An older lady I know gave me this tip. To get fresh eggs to peel well when boiled, add some vinegar to the cooking water, bring the water to a boil, then put the eggs in. It works, they peel easily. You must bring the water and vinegar to a boil before putting the eggs in though, doesn't work if you put the eggs in then bring it to a boil.

-- Paula (chipp89@bellsouth.net), October 20, 2001

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Thanks!

-- Brendan K Callahan (Grinnell, IA) (sleeping@iowatelecom.net), October 20, 2001.

what I have found that helps, is to slightly crack the eggs before boiling. a hairline crack will help to get air in between the shall and the membrane around the egg.

-- daffodyllady (daffodyllady@yahoo.com), October 20, 2001.

Any egg - fresh or not - will peel easily if you put it into cold water, than back into the hot water, then back into the cold water again. The expansion and shrinkage as the shell heats and cools will free the shell from the egg beneath it.

-- (HOOPERTERRI@PRODIGY.NET), October 20, 2001.

that is what I do with all my old eggs...hard boil them.

-- westbrook (westbrook_farms@yahoo.com), October 21, 2001.

I think it also has something to do with the way they are cracked. I crack mine then roll it under my palm in all directions. Shell normally comes off in large pieces.

-- Ken S. in WC TN (scharabo@aol.com), October 21, 2001.

I always prick a hole in the fat end with a push pin then I STEAM my fresh eggs for about 18 to 20 minutes. Then I run cool water on them for a few minutes. By the time they're cool, they peel easily and they don't have that green covering around the yolk.

-- Ellen Wright (gardenfarm@earthlink.net), October 27, 2001.