Eggs (not parrot eggs)

[Tari]

I hate hate hate to shell boiled eggs. I try to do it when they are still warm but not so hot you can't hold them. And I add a little salt when boiling.

But are there any other tips to make shelling a chicken egg easier?

[danmcq]

Hmmm, I don't have too much of a problem taking the shells off.

 

Give the chickens less Calcium so the shells just peel off like a plastic wrapper?

[judygram]

I have also heard you can add a little vinegar to the water when you cook the eggs and maybe that will help to peel the shells off better.

[Guest Lidia]

If you peel them under cold running water it helps. Mmmm, toast soldiers and runny boiled egg...

[lovemyGreys]

Tari, why do you hate peeling eggs ? is it the smell ?

 

judygram i think adding a little vinegar is meant to stop the eggs from cracking when boiling.

 

Lidia have to agree, runny eggs & solders, yum yum

[judygram]

I don't want no runny eggs, and that is probably true, lovemygreys, but I knew you could add vinegar but not what it was for. Thanks for clarifying that for me.

[lovemyGreys]

Thats ok judygram, i should know a little bit, i work part time as a cook/chef :lol:

[danmcq]

I think they also use Vinegar to soften an eggshell and that makes the shell pliable enough that you can actually get it to a coke bottle for example intact.....

 

Now you know how they do it ;-)

[lovemyGreys]

:ohmy: Gosh why would anyone want to put an egg in a coke bottle :unsure: that would make me :sick:

Dan you are a wealth of knowledge, wish i had found you guys sooner :lol:<br><br>Post edited by: lovemyGreys, at: 2007/08/16 23:06

[danmcq]

LOL - Well they do it to make all the rest of us ask "How did they do That?" ;-)

 

I always MUST find out HOW....I know it's time invested, but I guess it's worth it, if I can answer some ones question or just share some trivial information. :-)

[lovemyGreys]

It's one of those questions Dan, like how do they get a ship in a bottle

If i ever have a question i need answering i know where to come :lol:

[judygram]

Dan was probably one of those kids that took everything apart to find out how it worked, but it comes in handy and we won't let you get lonely over it.

[lovemyGreys]

judygram wrote:

Dan was probably one of those kids that took everything apart to find out how it worked, .

 

I bet he was :lol: & i reckon he knew how to put it all back again

[danmcq]

LOL - Yes, I drove my Parents CRAZY taking everything a part :woohoo:

 

My Father purchased an old Car engine when I was 10, just so I could take it a part and see how it worked.

 

He was a Great Father......... :cheer:<br><br>Post edited by: danmcq, at: 2007/08/16 23:59

[Tari]

I hate peeling them cause either the shell comes off in tiny pieces or I get egg white with the shell and it takes to long for something so little.

[danmcq]

Hmmmm, I never really have that problem Tari ;-)

[judygram]

I knew that vinegar would come into play somewhere, maybe not for ease of peeling egg shells but it is so versatile you can use it for many, many things, it has a 1001 uses.:laugh:

[Guest Lidia]

I love Vinnie's little face, please post some more photos of him. I never heard of that sort of parrot before I met you, Celery.<br><br>Post edited by: Lidia, at: 2007/08/17 16:17

[danmcq]

Celery, I can picture that!

 

Please post a photo of it!!! :-)

[Guest Lidia]

celery wrote:

Thank You Lidia!

You just made my day!

 

No, thank you! I have been googling the Greater Vasa today, and they are utterly fascinating birds. I had no idea that ANY parrot could shed its feathers when in mating condition (the female) or change the colour of its feathers without moulting! The photos of the bald females are very curious indeed, I would love to see one for myself.

 

The references on the net all seem to refer to it as a "more primitive" parrot, perhaps even as the missing link between the raptor and the parrot. I think it is just one of those evolutionary oddities, like the different types of finches on the Galapagos Islands, that have simply evolved into their habitat.

 

Anyway, I adore Vinnie and am developing a slight crush on him, I think. :blush:

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Anyway, back to eggs:

 

Another way to make them easier to peel (after running cold water over them) is to roll them in your hands or on a hard surface to fracture the skin and shell.

[lovemyGreys]

Vinegar is also good for cleaning windows with a screwed up newspaper

Some good tips celery

 

And i have to agree with Lidia, i find Vinnie fascinating.<br><br>Post edited by: lovemyGreys, at: 2007/08/17 18:14

[judygram]

Well you got a right to be, Celery, he is fascinating, and you are getting more converts every day.

 

Now back to the eggs, rolling them on a hard surface does make them easier to peel, now that someone else mentions it, thanks Lidia.:silly:

[judygram]

Or you can cut them in half and run a spoon around the shell and get the egg out that way, but they won't be any good for deviled eggs.

[lovemyGreys]

Tari i found this & thought of you

 

How to Peel an Egg Quickly

Removing the shell from a hard boiled egg can be painstaking work, but with this simple process it will take you less than three seconds every time.

 

Steps [edit]Prepare a hard boiled egg and let it cool. Soaking in ice water is a good way to speed up this process.

Crack the shell at each end by firmly tapping the egg onto a hard surface such as a counter. Do one end, and then the other. There is an air bubble in the wide end of the egg; you want to crush this.

 

 

Place the side of the egg on a counter and roll forward for one revolution with your palm firmly down on the top of the egg.

 

 

Submerge the egg in a bowl of warm water and slip the entire shell off in less than a second.

[Tari]

Now that Ill have to try thanks for finding that sounds so much easier.