Help! The shells keep sticking to hard boiled eggs

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Posted by skinnyfight • 7/10/10
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Do you have any tips? I tried adding salt, vinegar, running cold water over them.

Nothing is working.

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BigGiantHat (7/10/10)

I have the best luck sticking the eggs with a push-pin on the fat end.

I think I read that in a Martha Stewart magazine once.

It is a pain, that's for sure. Everyone has theories. Fresh eggs, older eggs, shorter cooking, longer cooking.

I would love to know what others do that help too!

:).

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sugarpies (7/10/10)

How do you peel them? If you're trying to pick off the shell or "crack" it you'll find there's not much of a solution.

Instead, place the egg on the counter and roll it under the palm of your hand until the shell separates from the egg. Then it will just come right off.

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  skinnyfight (7/12/10)
  
  Maybe that's the problem. I crack it and start peeling. I'll try rolling it
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Theresa111 (7/11/10)

I just saw this on one of the cooking shows and now cannot recall what they said to do. I'll have to research.

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Anniepooh (7/12/10)

ICE WATER after they are done cooking. The cold will cause the egg to pull away from the shell and they 'should' be easier to shell then. Also, fresh eggs really do come out of the shell easier.

I also do what SugarPies does and it helps for really stuck shells.

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  Theresa111 (7/12/10)
  
  I knew you'd have the answer!
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  urbanideas (1/25/11)
  
  Yes... ice water always works, that's how I learned from my grandmother.
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skinnyfight (7/12/10)

Thanks everyone. I have a few eggs left. I'll give each one a try.

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amybyrd21 (7/13/10)

Just make sure they are not fresh. I have chickens and when ou boil a fresh egg they stick and nothing helps I have tried everyting. The eggs you get in the store are atleast 2 weeks old before you get them if not older. If you have fresh eggs set them on the counter at room temp for a few days and they will eel better.

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BigGiantHat (7/16/10)

Skinnyfight? Any new observations with the various methods?

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  skinnyfight (7/16/10)
  
  Hi. Not yet. I'm cooking on Sunday. I was trying to let them age.
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skinnyfight (7/20/10)

Thanks everyone it worked. This is what I did

wait for them to age by amybyrd21
ice cold water by Anniepooh
rolled the egg by sugarpies

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pdbecht (1/21/11)

crack each end of the egg;peel off a bit of shell; put one end to your mouth and blow. The shell slips off perfectly every time.

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pdbecht (1/21/11)

crack each end of the egg;peel off a bit of shell; put one end to your mouth and blow. The shell slips off perfectly every time.

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  Theresa111 (1/22/11)
  
  Get out of town. Really? I'l have to try your method. Sounds like food fight fun to me.