How to peel boiled eggs without a mess.

You've mastered the art of how to make perfect hard boiled eggs, but how the heck do you peel those suckers quickly without making a mess out of the whites or getting the shell jammed into your nailbed (#%*& that hurts)? See five ways to peel a hard boiled egg after the jump! Method #1: Crack the top and bottom, then blow out the egg Method #2: Add water to a pot, top with a plate, then shake Method #3: Add water to a plastic container, cover, then shake Method #4: Crack shell, insert spoon under shell, then rotate the egg Method #5: Crack the egg, roll on the counter, peel shell while the egg is submerged in cold water What's your secret to perfectly peeling hard boiled eggs? Tell us in the comments, below.

This is a guide about peeling hard boiled eggs. Hard boiled eggs are a delicious protein rich snack and an ingredient in many recipes. However, sometimes rather than a cleanly peeled egg you are left with a mess of ragged egg white stuck to the shell.

/ Hard-boiled eggs are a great, protein-packed snack, but getting them out of their shells can be messy and cumbersome. Not so much if you use the method Tim Ferriss demonstrates in this video.
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Hard-boiled (also known as hard-cooked) eggs are notoriously easy to mess up. We've all ended up with tough, rubbery egg whites and overcooked yolks that have that unappetizing gray-green ring around the edge. An ideal hard-cooked egg has a firm yet tender white, while the yolk is creamy and well-done without being mealy. How & Why Do Eggs Firm Up When You Boil Them? Both parts of the egg—the yolk and the white—are rich in proteins. Those proteins are made up of chains of amino acids that normally come in compact, folded units. When those amino acids are exposed to heat or chemicals, they

Hard-boiled eggs are such an amazing snack, but there's nothing quite so frustrating as trying to get all the shell off without damaging the egg underneath. I've ended up with many a sadly pitted and pockmarked egg that somehow doesn't taste quite as good as when it emerges all white and smooth. Now, there are ways to hard-boil your eggs so they emerge intact from the shell. Otherwise, all you need is a glass of water to make sure you get your egg out in one piece. Watch the magic below from MicahMedia (via Lifehacker). The concept is actually pretty similar to peeling a bulb of garlic in a

Is a boiled egg hard to peel because I don't know how the proper technique, or is it because I don't make the egg properly in the first place?