Why can't I peel an egg?!?? page 2

[JudyCr]

This works so great; perfect every time.
I do 10 minutes for 4 hard boiled, 8 mins for soft.
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[Sandra in BC]

Pinch of baking soda in the cooking water should help. Cool thoroughly in water. Use older eggs.

[RichMahogany]

Pinch of baking soda in the cooking water should help. Cool thoroughly in water. Use older eggs.

I always heard the opposite. Vinegar (acid) in the cooking water, baking soda (alkaline) in the ice bath.

[Lilith]

I do what Tribal Rob does with the teaspoon.

One thing - do you get them straight from the fridge or are they at room temperature? I only ask because my eggs are normally at room temperature but one time I got them from the fridge and then I ended up taking off a lot of the white when it came to peeling the shell off.

[drjoyous]

I've tried ALL these things and just gave up... None of these things works for me--so i simply crack it in the middle, use my thumbs to open the egg up into two pieces, and scoop out the lovely stuff with a spoon! No prob, unless you want deviled eggs...!

[Sigi]

I've tried ALL these things and just gave up... None of these things works for me--

LOL, same here. There's no rhyme or reason. I can boil two eggs from the same damn hen, the same freshness (or not), the same cooking/cooling/additions to water/whatever technique, and one will peel PERFECTLY and one will be a disaster. I simply don't believe there is a foolproof method, full stop.

[Crabbcakes]

I started a thread on this very topic. The answer for us turned out to be to steam our eggs for cooking instead of boiling. Here it is:

www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/thread60562.html

[smalot]

I also have this problem on occasions. I will use the spoon trip next time and see if it helps me.

Great ideas on here. What a great forum!

[JudyCr]

I've tried ALL these things and just gave up... None of these things works for me--so i simply crack it in the middle, use my thumbs to open the egg up into two pieces, and scoop out the lovely stuff with a spoon! No prob, unless you want deviled eggs...!

You tried the microwave cooker and it didn't work?

[VADogWalker]

I can't tell you how glad I am this thread popped up... earlier this week I was making deviled eggs and the peeling was IMPOSSIBLE. The egg whites looked like something chickens had pecked at. I kept thinking, how in the world did my grandma make a gazillion deviled eggs for every picnic? This is a nightmare! Like the OP, I've tried a lot of different things (vinegar, no vinegar, salt, bicarb, etc) but may cooking them in my rice steamer and then peeling them warm. Who knows.