by duplamox

Peeling hard boiled eggs can sometimes be a real pain.

Sure, sometimes it goes just fine, but other times, the whites start peeling off with the shell, and you soon have an ugly mess.  Also, I felt bad when I would let cold water run on the eggs after letting them boil for a minute or two.

Thankfully, after a talk with good ol’ Mom one day, I found a new method for peeling hard boiled eggs!

After I removed the eggs from the stove (after having had the lid on them for 20 minutes), I moved them over to the sink and filled the pan with cold water just to the top (after having dumped out the hot water).

Then…here’s the important part…

I put a bunch of ice in the water as well! No more running cold water over the eggs. I just occasionally added more ice, as my ice melted. Not only did it save water, but it also made the eggs extremely easy to peel!

As an added green bonus, I waited until the pan of water was no longer freezing cold, took it outside, and emptied it onto one of our trees.

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