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[cheriere]

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@wagirl wrote:

What smell? I cook eggs all the time and have never smelled anything? I cook mine in my pressure cooker---fast easy and they always peel--now  there is a smell to peeling eggs but not from cooking them---in my world anyway. I put them, unpeeled in a bowl in the refer. 

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Maybe it is the peeling part that stinks to me now that you mention it.🌸

[Marp]

When eggs are cooked they release chemicals that form an unpleasant gas.

This is because the yolk releases iron while the egg whites release sulfur and hydrogen, which causes that familiar smell when it’s all mixed together.

But if you add white distilled vinegar to the water when the eggs are boiling, this will help prevent the chemical reaction from occurring. And the good news is that it doesn’t impact the taste either.

A few teaspoons of white vinegar added to the water is all that is needed.

[Sooner]

I agree that steaming in one of those little cheap cookers or a pot, cooking in a pressure cooker, we don't detect a smell.

If you get a little egg steamer (Dash makes good and very expensive--Edited to be INEXPENSIVE ones) put a tsp of vinegar in the water.  Or put lemon juice on the eggs after they are boiled maybe.  Lemon juice in the cooking water?

Steaming beats boiling eggs by a lot.  I will never boil an egg again.  Takes too long, all that hot water to slop around?  No.  

[Carmie]

I never boil my eggs anymore and no longer have to deal with that sulphur small.

I steam my eggs for about 15 minutes on top of the stove.  I have a pan with a steamer insert and it works great.  Always plunge them in ice water after cooking them.  That releases the pressure and keeps the gasses from escaping.

They peel easy too.  They do not stink in the refrigerator either.  I store them in their shells or peel and put in airtight container.

Eggs stink when they are cooked too long or the heat is too high.  The yolk also will turn green.  Actually, you should never boil eggs.  They should be simmered gently if you want to cook them in water.

[Desertdi]

I open my kitchen window a crack (in the event I cook anything)

[Still Raining]

I must have a defective nose.  Never have I noticed a smell.  Have 4 in a covered container, with shells on, in the refrigerator right now.  Seeing egg salad in my future!

[RedTop]

I totally agree with @Marp, add white vinegar to the water the eggs are cooked in.  Household odors can be neutralized by boiling a pot of water and white vinegar on the stove.  

[Marp]

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@RedTop wrote:

I totally agree with @Marp, add white vinegar to the water the eggs are cooked in.  Household odors can be neutralized by boiling a pot of water and white vinegar on the stove.  

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@RedTop,  when I do that I also add a warm spice like cinnamon and/or nutmeg.

Open bowls with a little white vinegar also helps neutralize cooking odors.

[Kachina624]

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@Zhills wrote:

Edited to remove links (against standards) 

Try my method...

Place eggs in a and cover with cold water by 1 inch.

Bring to a boil, then cover the pot and turn off the heat.

Let the eggs cook, covered, for 12-16 minutes...
depending on how 'done' you like them.

Transfer the eggs to and chill. 

This makes the eggs easier to peel. Peel and enjoy!

The eggs do not actually 'boil.'

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@Zhills.  The question was how to remove the smell.  How does your method do that?

[Carmie]

@Kachina624   The eggs won't stink because they have not been cooked under high heat for too long.

Eggs only will smell awful if they are cooked too long or under high heat.  When you boil them in boiling water for 15 to 20 minutes or longer, they smell like sulphur.

When you bring the water to a boil and turn off the heat, put the lid on the pot, they slowly cook.

This method works.

I hate overcooked eggs with green ringed yolks.