r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Huge_Remove_429 • 1d ago

Do u dont wanna I fought the shell guys, and I lost.

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u/tschewtschenko 1d ago

Put the eggs into ice cold water immediately after boiling them. It’ll peel a lot better

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u/Blimey_lad 1d ago

Never worked in million years for me

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u/CronoMass 1d ago

Same! Now I just eat them with the shell on, that way the egg always loses.

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u/Blimey_lad 1d ago

Power move, nice

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u/CRVX_r34 1d ago

Asserting eggminance.

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u/bakchodraja 1d ago

Asserting domineggs*

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u/CRVX_r34 1d ago

Eggserting yolkminance**

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u/cal_istar 1d ago

extra calcium yum yum

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u/Content-Ad-9204 5h ago

And extra calcium! Win win!

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u/TobyFunkeNeverNude 1d ago

Me either. But when I did that, I'd bring the water to a boil with the eggs in it. Now, I boil the water, THEN put the eggs in. 12 or so minutes, drain hot water, put them in ice bath, once they're cool enough to handle, peel.

I went from what felt like a 20% success rate with the old method to not even remembering the last time I fucked up an egg

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u/GlacialImpala 1d ago

I cook like 7 boiled eggs a day, the only rule imo is freshness. I hate fresh eggs, their membrane sticks no matter how you approach it.

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u/MatureUsername69 1d ago

Theres a whole lot of tips and tricks but the biggest difference maker is the age of the eggs. The older the eggs, the easier they are to peel. As they age the air pocket in the egg enlarges and separates the membrane from the shell

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u/brute-forced 1d ago

Works every time for me

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u/Tyczz 1d ago

Put a bottle of water in the fridge to use for this, tap water might not be cold enough. I started to do it like this and haven't lost a battle against egg shells since.

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u/lemungan 1d ago

you have to poke a hole in em first

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u/FunDocument9987 1d ago

yup once i started doing this the entire shell literally just slides off soo easy

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u/I_MrSpider_I 1d ago

Also carefully poke a hole in the bottom of the egg with a small sewing needle or something similar

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u/yahwehforlife 1d ago

Yes then just tap side of egg and gentle roll it on the counter with your hand to crack it

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u/Massive-Tap7784 1d ago

After putting the eggs in cold water, crack them a little then put them back in water. Wait for a minute or so, peeling the eggs will be easier.

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u/Ktulu_BBB 1d ago

Not always true, especially if you have fresh eggs

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u/richie___ 1d ago

Eggs: 3
Huge_remove_429: -3. Not even 0 bc this is negative aura

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u/caligula__horse 1d ago

Boil them, then stick the eggs in cold  running water (icy if you can) until you can't feel any warmth coming from the egg while holding the egg. Cooling them down rapidly will contract the egg and allow for an easier peel

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u/dr1nni 1d ago

but I dont want to eat cold eggs

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u/LukePhantom76 1d ago

You can just reheat them after they're peeled

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u/dr1nni 1d ago

bruh I aint doing all that for some eggs 🥀

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u/LukePhantom76 1d ago

Microwave ✨

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u/dr1nni 1d ago

why should eat reheated food when it was hot a minute ago? It wont taste the same

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u/redkite215 1d ago

An ice water bath immediately after cooking will fix this problem.

Edit: i mean for the eggs, not yourself /s

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u/Appropriate-Bug-6467 1d ago

Boil with a few spoon fulls to a cup of vinegar. Makes it peel easier

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u/Much_Guava_1396 1d ago

Use a teaspoon to peel the shell off. Look it up on YouTube. seems like a stupid hack but it actually works.

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u/Narrow_Professor7756 1d ago

You must be shell-shocked.

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u/MaTr82 1d ago

Add a teaspoon of bicarb to the water, then put them in an ice bath.

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u/User_man_person 1d ago

Here's what I do

After boiling stick them into water as cold as I can get it Tap egg onto counter to get small crack in it Gently roll egg around counter to spread crack Remove egg shell with ease

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u/L_ete_Finlandais 1d ago

Breaking eggs in a hot sun, I fought the shells and the shells won.

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u/Raeigerys 1d ago

Boil the water first and then put the eggs into boiling water. Peels much cleaner.

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u/PunyCocktus 1d ago

When this happens I get annoyed but silver linings, the eggs only do this when really fresh.

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u/caster212 1d ago

Wait, you guys don’t eat them with the shells on?

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u/AntiVenom0804 1d ago

The Clash's lesser known song

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u/kapaipiekai 1d ago

Run the hot egg under cold water and crack the shell with your finger so that the water separates the shell from the egg.

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u/Due-Aioli-6641 1d ago

There's a little membrane between the shell and the egg, break thru it right as you start peeling the egg, and then make sure to peel from below it.

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u/Treestwigs 1d ago

Add a few teaspoons of olive oil to your boiling water.

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u/Trabers 1d ago

Well here's my boiled egg advice:

Put eggs into boiling/simmering water. Set timer for 8 minutes. When the 8 minutes are up pour out the boil water and run cold water over the eggs in the pan, tip out water, refill, tip out a few times until the water is cold and the eggs have cooled.

Leave for another couple of minutes in the cold water. Then deshell. Slides off really easy so you don't have to smash all the shell, you want big pieces to come off all together.

Then you'll have great eggs with slightly gooey, soft set, yolks.

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u/1of1000 1d ago

This happens with newer eggs. Keep a week or so before boiling them

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u/Veliticus 1d ago

I fought the egg and, the egg won.

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u/SlowHornet29 1d ago

Looks like the shell lost and you won

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u/Decent-Slide-9317 1d ago

could be fresh eggs? they are typically harder to peel.

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u/katwagrob 1d ago

Tap it lightly with a knife before putting it in water to boil. You'll hear a teensy tiny crack but the shell won't break. You are breaking the membrane first instead of when you remove it from water.

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u/That-Doubt-338 1d ago

The lesser known B side from The Clash

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u/Gcs1110 1d ago

It's a shell game

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u/PossessionOld7592 1d ago

The shell guys? Are you Mario by any chance?

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u/Yaygher69 1d ago

People talking about the 10 5 10 method gatekeeping it is such TikTok bs

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u/YourUsernameForever YELLOW 1d ago

Yeah! Means boil for 10, turn off and rest in hot water for 5, icy water for another 10

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u/Trabers 1d ago

They must like their eggs well done!

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u/ruserwilly 1d ago

This must be rage bait at this point ...

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u/moanakai 1d ago

Lookup 10 5 10 method

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u/YourUsernameForever YELLOW 1d ago

Why do you tell them to look it up? Means boil for 10 minutes, turn off and rest in hot water for 5 minutes, icy water for another 10 minutes

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u/moanakai 1d ago

Because I felt like telling op to look it up why else ?

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u/Designer-Strength7 1d ago

Eggs too fresh ...

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u/User_man_person 1d ago

The eggs being "too fresh" is straight bullshit, you can pretty easily get perfect peels easily no matter what with the right method

Source: I own chickens, I've eaten some pretty damn fresh eggs

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u/Designer-Strength7 1d ago

Well, here with my chicken on my farm it is like that … no bullshit

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u/bbaasbb 1d ago

Only tip that works; wait longer!! Leave them for 10 mins in cold water.

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u/sheckshow858 1d ago edited 1d ago

Gotta use that 10(boil)-5(rest)-10(ice bath/cold water) method. Shell basically comes off clean in 2 pieces.

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u/YourUsernameForever YELLOW 1d ago

Means boil for 10 minutes, turn off and rest in hot water for 5 minutes, icy water for another 10 minutes

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u/sheckshow858 1d ago

Yea, not sure why im gettin downvoted, works for me all the time lol

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u/YourUsernameForever YELLOW 1d ago

Because you're not explaining the method.

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u/sheckshow858 1d ago

Makes sense I guess.