You Know, I Can’t Peel an Egg

…to save my life.

Really irritates the crap out of me.

categories Fun, Swill Food and Grog | | datetime July 22, 2009 9:42 am

12 Responses to “You Know, I Can’t Peel an Egg”

  1. Rob says:
    July 22, 2009 at 1:11 pm

    Some people don’t mind a little shell in their deviled eggs. Mostly Notre Dame fans, I think.

  2. Dave E. says:
    July 22, 2009 at 2:19 pm

    You have to boil them first, THS. đŸ˜‰

  3. tree hugging sister says:
    July 22, 2009 at 3:13 pm

    (All good suggestions, if ONLY I…GAVE a SH*T WHAT EITHER OF YOU SAY.)

  4. ricki says:
    July 22, 2009 at 4:05 pm

    Eggs that are too fresh before they’re boiled are hell to peel.

    I’ve had people tell me ‘rinse them in cold water immediately after cooking!’ but that’s not it – the egg has to be a little bit old for it to be easier to peel.

    But I hear ‘ya. I never make deviled eggs because it’s too much of a PITA to try to get perfect halves. I do sometimes make egg salad, but with that, it doesn’t matter that I mangle the whites trying to peel them.

  5. Rob says:
    July 22, 2009 at 4:31 pm

    A good egg can’t even make a yoke around here?

  6. tree hugging sister says:
    July 22, 2009 at 4:35 pm

    “Free to comment” ain’t all it’s cracked up to be.

  7. mojo says:
    July 22, 2009 at 5:12 pm

    I feel certain that, should some nefarious character press a muzzle against your favorite medulla and demanded a perfectly peeled egg, he’d get one.

  8. gregor says:
    July 22, 2009 at 6:42 pm

    don’t trim your nails so short…

  9. Gunslinger says:
    July 22, 2009 at 6:45 pm

    Here’s an interesting method…

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCc2FIuvvi8

  10. JeffS says:
    July 22, 2009 at 10:30 pm

    Have you tried boiling the eggs without the shells?

    ;-p

  11. Kate P says:
    July 22, 2009 at 10:47 pm

    If you haven’t tried it yet: after I crack them on the side of the sink, I peel them under running cold water.

    Otherwise, I don’t know what it is, either!

  12. Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life says:
    July 24, 2009 at 1:06 am

    Crack the tar out of them all the way around and end to end. Then roll them in your hand back and forth until the shell lets go.

    And then it’s still a crap shoot. But I do think there’s something to the “use older eggs” advice.

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