![]() **Update: Have an Instant Pot pressure cooker? I have an even easier technique for you! Click here. Yeah, I may have done a happy dance in the kitchen. An egg-peelers worst nightmare:Īnd I ended up with these. I started with these babies–fresh from the chickens that morning. It sounded kinda crazy at first, but in my desperation, I decided to give it a try. I had pretty much completely given up this whole concept, until I ran across the idea of steaming the eggs. ![]() Using a pin to prick the shells before boiling (I REALLY wanted this to work, but alas, I think I’m too heavy-handed).Boiling them with baking soda (this sorta worked….Boiling them with salt (this didn’t work either).Boiling them with vinegar (this didn’t work for me…).Letting the eggs age first (I don’t know about you, but my 2-3 week old farm eggs are STILL hard to peel!).There are lots of suggestions floating around to make the process easier to peel eggs, including: However, since the inner membrane clings tightly to the shell of a fresh egg, it’s near-impossible to have anything but ugly results when you try to hard-boil them. With their gorgeous, orange yolks and rich flavor, there aren’t many downfalls to farm-fresh eggs. It’s enough to make you wanna say a bad word. Your mouth starts watering as you gently crushed the shell and peel the egg–with the salt shaker ready and waiting. ![]() You carefully select the eggs, place them in the pot, and simmer them to perfection. And since you have your very own flock of chickens, you can hardly wait to boil up a batch. You get the hankering for a good, old-fashioned hard-boiled egg.
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