The other day, I boiled a pot of brown eggs to make egg salad. They were by far the easiest eggs to peel. So I hopped over to Twitter to see if others had experienced this phenomenon. I quickly learned, it’s the age of the egg that determines the peel-ability, not the color. The older the egg, the easier it is to peel.
I’ve started steaming hard-cooked eggs, and the peels just fall off. The method for doing this is one my blog, if you’re interested. By the way, colour has nothing to do with anything other than the chicken’s breed.
i never knew this, but was always curious about it. i thought maybe it had to do with the differences between organic eggs, cage-free, hormone-free, etc. thanks for clearing it up!
Also, if you add quite a bit of salt to the water the eggs are boiling in, it does make the eggs easier to peel. I have also seen that if you steam the eggs, instead of boil, the peels come right off. I have yet to try this though but I might try it soon!
Made hard boiled eggs this week, with “older” eggs, and it was great how easy they were to peel! So I can say that this is tested and approved! Great tip.
Adding about a Tablespoon of vinegar to the eggs when boiling, also helps the peeling process. I have a friend who boils them, drains, adds cold water to them and cracks them with the end of a heavy knife. After sitting in the cold water, the eggs are easier to peel. I have another friend who drains the eggs, puts a lid on the pot and shakes the bejeezus out of them, causing the eggs to peel themselves! When I do this, I get the makings of egg salad!
Hi Melissa–what a lovely blog you have! I’ve been reading for a while now, and I am so impressed with the way you’ve put your design degree to use Not to mention the recipes. I have your homemade s’mores on my list to try! Anyway, the eggs–growing up, we had chickens and whenever we needed to boil some eggs, my Mom would have us buy them from the grocery store because of this very reason. Kinda gross if you think about it too much, but it works consistently and there is nothing wrong with them!
I learned this tip about the age of the eggs and peeling-ease back when we first started raising chickens. After finding out that the older eggs peeled better, I started dating our hens’ eggs with a waterproof pen. I would just write the date on one end of each egg. That way I always knew which ones were the oldest.
Love love love your food photography and your blog, btw.
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I’ve started steaming hard-cooked eggs, and the peels just fall off. The method for doing this is one my blog, if you’re interested. By the way, colour has nothing to do with anything other than the chicken’s breed.
http://miskcooks.com/2013/02/13/how-to-steam-eggs/
i never knew this, but was always curious about it. i thought maybe it had to do with the differences between organic eggs, cage-free, hormone-free, etc. thanks for clearing it up!
no idea! I thought it was the colour too! haha
Also, if you add quite a bit of salt to the water the eggs are boiling in, it does make the eggs easier to peel. I have also seen that if you steam the eggs, instead of boil, the peels come right off. I have yet to try this though but I might try it soon!
Made hard boiled eggs this week, with “older” eggs, and it was great how easy they were to peel! So I can say that this is tested and approved! Great tip.
Adding about a Tablespoon of vinegar to the eggs when boiling, also helps the peeling process. I have a friend who boils them, drains, adds cold water to them and cracks them with the end of a heavy knife. After sitting in the cold water, the eggs are easier to peel. I have another friend who drains the eggs, puts a lid on the pot and shakes the bejeezus out of them, causing the eggs to peel themselves! When I do this, I get the makings of egg salad!
Hi Melissa–what a lovely blog you have! I’ve been reading for a while now, and I am so impressed with the way you’ve put your design degree to use
Not to mention the recipes. I have your homemade s’mores on my list to try! Anyway, the eggs–growing up, we had chickens and whenever we needed to boil some eggs, my Mom would have us buy them from the grocery store because of this very reason. Kinda gross if you think about it too much, but it works consistently and there is nothing wrong with them!
I learned this tip about the age of the eggs and peeling-ease back when we first started raising chickens. After finding out that the older eggs peeled better, I started dating our hens’ eggs with a waterproof pen. I would just write the date on one end of each egg. That way I always knew which ones were the oldest.
Love love love your food photography and your blog, btw.