

[Anonymous No.18902717]

>>18902626
I'll use this tab the next time I have a wank so you'll be in my thoughts

I think there might be truth to the old/dry eggs if they're unwashed
But most eggs in the US on the commercial market are washed

[Anonymous No.18902719]

>>18902547
>old eggs are easier to peel
doesn't matter

>>18902555
>Add vinegar to your water. Peel them while they're still warm.
incorrect

>>18902563
unnecessary

>>18902613
>steam them
not needed

>>18902699
see
>>18902709
this always works.

[Anonymous No.18902729]

>>18902602
Yes he is saying you should poke them. OP asked why his hardboiled eggs are always hard to peel, this guy is saying it is because he doesn't poke them

[Anonymous No.18902730]

>put eggs in cold water
>bring to boil
>boil a bit
>let sit a bit
>rinse with COLD water
>this causes the inside of the egg to shrink a tiny bit
>immediately peel, the heat from the inside warms it up again

[Anonymous No.18902736]

>>18902708
I know how to make perfect hard boiled eggs, but there's no secret to getting them to peel easily every time. Sometimes you'll get a couple eggs that are stubborn. Some things help more than others, but there's no sure proof method, and people who post shit like >>18902709 have made so few eggs that they have no frame of reference.

[Anonymous No.18902744]

>>18902709
this but poke a pin hole into the fat bottom of the egg

[Anonymous No.18902780]

>>18902736
>Sometimes you'll get a couple eggs that are stubborn.
Yep
I've even tried all the wonky peeling methods
Breaking the point of the egg and blowing the egg out works best, but even then
I used to live with this chick who had an egg blower gadget, that was really good but still not 100 percent
Also this is a good way to burn the fuck out of your face if you're doing soft-boiled eggs
>>18902744
>this but poke a pin hole into the fat bottom of the egg
It's in case there's an invisible crack in the shell, the pressure goes into the air pocket instead of blowing out the crack

[Anonymous No.18902802]

>>18902780
>Breaking the point of the egg and blowing the egg out works best, but even then
Specifically you crack the point of the egg, peel a hole in the round end of the egg, and blow into the hole on the round end
Pick of egg gadget

[Anonymous No.18903966]

>>18902594
This. Also it helps to peel them under running water.

[Anonymous No.18903989]

>>18902602
I the shell is cracked they burst open.

[Anonymous No.18904005]

>>18902536
You have to boil them in vinegar salt water, only use older eggs, and put them in cold water when done. This is a combination of all the solutions I have heard. Me, I just deal with it, but use older eggs when applicable.

[Anonymous No.18904012]

>>18902557
I've found that organic or free range/ fancy brown eggs do this for some reason. Maybe the factory eggs are designed to be more consumer friendly somehow.

[Anonymous No.18904287]

>>18902536
All store-bought refrigerated eggs are as old as the "old eggs are best for peeling" adage applies to. All the common tricks don't actually do anything for peelability. The only thing that consistently is helpful is cooking correctly.
https://www.seriouseats.com/the-secrets-to-peeling-hard-boiled-eggs

[Anonymous No.18904338]

>>18902594
I only wack the bottom part, then I jam the spoon under the cracked bit and get it off that way.

[Anonymous No.18904362]

>>18902709
>VOILA
what are you some kind newfriend

[Anonymous No.18904364]

>>18904362
that's a really good painting

[Anonymous No.18904378]

>>18904364
it's actually a photograph by a very very bored/ing person who recreates some of the classic still life paintings of Pieter Claesz (1597-1660)

[Anonymous No.18904388]

>>18904378
Photograph better than the painting. Technology ftw.

[Anonymous No.18904417]

>>18904388
well you have yucky taste which I suppose is why you're on this board

[Anonymous No.18904606]

>>18902536
I only make soft boiled but what I do is dump the hot water crack the shell all over rinse like 2 or 3x with cold water and 3rd time leave it in for a min or 2 so water can get inside
>>18902555
It works but only if it was an easy to peel egg already.

[Anonymous No.18904609]

>>18902536
Add a tablespoon of oil to the cooking water.

[Anonymous No.18904619]

>>18902536
a few years ago my dad told me about the spoon method
Its hardish to explain but
>tap all around the egg in the center with the side of the spoon so that the egg is cracked all around
>wiggle the spoon under the shell
>use the spoon as a lever to pull the shell off
theres probably a youtube video on it but its the best method I've ever tried and I used to have 16 eggs a day

[Anonymous No.18904635]

>>18902536
>Instapot
>Enough water to cover the eggs.
>Boil for 3-5 mins
>Pressure release
>Cold water

Easy peel.
Every. Time. No matter what egg it is.
No need for any of those stupid put salt, pin the egg, or any of that adding shit into it.

How do you idiots not know this?
Bunch of fucking dumbasses on /ck/ these days.

[Anonymous No.18904636]

>>18904635
>Instapot
nægrœ are you suggesting you need a goddamn meme cauldron to make mcpeely eggs? this isn't worth it

[Anonymous No.18904638]

>>18904619
>I used to have 16 eggs a day

[Anonymous No.18904653]

>>18902536
Because you're cooking them properly. People can easily pop them off have rubbery as fuck whites.

[Anonymous No.18904723]

>>18902709
>eggs will people every time
what did he mean by this?

[Anonymous No.18904752]

>>18904388

[Anonymous No.18905006]

>>18902730
starting in cold water seems to make it stick worse for me. I've found the best results from throwing them straight into boiling water.

I'm a fucking tard tho so do your own experiments

[Anonymous No.18905088]

>>18905006
In truth it's all a shitshow and you never get consistent results.

[Anonymous No.18905157]

>>18904723
Not sure, but I'm trying his method of cooki-

[Anonymous No.18905166]

>>18904723
It's how you get your mommy GF pregnant

[Anonymous No.18905178]

Peel them before you boil them.

[Anonymous No.18905329]

>make century eggs
>basically eggs hardboiled by the passage of time (and lime)
>peel sticks
>month long prep ruined

[Anonymous No.18905378]

>>18905329
Haha.

[Anonymous No.18905383]

Probably because you have tiny little twink hands.

[Anonymous No.18905397]

>>18902536
The trick is in rubbing it down instead of trying to dig it down. Just get an opening and slide your thumb underneath the shell, crushing everything in your path and just pulling up entire regions by the skin of the egg.

[Anonymous No.18905399]

>>18902709
>just make your food cold bro
Fuck you /ck/ you are all FUCKING MORONS.

[Anonymous No.18905411]

Can't peel an egg so many suggestions on this
Peeling an egg
really? this confounds people?
really ?It's an egg, not rocket science

[Anonymous No.18905419]

>>18905411
There are always better techniques.

[Anonymous No.18905438]

>>18905419
What besides you crack the thing and peel it?
wait how do you peel a banana?
tell your technique
kek

[Anonymous No.18905441]

shock them in ice water directly after cooking so the egg white shrinks away from the shell.

[Anonymous No.18905453]

>>18905411
TECHNIQUE on peeling eggs

[Anonymous No.18905499]

>>18905438
Split em by the lower end like a gorilla instead of the pointy one.

[Anonymous No.18905599]

Oh well then my technique is to crack the fucking thing an peel it, do you zoomer need an app to figure it out?

[Anonymous No.18905614]

>>18902536
Crack the shell all over before peeling or use the under running water method.

[Anonymous No.18905618]

>>18902536
Because you're an uncoordinated, sausage fingered mong.

[Anonymous No.18905629]

>>18904388
>Photograph better than the painting.
The painting is 400 years old. Significant amounts of the original pigment has faded or discolored, so you are not seeing it as vibrant as it would have been originally.

That said, making photography look like painting is not at all trivial, just as making painting look like photography is not trivial (it's not simply about realism). Also the photograph adds in dynamic elements like the smoke plume and the frontal skull face that change the focus of the original significantly and should be judged on its own merits, so you're free to like it more or less on those terms. But generally you should separate that from your judgement of a medium and an era (which you can like or not like as a whole, but that's different from liking or not liking a specific artwork in said medium from another in a different medium).

[Anonymous No.18905639]

Drop into cold water instantly after boiling. Ignore everything else itt.

[Anonymous No.18905644]

>>18905599
>underage ESL
knew it. mudcake thread is in the somalia thread

[Anonymous No.18906231]

>>18905329
better luck next month

[Anonymous No.18906328]

>>18902575
this plus
>>18902594

[Anonymous No.18906336]

>>18906231
it takes like three months minimum, 2 weeks for the pickling and then two months for the ripening unless you use some toxic shite which is why I'm never going to buy them, no heavy metals for me, mr. chinaman

[Anonymous No.18906366]

>>18905639
Cold hard boiled eggs. I'm very sorry but that's disgusting.

[Anonymous No.18906373]

>>18906366

[Anonymous No.18906391]

>>18902644
They are not, and you should store them pointy-end down so the air pocket doesn't migrate to the yolk. So saying you should poke the bottom is wrong, you should poke the "top", the fat end.

[Anonymous No.18906422]

>>18902536
its god punishing you for overcooking eggs

[Anonymous No.18906428]

>>18904619
daddy said you had to eat all the eggs, eh?

[Anonymous No.18906519]

>>18902736
>have made so few eggs
WRONG my method works every time. try it moron.

[Anonymous No.18906526]

>>18904005
this is one hundred percent wrong.

[Anonymous No.18906537]

>>18902536
Not sure eggs will be there for us much longer guys. Jews are torching the farms.

[Anonymous No.18908228]

>>18904723
Eggs will people, every time.
Simple as.

[Anonymous No.18908253]

>>18906366
just drop them into the water, you don't have to leave them there you dumdum

[Anonymous No.18908294]

>>18906391
> you should poke the "top", the fat end
I tried
I tried a lot
The old wives tales are too strong
Just tell them to sous vide the egg, that's how Starbucks does it, and weep knowing that they'll buy eggs no matter what you tell them
Their egg buying power is limitless
They'll take a blowtorch to their eggs if someone said it was Big Egg's secret to peeling eggs
When that doesn't work, tell them to pop them in the freezer for 15 minutes, then transfer them to a pizza oven, balance them on the peel, don't let them touch the metal, then transfer to a Home Depot bucket of pudding
That's how the pros do it

[Anonymous No.18908305]

Instant pot literally never has this problem

[Anonymous No.18908737]

>>18904635
>>18908305
There's no use trying to tell these people about the Instapot thing.

With the cost of eggs skyrocketing, using an Instapot is the best move you can do with peeling hard boiled eggs. It's stupid to waste any eggs by peeling it wrong since they are so expensive these days, and I ain't going to take a chance of peeling one wrong and wasting any eggs.

Idiots like >>18904636 will never see the truth.

[Anonymous No.18908757]

>>18904723
>You have to BE all the eggs

[Anonymous No.18908769]

they are full of salmonella and the reason they are hard is because your not supposed to eat them

[Anonymous No.18908788]

>>18904619
This.

[Anonymous No.18908805]

>>18908788
When I'm out on a warm day, I know that street eggs are what I crave.

[Anonymous No.18908807]

>>18902536
>always
either you're doing it wrong or you keep buying eggs that come from the same source and this is just a byproduct of the egg's composition (genetic/diet) and processing.
from my observation, eggs that have this problem have a thick, dry membrane. possibly it's because this keeps water out during the cooking process, the white's surface will also be dry and they become stuck together. whereas you really want there to be a wet interface so that the membrane can slide off after cooking. i'm not sure, scientifically, what could actually affect that in the few minutes of boiling, but i'm sure that's the cause. the rest is decided before you cook so there's not much you can do about it. i've also found that brown eggs are more likely to have thick/tough membranes so i prefer white for boiling. (egg color is genetic also)

[Anonymous No.18908818]

>>18908788
thanks doc

[Anonymous No.18908832]

>>18908788
Am I the only one to find that woman sexy af

[Anonymous No.18908833]

>>18908769
>Cooked food
>salmonella
Anon I ...

[Anonymous No.18908839]

>>18908788
How did he get the yolk out?

[Anonymous No.18908845]

>>18908832
Her feet are too big

[Anonymous No.18908848]

>>18908737
irregardless you'd have to whaste like 700 eggs to justify part of the cost of the instapot.

also frankly I'm not convinced the instapot is at all necessary here

[Anonymous No.18908879]

>>18908845
>not rating long feet
low t

[Anonymous No.18908903]

egg

[Anonymous No.18909107]

>>18905399
if you rinse them enough to turn cold its on you
its supposed to be quick

[Anonymous No.18909414]

Jar with some water trick always works

You can even use your pan as a 'jar' to break them all at once and peel the rest off

I'm on a high egg diet since last year may, np

[Anonymous No.18909759]

>>18902536
Have you tried easy boiling them?

[Anonymous No.18909807]

>>18908788
>>1890883
That cracking+peeling is clearly sleight of hand -- notice that he briefly covers the egg with his other palm. He's replacing it with one that's already been partially opened with the yolk removed. It's a basic gimmick (and frankly quite ingenious in the context of street food -- 1000x more so than that webm of the hip restaurant serving ice cream by dumping it directly on a drip-painted table)..

[Anonymous No.18909852]

>>18906231
>>18906336
>name literally refers to hundred years
>can be done in months
What the fuck did they mean by this

[Anonymous No.18909920]

>>18909759
Not your best work, Carlos

[Anonymous No.18909932]

>>18909852
They count in bug years, not dog years.

[Anonymous No.18911502]

fuck peeling eggs
scrambled or sunny side up every time baby

[Anonymous No.18911537]

>>18902536
>HARD boil
>complains they are hard to peel
Well easy boil them next time, faggot

[Anonymous No.18911552]

>>18909759
>>18909920
>>18911537
I believe we can do better. Let's workshop it. Maybe step away from the hard vs easy idea for a minute and see if there is something else there.

[Anonymous No.18911566]

>>18911552
What about peeling vs cracking? Hard boiling=hard peeling so maybe hard boiled eggs need some hard feelings? Punch the egg? No, that's crap. I guess there's egg on my face.

[Anonymous No.18912010]

>>18908788
> doctor
> doesn't wear any gloves

[Anonymous No.18913937]

>>18902709
this is the correct way