Egg Boiling People

[McGurk]

The peeling is one thing, but I find the pricking has a more desireable result: no egg white seepage during the boil. I like to place the eggs into already-boiling water, and about 2 out of every dozen would crack and allow for egg white seepage to get into the water. Not a big deal, but those eggs wouldn't get pickled due to their odd shape after peeling. I found that the pricking allowed air to vent, reducing my seepage to practically nothing and making all the eggs pickle-worthy.

I don't know why you feel a need to fight this, LMIT. State your claim, agree to disagree, and move on. I won't go back as it only takes about a minute to poke 18 eggs, and I have to wait for the water to boil anyway.

[jentz]

Who'd a ever thought there would be 8 pages of how to peel a hard boiled egg???

Winter is almost over!

[pushbutton]

McGurk, what were you doing to those eggs to illicit a word filter?

I am serious about trying Lmit's method. Tack, in my case drywall screw, is great and all, but with bunny day coming up, they do crack a lot.

Poke...nope. [PoorWordUsage] ....ahhhh found it

[eyeguy 54]

why do people get bent outta shape if this goes 8 pages... lol I hope it goes 50. But then again, I am cracked like some peoples eggs.

[hockeybc69]

Just need to figure out how a 20 inch box fan would make peeling an egg even better!

[McGurk]

McGurk, what were you doing to those eggs to illicit a word filter?

Poke...nope. [PoorWordUsage] ....ahhhh found it

"If you [PoorWordUsage] us, do we not bleed?"

[Mike89]

Just need to figure out how a 20 inch box fan would make peeling an egg even better!

now that's funny!

[eyeguy 54]

"If you [PoorWordUsage] us, do we not bleed?" smile

why yes, yes we do... lol

[JP Z]

Just need to figure out how a 20 inch box fan would make peeling an egg even better!

In my case it probably would have cooled the eggs better so they weren't as soft...

[eyeguy 54]

we need hockey to investigate this further. what would be the best distance from the poked, boiled egg for propper cool own. And also, high medium or low on the speed?

[DonBo]

I wonder if they would peel even easier if you used a unicorn sticker?

[LMITOUT]

I don't know why you feel a need to fight this, LMIT.

Are you sure that I'm the one fighting this?

[PierBridge]

I wonder if they would peel even easier if you used a unicorn sticker?

Not sure but a certain Box fan could maybe help with some of the Egg cooling needs, maybe?

Could this be the New Let's make a Million thread?..

[LindellProStaf]

I just tried my pickled eggs that were tacked. I think they taste much better than untacked pickled eggs. AND that is after only 5 days. I will wait a few days and sit the next jar in front of my fan for awhile and then taste them. I will let you know if they are even better.

[eyeguy 54]

to tack or not to tack.... sheesh, did I just type that

[McGurk]

I am sure Shakespeare was into pickled eggs. He was pretty enlightened, after all. Might have been a bad batch that Juliet used to off herself.

[eyeguy 54]

not smoked, that's for sure. thems tastey! lol

[hockeybc69]

Daughter is on spring break, and is a big hardboiled egg fan.

She gives her stamp of approval on the poking hole method over Limitouts method. Done side by side.

[LMITOUT]

...and if they were just cooked properly to begin with she'd be shaking her head wondering if her old man needs to be admitted to a home soon for poking holes into eggs.

[eyeguy 54]

he has already been admitted a couple times. you loose lm.... it is 9,658,342,119 to 1.

[LMITOUT]

How are folks from Jonestown doing these days after they drank the kool-aid?

Yep.

[eyeguy 54]

my brain hurts

[McGurk]

I have boiled plenty of eggs without the poke (similar to LMIT's technique), and as I stated before I had seepage in about 2 out of 12 eggs, with those 2 resulting in mis-shapen (but perfectly edible) eggs after the peeling. That went away when I started poking. I think some water actually is pulled back into the egg through the poked hole during the cold water bath, and I think it makes it a little easier to peel them. Obviously, I am wrong, but continue to poke anyway.

Boiling 8 eggs, and then 4 more, as a test is a pretty small sample size IMHO. But, your mind is made up, and we are just id'jits for continuing to do it, so carry on.

[LMITOUT]

Figured I better increase my "sample size" so I just did six more (3 poked, 3 un-poked).

Same results as before. Perfection across the board in both ease of peeling and appearance.

[McGurk]

Whelp, at least it doesn't make them worse. Carry on.