Re: Boiling and peeling eggs

lafe wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:02 -0500, vickiebee wrote:
> 
>> You put cold eggs in boiling water, I put cold eggs in cold water and
>> slowly bring to a simmer.
>> My gran always stored eggs pointed up, and not always in the "ice box."
>> My mom said you could even freeze eggs... and my cousin walked through
>> the kitchen as I was painstakingly poking tiny holes in my next batch
>> and snorted, "Don't you know? The secret is in the age of the egg."
>> v
> 
> The age helps with most, if not all methods.
> 
> But I've also found that using a pressure cooker works. 1The 5/5/5 method
> (set to 5 minutes high pressure, slow release for 5 minutes, 5 minutes in
> an ice bath) does perfect eggs, and the shells just fall off, even for
> young eggs.
> 
> 
Wow, a pressure cooker. When I was a child I saw one "blow up" and they 
had to clean beans from Gran's kitchen ceiling forever. I have a friend 
who has one, but she's also afraid of it. Maybe we could experiment a 
little.
Thanks lafe!
v
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