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How to hard-cook eggs--everyone's got an opinion

novamc1 — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 23:35:17 GMT

This is amusing. Everyone's got their own method to achieve the same goal.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/a-hard-boiled-detective-story-whats-the-best-way-to-boil-an-egg/2016/09/14/182cb178-7a75-11e6-ac8e-cf8e0dd91dc7_story.html

Re: How to hard-cook eggs--everyone's got an opinion

Mz iMac — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 00:32:14 GMT

Interesting article. Thanks for posting it.

My way - I like my boiled eggs semi soft.

Place egg in salted water & set stove top on high.

Boil for six minutes (I set the stove timer)

When done, peel under cold running water. This takes about a second because.....of the salt, the shell slides right off & the egg is still piping hot.

I hate cold boiled eggs.

Re: How to hard-cook eggs--everyone's got an opinion

gmkb — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 00:54:02 GMT

Maybe 10 years ago I heard Rachel Ray tell how she did hard boiled eggs. I use her method and find it works well.

Put eggs in cold water so they are covered with the water, heat to boiling, turn off heat, cover, let sit in water for 15 minutes, rinse in cold water. They peel easily with this method.

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beach-mom — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 01:08:53 GMT

@gmkb wrote:
Maybe 10 years ago I heard Rachel Ray tell how she did hard boiled eggs. I use her method and find it works well.
Put eggs in cold water so they are covered with the water, heat to boiling, turn off heat, cover, let sit in water for 15 minutes, rinse in cold water. They peel easily with this method.

This is what I used to do - until I recently started using The Blue Jean Chef's method here on QVC. I boil the water first, then drop the eggs in carefully. I find them a LOT easier to peel this way!

BOILED EGGS

Re: How to hard-cook eggs--everyone's got an opinion

rrpell — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 01:16:56 GMT

I believe there is a definite (unpleasant) odor from eggs that have been boiled. I don't like the smell in my kitchen or the taste in the eggs. I use the same method as Rachel Ray and most times they come out perfect.

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BLH — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 13:28:05 GMT

I use the egg cooker that I bought from QVC. Best $20.00 I ever spent.

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Qshopper1991 — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 15:26:17 GMT

@BLH

Same! That egg cooker is fantastic. No guess work; the hard boiled eggs come out perfect every time. And they peel super easy, too.

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NJgirl 1205 — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 20:52:55 GMT

@gmkb wrote:
Maybe 10 years ago I heard Rachel Ray tell how she did hard boiled eggs. I use her method and find it works well.
Put eggs in cold water so they are covered with the water, heat to boiling, turn off heat, cover, let sit in water for 15 minutes, rinse in cold water. They peel easily with this method.

I do the same, Just bring to a boil, cover and let it sit. Perfect every time.

What could be easier?

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Chicagoan — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 22:00:26 GMT

The perfect hard boil eggs in the "Pressure Cooker" and they will peel easily.

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ID2 — Sat, 17 Sep 2016 11:31:30 GMT

@gmkb wrote:
Maybe 10 years ago I heard Rachel Ray tell how she did hard boiled eggs. I use her method and find it works well.
Put eggs in cold water so they are covered with the water, heat to boiling, turn off heat, cover, let sit in water for 15 minutes, rinse in cold water. They peel easily with this method.

One exeption to your way to cook eggs......eggs gotta be older, never new. I don't care how they are cooked, if they are new eggs, you won't be able to peel them easily.

Re: How to hard-cook eggs--everyone's got an opinion

novamc1 — Sat, 17 Sep 2016 17:44:11 GMT

I agree that the freshest eggs are the hardest to peel. I have learned to let them get a little aged before hard-cooking. This does not mean boiling really "old" eggs bordering on spoilage, though.

The Wasington Post story linked in the original post mentions the "older eggs are easier" theory.

Re: How to hard-cook eggs--everyone's got an opinion

Mothertrucker — Sat, 17 Sep 2016 18:39:02 GMT

Easy to peel has little to do with the cooking method used.It has everything to do with the size of the air sac at the large end of the egg...The fresher the egg, the smaller the air sac, the more difficult to peel..As the egg ages, the air sac becomes larger, making eggs easier to peel.

You can also take a thumbtack and put a pinhole in the large (air sac) end of the egg before boiling...This is the method employed by most automatic egg cookers....

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Nightowlz — Sat, 17 Sep 2016 18:42:43 GMT

We use one of those little egg cookers. DH loves it. The eggs peel easily.

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qualitygal — Mon, 19 Sep 2016 10:43:41 GMT

I do it Rachel Ray's way.

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Shopster3 — Mon, 19 Sep 2016 22:39:03 GMT

I use the pressure cooker also. Just a little water under the steam rack. I've done fresh eggs from the chicken coop and they almost peel themselves.

Age doesn't make a difference. Steaming does.

High pressure for 6 minutes for hard boiled.

I also use my egg cooker from QVC. Steaming is the trick

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SXMGirl — Mon, 19 Sep 2016 22:43:30 GMT

The first thing that I do is take the eggs out of the fridge for about 20 minutes before cooking. Then, I put them in cold water with salt and let them come to a boil. Cover, burn off the flame, and let them sit on the same burner for 23 minutes. For some reason, the 15 minutes does not work for me.

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Lynneuk — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 00:26:15 GMT

There is no question for me, steaming is the way to go! You don't need to buy special steamers, just use a pan with a veggie steamer. Place eggs in steamer basket, bring water to a simmer and steam for 10 minutes. Then lift out steamer, empty water from pan, put eggs back in pan and shake around to crack the shells. Cover in cold water and some ice cubes. Wait five minutes then peel. Peels practically fall off!

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kathya1119 — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 10:46:45 GMT

The best way? Order an Eggspress Egg Cooker from QVC -- hands down, one of the best things I've bought in 20 years of shopping here. I can't tell you how many people I've recommended it to.

Hard-boiled eggs are a snap, though poached take a bit of practice regarding how much water to use (I like the yolks still runny. Of course, the DH liked them more firm. That's why I have two of the small ones ).

Hell, I have three of them (the original, the locking one with the buzzer, and the deluxe -- I call them the flying saucers and the mothership. When I saw the deluxe was on clearance and wasn't going to br reordered (why on earth not?), I ordered a backup and squirrelled it away in case something happens to my pink baby.

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Tinkrbl44 — Mon, 14 Nov 2016 04:32:58 GMT

@novamc1

Lol ... interesting article.

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mustang66lady — Mon, 14 Nov 2016 05:50:41 GMT

@novamc1

Hi novamc! Good to see you posting some; how is the move going?

While I like the steam method (even for fresh eggs), I have the egg cooker from the Q and find it works great for hard cooking eggs, even fresh ones. Just plunge them into ice cold water after cooking and the shell practically falls off. It doesn't seem to matter if the eggs are fresh or have a few days of age on them!