Easy to peel boiled eggs

[misi]

With a pin prick the eggs' large end.(There is a little space filled only with air)
Put them in a saucepan covered with salty cool water above them about an inch.
Bring just to a boil over medium heat, then cover them and turn off heat.
Leave the eggs to finish cooking with the lid on for about 12-13 minutes.
Pour out the hot water, replace it with cool (preferably icy) water.
They are ready to peel.
Start peeling them from the larger end.

Mmmm...

 

[aye-aye-Chris]

Woman's work. Not my job.

 

[foxidrive]

misi, I will tell you if this is good, when I give it a go.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Egg-Cook...4-Eggs-Plastic-Chicken-Shaped-E-/251626929461

 

[misi]

misi, I will tell you if this is good, when I give it a go.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Egg-Cook...4-Eggs-Plastic-Chicken-Shaped-E-/251626929461

Hmmm...Something is wrong there:

Hard boiled eggs ready in 8 minutes
Half boiled eggs ready in 7 minutes
Soft boiled eggs ready in 6 minutes

IMO:
Hard boiled eggs ready in 12 minutes
Half boiled eggs ready in 6 minutes
Soft boiled eggs ready in 3 minutes

 

[foxidrive]

IMO:
Hard boiled eggs ready in 12 minutes
Half boiled eggs ready in 6 minutes
Soft boiled eggs ready in 3 minutes

The instructions could be wrong - though this is microwave cooking using steam.
I'm not sure how that affects it.

 

[misi]

Woman's work. Not my job.

Woman shouldn't cook for you, rather kick your...ar.. errr... something.

 

[okeedokee]

Good trick:

Simply put a lemon wedge into the water while you are boiling the eggs and like magic, the peels will fall right off like butter.

 

[misi]

Simply put a lemon wedge into the water while you are boiling the eggs and like magic, the peels will fall right off like butter.

Thanks, Okee, I'll certainly try it!

 

[Guess]

I like Okees idea best.. Will try that cause I love Hard Boiled Eggs !

 

[aye-aye-Chris]

misi, I will tell you if this is good, when I give it a go.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Egg-Cook...4-Eggs-Plastic-Chicken-Shaped-E-/251626929461

I have been using an automatic egg cooker since 1977, this is a great unit and works damn well. You adjusted the cookedness with varying amounts of hydrated steam which gets unhydrated for the cooked desire. [Adjust water level which steams up and cooks the egg(s)]

https://www.etsy.com/listing/83588706/automatic-sunbeam-egg-cooker

Electric Egg for making Hard Boiled or Poached Eggs right on the table - AUTOMATICALLY! No more overcooked or undercooked eggs. This self-contained and compact machine has water in the basin and 2 trays to make eggs your way. Completely disassembles for easy clean up

It can hard cook up to 7 eggs at a time, or poach up to 4 eggs at a time. Boiling tray that has a shell piercing pin, and the poaching tray, along with the original power cord. After the cooking cycle has completed, it shuts off automatically. Then the woman gets to serve up your eggses before cleaning the unit.

 

[misi]

I have been using an automatic egg cooker since 1977,

Can you still buy it?

 

[aye-aye-Chris]

Can you still buy it?

Our particular model, Op shops, eBay, Gumtree, Etc.

There is newer models around but I haven't looked at them as I haven't needed to.

We got a 2nd unit in an Op Shop some years back when the original started playing up. While we used the 2nd unit I disassembled the 1st for troubleshooting. It turns out the contacts in the auto power switch had carbonised. A quick rub over with a file on the contacts, reassemble and now we have 2. Well, we had 2, 1 went south when we moved - iow playing up so it became landfill.

 

[misi]

The instructions could be wrong - though this is microwave cooking using steam.
I'm not sure how that affects it.

 

[misi]

Well, we had 2, 1 went south when we moved - iow playing up so it became landfill.

Meh... I wanted to ask you for the impossible: Kick it to me...

 

[misi]

The instructions could be wrong - though this is microwave cooking using steam.
I'm not sure how that affects it.

I don't like to cook anything in microwave.
Using it for warming up foods from the fridge, to make popcorn: YES!

 

[foxidrive]

Using it for warming up foods from the fridge

That's mostly what I do with them. And boil water for coffee in the coffee cup itself.

to make popcorn:

Is that the self-butter version in the packet? I liked that, but read a bit about it and different stuff in them are linked to serious health problems, IIRC.

 

[misi]

Is that the self-butter version in the packet? I liked that, but read a bit about it and different stuff in them are linked to serious health problems, IIRC.

What could they be?
Burning butter causing it?

 

[foxidrive]

One chemical has been linked with lung damage in workers where they make the stuff, also in other chip etc factories where the same chemical is used.

Other preservatives aren't supposed to be all that good, and the very high level of ultra fine particulates that occur during microwave cooking is another thing they say should be avoided.

 

[foxidrive]

misi, I will tell you if this is good, when I give it a go.

I've used it several times misi and it does the job, but a single eggses has exploded twice, two eggses cracked earlier and leaked inside it, and the eggs tend to be hard at one end all the way to a little uncooked white at the other. The yolk is always hard - I like soft yolks and firm knockers whites.

I have been using an automatic egg cooker since 1977

I think that's a good idea Chris, and someone suggested the Sunbeam ones...

6 egg
https://www.sunbeam.com.au/Cooking/Egg-Cookers/EC1300-Poach-and-Boil.aspx
4 egg
https://www.sunbeam.com.au/Cooking/Snack-Heroes/EC4000-Snack-Heroes-Egg-Cooker.aspx

 

[foxidrive]

I can see I've been doing it wrong. This is from the Sunbeam booklet.

place the eggs in the egg rack with the large ends facing down

Piercing the large end of the egg with the egg piercer on the underside of the
measuring cup prevents it from cracking during cooking, with the added bonus of
making it easier to peel.