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[Henchanted]

Hi

 

I love our hens eggs fried, scrambled, omletted or poached but boiled is a disaster.

I have spent my whole adult life happily boiling eggs to perfection and now no matter how hard I try I cannot peel off the shells without taking half the egg white with it.

 

Has anyone found this too and how do you manage?

 

Henraged

[Chucky Mama]

It is because they are too fresh. If you want a good boiled egg from your girls you need to use them when they are slightly older. Just goes to show how old 'fresh eggs' from the shops are - not

[Janepie33]

I have exactly the same problem. I think the fresher the egg the harder they are to peel. Sometimes leaving the eggs to cool in cold water helps a bit, but not always!

[Henchanted]

Thanks, that makes me feel better, I was blaming myself

[Chucky Mama]

[Cinnamon]

'Tis true.

Eggs in shops are often a week old or so,so have had time to develop a slight air gap between the shell & the egg sac,making them peelable.

 

Give them 4 days at least, & you will find them much easier to peel

[Olly]

Also - bash the pointy end first, as that's where there's an air bubble, and then peel them under running water.

 

I save eggs for hard-boiling to make sure they're at least four or five days old, the same if you want to make meringues, too - fresh whites won't whisk very well.

[chickric]

Don't know if this works on really fresh eggs but I role them gently on the side to crack the shell all over then slide a wet tea spoon between the shell and the egg. Hope that makes sense

[Henchanted]

Thanks everyone.

 

The fresh egg explanation now makes sense as I have never as an adult had any problems, (obviously only been eating older eggs) but I do remember as a child it was a regular battle no mater how hard the egg was boiled or how cold the water it was plunged into or how meticulously you cracked the shell before finding the first bit of shell that still had the membrane attached where you should've been able to peel the whole lot in one go leaving a shiny smooth whole egg- but no.

 

We are using our eggs up and more, so will either have to buy some for boiling or so that we can store a few of ours to mature for a week.

[keyhole kate]

We are using our eggs up and more, so will either have to buy some for boiling or so that we can store a few of ours to mature for a week.

Buy Eggs splutters surely you mean you need to buy more hens

[Henchanted]

I hear you 'sister', but sadly my LSH is being a very effective Morehens ( ) disease

VACCINE !!!

 

But isn't it true that immunity can't last forever....

 

[The Dogmother]

Yup, fresh eggs make lousy hard boiled eggs and meringues - leave them until they are 7-10 days old. The eggs you buy in shops are at least 10 days old by the time you buy them