Scientists Crack the Code to the Perfect Boiled Egg With a Game-Changing Method

Scitech Daily ^ | February 06, 2025 | Springer

[DAC21]

How much taxpayers money was funneled to Italy via USAID for this study? And how much was laundered back to Rat politicians? Two weeks ago everyone would be laughing at the thought, today not so much.

[meyer]

The biggest issue I’ve had with boiling eggs, and I’ve boiled a LOT of them, is getting them to peel well. I’ve found that using eggs near or even past their “use by” date tend to peel better. Seems that the shell comes off without breaking apart the white.

[Red Badger]

Sicily?................

[ALPAPilot]

I’ll have to wait and see if they are easier to peel, that will be the true test.

[Red Badger]

Correct. Older eggs let go of the membrane easier for some chemical breaks down.

For fresh eggs tray 1/4 cup of vinegar, either kind, added to the water before boiling. The acid in the vinegar will dissolve some of the calcium in the shells and help to separate the membrane.................

[meyer]

Ahhhhh.....

Heisenberg made some fine coffee...

[goldbux]

After you periodically cook yer eggs, you can serve them on yer periodic table.

[meyer]

LOL

Aurick Goldfinger did that until the day he died.
Do I have to say that he was 79 years old?

[Bigg Red]

Put eggs in cold water.
Bring to a boil.
Turn off heat.
Put lid on pot.
Leave for 15 minutes.

Can’t guarantee that they will be easy to peel, but I have not spent much time with them, and I still have hard-boiled eggs.

[metmom]

Too much work for me. Lol

That was my thought.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Put the eggs in a steamer basket.

Put the basket over a pot of boiling water.

Cover and cook for thirteen minutes.

Remove eggs.

Peel under running water.

Done.

[PAR35]

I don’t have 32 minutes to boil an egg.

[bankwalker]

cooking them is easy ... getting the shells to peel off cleanly can sometimes be a challenge ...

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Boil old eggs not newly laid eggs.

New eggs, poaching.

Couple of days old, frying.

Four to seven days old, scrambled.

Over a week old boiled.

[bankwalker]

insta pot is the easy way indeed ...

[Red Badger]

Add 1/4 cup of vinegar to the water then boil.............

[bankwalker]

thanks ... I’ll give it a try ...

[dennisw]

“My standard practice is to drop 3 room-temp eggs into boiling water and remove them at 4 minutes.”

Room-temp eggs are important for obvious reasons. Or..... put a few eggs into a quarter inch of boiling water. Put lid on. Shut off flame. Wait 10 minutes, Then start the real cooking.

[HKMk23]

Yeah, no kidding.

I’m in the store last night and there’s 5dz boxed medium eggs for $35.

I bought the identical item not even 6mos ago for $18.

[central_va]

Eggs? An F-150s sticker price is over $80K