• Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3 months

      this happens usually with very fresh eggs

      Exactly, I came to mention that too. So he/she should enjoy the egg being fresh.

    • abbadon420@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3 months

      I had an egg this morning that I had to get by basically chasing the chicken away from the nest. It had the same problem. Even after an ice bath

  • Ougie@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3 months

    The fresh eggs thing is a myth, this happens to all eggs. Here’s what you do: Boil the water first and then place your eggs in it. You can lower the heat afterwards to a lower simmer.

    6 minutes for really runny eggs. 7 minutes for runny yolk. 8 minutes and the yolk is almost firm. Egg size matters of course.

    After, put the eggs in cold water so they stop cooking. This also helps the membrane to separate.

    Another method is to prick the bottom of the egg where the air pouch is with a small needle before dropping them in the boiling water along with some vinegar. Same steps after, cold water etc. This is what they do in restaurants but honestly I never bother, the first method delivers easily peelable eggs 80% of the time and that’s good enough for me.

    • A_norny_mousse@piefed.zipEnglish
      3 months

      After, put the eggs in cold water so they stop cooking.

      You mean a separate container (large enough to hold plenty cold water I presume)? How long? How cold? Icy, so it hurts your hand, or just not warm, not even lukewarm?

      I struggle to get consistent results with this method, but I don’t always put the eggs in when the water already boils.

      • Ougie@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3 months

        I just run the same pot under running cold water and then I leave the eggs in that cold water for a couple of minutes. I guess if you want you can prepare an ice bath, that would be better but I can’t be bothered. I need to have breakfast ready in a few minutes so I don’t care about perfection. Sure, some might break when you lower them into boiling water, and some might not peel as easy. But in general this method gives me easy peeling eggs for the most part.