Egg Boiling People

[eyeguy 54]

Saw this on FB and it worked great. take a tack and poke a small hole in one end of the egg. Then my normal drop into slow boiling water for 9 minutes. Then let sit in hot water 10 minutes. Then rinse in cold water and the peeling zipped off great. Did 3.

[Kidd]

How do people come up with this stuff. What would make someone try sticking a pin into an egg in the first place?

Anyway, thanks for the tip, peeling hard boiled eggs has always been a pain for me. I'll have to give this a try.

[nofishfisherman]

I prefer to boil eggs using the microwave. Just put them in a bowl of water and turn the microwave on high for several minutes.

Truth be told it doesn't work worth a lick to cook the eggs but you do get to watch the eggs explode and blow the microwave door open. No need to peel them at all after they go boom.

One of my college roommates figured this out the hard way. He is probably the smartest guy I know (perfect ACT and SAT scores, 4.0 GPA all the way through school, and now he's a doctor) but he still blew the door off of the microwave trying to hard boil a couple eggs and I'll be darned if I'll let him forget it.

[McGurk]

I just read about this myself this weekend, but haven't tried it. I read that you need to poke the center of the "round" end and not the "pointed" end as that is where the air bubble is located inside. I'll make sure to try that on the next 18 I boil! Also, that is the exact way I boil my eggs, too, except for the second half which I let them rest 8 minutes in the water off of the burner. Into an ice water bath and good to go!

[eyeguy 54]

yepper, the round end. I smoke a lot of eggs and this really worked slick. 6 minutes to 8 is perfect sitting in the hot water. Never have used ice. I just fill the pan a couple times with cold water and good to go. Don't know who tried it first and don't care. Just happy that it works.

[Whoaru99]

I always start with the eggs in cool water. Bring to boil, remove from heat, let stand 12 min, then cool in cold water.

[eyeguy 54]

so many ways.... so little time.

[GIANT1]

tried it this afternoon and it worked AWSOME

[JP Z]

Question, do you leave the pin in the egg or pull it out when you are boiling?

[eyeguy 54]

out

[eyeguy 54]

lovin the tack ! they dang near jump out of the shell.

[Alagnak]

Best cooking tip I've received in a long time! My 3 1/2 year old peels them now.

[Slabasaurus]

Egg boiling people? The horror!

Lame grammar jokes aside... I'll have to try this trick. Most of the eggs I boil peel okay but I like trying new things.

[eyeguy 54]

Fresh out of the smoker.

Most of mine have peeled dandy over the years also but this way is really slick.

[GIANT1]

did a batch today using this tip roll em on the table cracking the shell and it falls off in two halfs works AWSOME

[Borch]

Sweet! Plan of boiling a bunch for deviled eggs for the superbowl. Peeling them all is the worst part so this will come in handy.

Thanks

[eyeguy 54]

smoke em borch or bring em over and I'll smoke em.

[DonBo]

So, do you have to peel them right away, or can you toss 'em in the fridge till you're ready to eat them?

[eyeguy 54]

Should be fine after in the fridge. Test and tell us. I usually peel them right away then into a storage bag in the fridge.

[DonBo]

The first "test egg" peeled super easy, better than hoped for. Gonna do a few more right now as long as the smoker is already going.

Quick question eyeguy, how long do you leave them in the smoker?

[eyeguy 54]

I like about 45 minutes at 150 or so. but on eggs i start it cold. if hot maybe a bit shorter. tough to mess up an egg, they are good with a little smoke or a lot.

[pushbutton]

Wow, have tried various other "can't miss/best way" to make hardboiled eggs and this was sweet…….couldn't find a tack, and used a dry wall screw

[eyeguy 54]

well if your woman doesn't find you handsome....

[JP Z]

Wow, have tried various other "can't miss/best way" to make hardboiled eggs and this was sweet…….couldn't find a tack, and used a dry wall screw

Was it at least a clean Dry wall Screw???

[eyeguy 54]

doesn't matter since he is boiling off what ever the screw did...