Re: Boiling and peeling eggs

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.


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lafe