Comments on: Can you boil an egg? http://www.notdelia.co.uk/can-you-boil-an-egg/ For people who care about their food Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:57:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dave http://www.notdelia.co.uk/can-you-boil-an-egg/comment-page-1/#comment-1531 dave Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:41:20 +0000 http://www.notdelia.co.uk/?p=6694#comment-1531 Looks like i'm not the only one to have had egg peeling difficulties, surprised goodegg.com haven't tried my foolproof way, on the other hand i might not have bought a fresh egg in the past fifteen years. lol. Looks like i’m not the only one to have had egg peeling difficulties, surprised goodegg.com haven’t tried my foolproof way, on the other hand i might not have bought a fresh egg in the past fifteen years. lol.

]]> By: Not Delia http://www.notdelia.co.uk/can-you-boil-an-egg/comment-page-1/#comment-892 Not Delia Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:33:23 +0000 http://www.notdelia.co.uk/?p=6694#comment-892 Off the top of my head, I'd say that it was because very fresh eggs are more difficult to peel. I've experienced this "hard to peel" phenonemon too and I guess that all the eggs in one carton may not necessarily be of exactly the same age. For example, I almost always see if eggs float or not before using them. A fresh egg will sink, while an old egg will float. I've had the odd old egg in a carton of reasonably fresh ones, so they're obviously not all the same age. I researched it a little bit further and there's more information here: http://www.goodegg.com/boiledegg.html Off the top of my head, I’d say that it was because very fresh eggs are more difficult to peel.

I’ve experienced this “hard to peel” phenonemon too and I guess that all the eggs in one carton may not necessarily be of exactly the same age. For example, I almost always see if eggs float or not before using them. A fresh egg will sink, while an old egg will float. I’ve had the odd old egg in a carton of reasonably fresh ones, so they’re obviously not all the same age.

I researched it a little bit further and there’s more information here:
http://www.goodegg.com/boiledegg.html

]]> By: Buddyboy http://www.notdelia.co.uk/can-you-boil-an-egg/comment-page-1/#comment-889 Buddyboy Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:47:44 +0000 http://www.notdelia.co.uk/?p=6694#comment-889 Boiling an egg is simple enough, with or without salt, etc., your choice. The challenge to me is how to peel an egg. Or more to the point, why do some eggs peel nicely as yjough you know what you are doing, while others have the shell crazy glued to the content. If I boil half a dozen eggs, some may peel nicely, others fight all the way. What gives here? Is there a scientific answer? Is there a trick in the boiling that will result in easily peeled eggs? Another challenge for Not Delia! Boiling an egg is simple enough, with or without salt, etc., your choice. The challenge to me is how to peel an egg. Or more to the point, why do some eggs peel nicely as yjough you know what you are doing, while others have the shell crazy glued to the content. If I boil half a dozen eggs, some may peel nicely, others fight all the way. What gives here? Is there a scientific answer? Is there a trick in the boiling that will result in easily peeled eggs? Another challenge for Not Delia!

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