How to 'Peel' Hard-Boiled Eggs Without Peeling

This might be good around Easter to use up the eggs. But since my hubby and I don't like hard boiled eggs, I'll just pass it to friends.

I love hard boiled eggs particularly in salads. I was curious to see how to get the shell off without peeling the egg so I watched the video. Well, to be honest, I think I would rather peel the egg as it would be more hygienic than blowing all over it. Just imagine the amount of germs that are landing on the egg. Sorry to put you off...hee, hee. Great tip though!

hmmm that is an interesting method but I am not sure i would like to eat an egg that someone else has blown out of the shell, I certainly hope they don't use this method in restaurants...

The instructions in the link seem more time consuming than just peeling it. I just run the egg under cold water and peel. I don't soak it in baking soda like the directions say.

That's kind of cool. I never have had trouble peeling a hard boiled egg, but I'm guessing that I'm not thinking back far enough. I imagine I made quite a mess when I first learned how to boil eggs in the first place. Funny how my simple 'culinary' disasters of the past seem to slip my mind.

First of all, you gotta wonder about the first person who did this. There is an easy way to peel eggs: As soon as the pan is off the stove, pour off the boiling water down the sink and fill pan over tops of eggs with cold tap water. Drain. fill again with cold water halfway up the eggs this time. Shake pan from side to side smashing the eggs on the side of the pan. Shells are very easily removed. I rinse each egg individually to get off any remaining tiny bits of shell. Voila!

My husband showed me this web site and we tried. It didn't work for us. I don't know if we did it wrong or not but we couldn't do it. I think I will stick to the other way of peeling eggs. It works for me. I've always been told that the fresher the egg, the harder it is to peel. I don't know.

Eggs can be real devils to peel,and very often the shell will come away and take half of the egg along with it,if you are using the egg for sandwiches then thats fine,but if you need to use the egg for a salad and want it to look good then it needs to be peeled tidily.I have always found that if the egg is soaked well in cold water after it has been cooked then let get cold,the shelling is much simpler.