Fresh Eggs Sink In Water, Stale Ones Won't

By Daily Graphic (Ghana) ^ | April 30, 2008 | By Daily Graphic (Ghana)

[COBOL2Java]

You know you have enough salt in your brine water for curing hams when an egg will float in it.

Well, that's certainly more cost-effective than having to make enough brine water to see if Michael Moore will float in it. :0)

[Chickensoup]

put eggs in cold water. Heat til boiling for one minute. Turn off eggs and set timer for 20 min.

At 20 min, pour off hot water and submurge in cold water until eggs are cool. Crack the eggs on the counter then roll them until crackled. The shells will slip off and no unattractive green in the yolk.

[Chickensoup]

More than Chickensoup!

[Rastus]

I don’t have a lot to do with eggs, and especially not boiled. What would happen if you shook the egg up—scrambling it inside the shell—before boiling it?

[SampleMan]

We are lucky to have neighbors who have about thirty chickens just over the hill. They have some that lay white, brown, light brown, green, and blue eggs. They purchased specific birds that lay specific colors.

Really? Fascinating. We would change the feed on our chickens occasionally, and their eggs would change from brown to white.

[Ladysmith]

Is there a reason why you don’t want the shell to crack before hand? I give mine a slight tap to give it hair-line cracks before boiling them. They peel great afterwards.

Also learned this recently. Keep hardboiled eggs that you want to leave in the shell in plastic bags. Otherwise, they dry out and peeling later on is frustrating as all get-out.

[Ditter]

I was pretty mad. At my father in law for doing it and at my husband for not standing up to him. If you have never hatched eggs, you have to be pretty attentive, turning them over several times a day and putting a little water on them. In other words acting like the mother bird, leaving the nest and coming back with damp feathers. I felt like a dodo bird for not being there when my chicks were released.

[Oztrich Boy]

Fresh Eggs Sink In Water, Stale Ones Won't

So, stale eggs weigh as much as a duck, and are made of wood.

[seoul62]

Wow, the cost of living there versus the Big Apple, big cost savings. Just curious what kind of house, does the price: $350,000.00 buy you in Hot Springs, South Dakota. If you can send a picture, I would like to show it to my husband, thank you./Just Asking - seoul62.......

[shibumi]

A chair.....

by any other name.....

would still have a smelly seat.

(But it would only be a holographic aroma.)

[WhirlwindAttack]

Pigtail splice wire nut are available at any hardware store. Big plastic wire caps that just screw onto a splice.
You just screw them onto a roosters spurs and presto, now more blood shed and no need to kick the poor guy. LOL

[shibumi]

"So, stale eggs weigh as much as a duck, and are made of wood. "


.....and therefore??? They are witches.


So BURN all your stale eggs! (Which, given the presence of hydrogen sulfide gas, should be quite entertaining.)

[MosesKnows]

There is a theme in the several responses and that theme is to peel the egg shells immediately after cooking. I usually refrigerate the unpeeled hard boiled eggs with the intent of eating them later.

So, my next question. Is there a down side to storing peeled hard boiled eggs? I know I can refrigerate them for 10-14 days with the shells intact.

[Reeses]

Is there a reason why you don’t want the shell to crack before hand?

If the egg cracks too early about 10% of the egg white will leak out. Other than that it's just cosmetic. If peeling immediately it doesn't matter at all. Maybe slightly pre-cracking the fat end with the air pocket would take the pressure off so the eggs could be heated faster.

[Reeses]

Thank you both for your tips. I tried them and they work great! I lightly pre-cracked the fat end of the eggs. That eliminated the need to heat gradually. No leaking cracks formed when I went straight to hot water which saves time and hassle. I put the cooked eggs in an ice bath for a few minutes and they peeled great. I’m happy. It’s amazing how little tweaks make such a difference.

[kitkat]

***I put the cooked eggs in an ice bath for a few minutes and they peeled great. I’m happy. It’s amazing how little tweaks make such a difference.***

I’m delighted that the tip I read in the newspaper years ago has helped someone else.