Re: How to peel a boiled egg

Ben Newsam <[email protected]> Sun, 05 Jul 2026 22:20:29 +0100
Newsgroups alt.2eggs.sausage.beans.tomatoes.2toast.largetea.cheerslove
Organization Micro Services
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vickiebee <[email protected]> wrote, despite their Organization
header reading "A noiseless patient Spider"

>  ("A" boiled egg, silly, not "an". ;/ Editing error.)
>
>Someone told me to let them simmer for 12 minutes, plunge them into ice 
>water and wait 15 minutes, then crack the larger end open first.
>
>It didn't work. Baking soda didn't work, nor vinegar.

I find that that works well enough, though I boil for 10 minutes not
12. If eggs are too fresh, they can be hard to peel. I crack them
round their "waist" on a sharp corner of something, then remove each
half shell.
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Ben

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