Comments on: Easy To Peel Hard Boiled Eggs

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:47:13 +0000

This worked GREAT and did not work – at the same time. Let me explain. I wanted to make about 20 or so hard boiled eggs for a big batch of egg salad. In one egg carton there were 3 eggs left AND the other carton was full. I followed the directions TO THE LETTER…Eggs cooled down, TIME TO PEEL – the first few were making me mad. They were the hardest eggs to peel that I’ve EVER done. 3-4 minutes each to get all the egg shell off the eggs. Little tiny pieces – Had to rinse them off to be sure as well. THEN I came across an egg that peeled in 2 halves! PERFECT! Next few, hard to peel then ANOTHER PERFECT peel egg. And Another….3 Eggs in that batch of 21 Eggs were GREAT. I checked the date on the cartons and it turned out the “Best if used by” dates were two weeks apart! Turns out the full carton was picked up at the store TODAY by my Lady! Those eggs were TOO FRESH. The others were about 2 weeks old in the fridge. HOWEVER ALL THE EGGS WERE COOKED PREFECT! Yolks were YELLOW to GOLD (no green) and they are SO TENDER! Thank you for posting this tip….I wandered in here from a google search and found you. I seem to have VERY inconsistant peeling from hard boiled eggs AND it turns out the way I have been doing it all these years causes green yolks. NOT ANYMORE! Older eggs is the key if you follow all the steps here. May be common knowledge to most BUT I learned something today! Thanks again ALL! Doug

By: Guest

Guest — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:24:39 +0000

I took your advice and used this tip whenI boiled some eggs and it works great. I’m using eggs from a store and WOW the timing actually is really a important step. Thank you

By: Shirley

Shirley — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:11:06 +0000

This technique works for any number of eggs.

By: anni

anni — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:46:05 +0000

Thanks. I want to try this, but I’m boiling ALOT of eggs to make deviled eggs for a party. Will an amount such as 2 dozen eggs alter the success of this technique?

By: Shirley

Shirley — Fri, 29 May 2009 22:49:26 +0000

I would guess that your eggs were still a little too fresh. It’s also possible that your eggs didn’t get cooled down quickly enough… it’s hard to know. Usually this method works great.

By: Diane B

Diane B — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:49:23 +0000

I followed all these steps. The eggs were about 5 days old. Even though they were perfectly cooked, the shells were impossible to remove… most of the whites came off with the shell. They were large eggs and I let them sit for 15 minutes after I took them off the heat (immediately covered the pan). Don’t know why it didn’t work.