Comments on How to Boil an Egg

After you have boiled your eggs, drain water out of pan. Leave eggs in the pan and just shake vigorously while eggs are still warm. This will not only crack the shells, but many times you'll notice the eggs will be completely shelled.

If you let your eggs sit out and get to room temperature before you boil them, the shells are easy to peel off. If the eggs are cold (right out of the refrigerator), a lot of "the egg" will peel off with the shell.

Place the eggs in saucepan and cover with cold water. Put lid on pan and turn heat to high. As soon as the water boils, turn the stove off and let sit for 10 minutes. Immediately run cold water over eggs until water is cold.

After boiling eggs, drain the hot water off. Crack the shells while the water is off. Then cover with cold water and peel. Try it. It works every time!!!!!!

Let egg sit til it reaches room temp. Cover w/water in saucepan. Add a little salt. Bring to boil. Turn heat off. Cover and let sit for 20 minutes. Drain. When egg is warm, gently crack. Run a low stream of cool water over egg. Peel away slowly. :)

Allow eggs to come to room temperature. Place in pan and cover with water. Bring to boil. Turn off heat and cover. Let stand for 20 minutes. Refrigerate. Voila! No green edges on the yolks - tender - smell good - easy!

To peel a hard-boiled egg more easily after cooking, take a straight pin or needle and poke a hole in the fat end of each egg before boiling.

Add a teaspoon of salt to the water before boiling and egg shells will not crack when boiled.

Add a little salt to the water to prevent the egg from cracking. (I thought this was common knowledge.)

Place eggs in a saucepan and add enough cold water to cover the eggs (an inch or more). Bring eggs to a boil, cover the pan, and remove from heat for 20 minutes. Drain and run cold water over the eggs to cool. Results? A perfectly boiled egg without the green ring around the yolk!

Salt should be added to the water to purify the water in case the egg should crack. This was told to me by my mother who was a very good cook.

Peel the egg while it is still warm and the shell will fall right off.

If you put a thumbtack-sized hole in the top of the fat end of eggshell before you put the eggs in cold water, the eggs will not crack, and the shell will come off easier.

I can't take credit for this tip . I learned it from a friend of the extended family. The easiest way to peel an egg is to run it under cold water. Make a crack, and then get a spoon under the shell. It's so easy and takes about half as much time!

When hard-boiled eggs are done, remove from pan directly into cold water with ice. When cool enough to handle, shells will come off with ease.

Easiest way is to prick a needle into the end of the egg before boiling it. Much less trouble when peeling!

This was my first Easter boiling eggs (my wife always did them before). I boiled 3 dozen and they came out great, per your suggestions! Here's what I did: Let the eggs come to room temperature. Place the eggs in cold water that covers them. Add salt and vinegar (hoping the color comes out brighter). Heat the water to a rolling boil, turn off the heat and cover the pot (leave the pot on the burner). Wait 20 minutes. Cool the eggs under cold water. I ate one of the eggs right after boiling, it peeled easily and was perfectly boiled with a yellow yolk.

Fill the pot with water (to about an inch and a half from the top of the pot to prevent boil over). Bring the water to a rolling boil. Drop an egg in water and set a digital timer for 7 minutes. As soon as the timer goes off, run the egg under cold water to halt cooking (this has to be exact). Peel the warm egg under warm running water, starting at the top of the egg. Once peeled, you will have a perfect soft boiled egg.

Add salt to your water before cooking.

After boiling, immediately put in cold water. Cool eggs until comfortable to handle. Tap eggs to crack, and roll in hands under cold running water. They slip right from shells.

If your eggs are hard to peel, put a bit of vinegar in the water when you boil them.

Putting salt in your water before you boil will make eggs peel easier.

Prick a small pinhole in the small end of the egg before boiling.

Before you put the eggs in the water, prick a needle in the end of the eggs. Sure proof way for them to peel easier!

Place eggs in boiler. Cover with cold water. Place on stove and bring to a boil. When it starts to boil, remove from heat. Cover with lid and let sit for 10 minutes. Eggs will never be rubbery, yolks don't turn green, and egg is perfectly cooked.