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To: not2be4gotten.com

Maybe some of their eggs are from closer to home and more fresh. I don’t refrigerate fresh eggs.

On the egg subject, does anyone know why eggs boiled at Easter seem to not peel as nice as other times?

Is it because they are older eggs that have been stockpiled for the holiday?


29 posted on 04/21/2014 11:28:52 AM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheelbarrow)
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To: Irenic

Because they’re cooled slowly. You need to ice them down to get the outermost layer to shrink away. Otgerwise they cling.


32 posted on 04/21/2014 11:32:35 AM PDT by Bogey78O (We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
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To: Irenic

Actually boiled eggs peel better when they are at least five days old.


38 posted on 04/21/2014 11:43:54 AM PDT by Second Amendment First
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To: Irenic

Boil em in vinegar.

One tsp for each quart of water used.


44 posted on 04/21/2014 12:10:15 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Irenic

Fresh eggs don’t peel well. Let them sit at least a week.

Now that we have hens, I’ve become hooked on fresh eggs. I love to see orange yolks instead of yellow and the flavor is distinctly better. The Girls easy to keep, requiring just a daily check on their food and water and a weekly change of bedding straw.

As a side benefit, chickie poop makes a killer fertilizer but it MUST be very well composted. Fresh chicken manure will fry your plants! (I like to spread my compost in the fall, then let the snow work its magic.)


46 posted on 04/21/2014 12:12:41 PM PDT by DNME (This is the government our Founders warned us about.)
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To: Irenic

If you put baking soda in the water you cook them in they will be easier to peel.


52 posted on 04/21/2014 1:16:18 PM PDT by Tammy8
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