[outofsalt]

"I buy eggs and then boil them myself. It’s super easy."

It's the peeling that sucks. Two dozen deviled eggs for Christmas took me forever!

[KitJ]

"It's the peeling that sucks."

*Kit holds hand up*

I've never figured out how to easily peel boiled eggs. No problem making my own, but when I'm making egg salad or deviled eggs, its just so easy to buy a pack of 32 or so peeled and boiled eggs from Costco.

If I'm just doing a small batch of something, I'll go ahead and boil my own...;)

[can anyone share the secret of easy peeling? I've tried about everything from cold-shocking to air-cooling to hydraulic with water in a Mason jar...]

[lizma2]

Buy them a week or 2 before.

Older eggs are much easier to peel.

https://www.thekitchn.com/food-science-why-are-hardboile-107488

I love Howard McGee.

[Maskot]

Gotta use older, not fresh, eggs. They peel in a second

[Calvin Locke]

Here's an example of how I've been doing it the past half dozen years or so.

How To Peel An Egg Quickly In A Glass Of Water 2:12

I do it over the sink, and maybe only 3 or 4 hard shakes.

I think the egg cracks and distorts, allowing the water to do its thing.

[JimRed]

It's the peeling that sucks. Two dozen deviled eggs for Christmas took me forever!

Did you immerse them in cold or ice water immediately after cooking, and wait until they were room temperature to peel them?