Try Rolling them on the counter after boiling/steaming. Doing this seems to separate the membrane from the egg, letting you pull most of the shell off with the membrane.
Comment on The way this egg peels in infuriating
njm1314@lemmy.world 6 days ago
That is one skill I’ve never been able to master. Perfectly boiled eggs I can do. Perfectly peeled eggs nope. Ice bath, spoon under running water, whatever method you got none of them has ever worked quite right. At least not consistently.
OhShitSon@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
Faceman2K23@discuss.tchncs.de 6 days ago
Its a bit easier if you use a bath of ice water. Skin separates easier most of the time.
KorYi@lemmy.ml 6 days ago
Have you tried steaming them? That’s the only way that consistently yields easy-to-peel eggs for me.
22NewtsInACoat@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
Do you put the eggs in the water and then boil it or do you put the eggs in already boiling water?
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
crack the shell all over. if doing a whole batch, leave them in the pot and smash the pot around semi-gently. if doing just one, slap it around a lil.
the shell breaks into small pieces that are still attached to the layer underneath, which can then be broken and peeled off in large sections.
this has only failed me a couple times, when I smacked it too hard and broke the actual egg flesh. works on all eggs I’ve tried, made by various people, and of under and over done eggs made by myself and immediately after cooking or after being stored in the fridge for two weeks.