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 Posted: Feb 29 2012 Post subject: you will never boil an egg ever again! |
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why wont you boil an egg ever again? because if you steam them they naily fall out of the shell and are cooked to perfection !!
i put boiling water from the kettle in to the steamer and turned on the steamer for 2 minutes to let it get up to temp.
then using a sewing needle pricked the large end of the egg and laid it flat in the steamer (they don't need to be stud upright) then steamed them for 10 minutes.
as you can see they naily fall out of the shell.
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Mish
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How fresh were the eggs you used?
I will give this a try next time I make eggs. |
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| Posted: Feb 29 2012 Post subject: Re: you will never boil an egg ever again! |
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| h4ppy-chris wrote: | why wont you boil an egg ever again? because if you steam them they naily fall out of the shell and are cooked to perfection !!
i put boiling water from the kettle in to the steamer and turned on the steamer for 2 minutes to let it get up to temp.
then using a sewing needle pricked the large end of the egg and laid it flat in the steamer (they don't need to be stud upright) then steamed them for 10 minutes.
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Thanks h4ppy-chris....I will try your method out next time I make some eggs......resize your pic down to forum friendly size of 640X 480 or our bear(SoEzzy) will turn them into links....just a heads up for future posts. 
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Happy,
Timely post. My friend was just trying to figure this out, and I think steaming part might be the step he was missing.
What did you use for a steamer?
Thanks![/quote]
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I was curious about putting a raw egg in the shell on the grate beside stuff I was smoking once.
Came out just like a hard boiled egg.
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Or if you do boil them, you might try this technique to make them easier to peel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN2gYHJNT3Y
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h4ppy-chris
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| Posted: Feb 29 2012 Post subject: Re: you will never boil an egg ever again! |
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| Canadian Bacon wrote: | | h4ppy-chris wrote: | why wont you boil an egg ever again? because if you steam them they naily fall out of the shell and are cooked to perfection !!
i put boiling water from the kettle in to the steamer and turned on the steamer for 2 minutes to let it get up to temp.
then using a sewing needle pricked the large end of the egg and laid it flat in the steamer (they don't need to be stud upright) then steamed them for 10 minutes.
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Thanks h4ppy-chris....I will try your method out next time I make some eggs......resize your pic down to forum friendly size of 640X 480 or our bear(SoEzzy) will turn them into links....just a heads up for future posts. |
am bad pic resized just in the nick of time lol, cheers
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| Mish wrote: | How fresh were the eggs you used?
I will give this a try next time I make eggs. |
free range fresh
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Seen that method many times and it does not work all the time. You gotta have a good set of lungs to do 60 eggs. I really don't know if I want to eat eggs everyones been blowing on.
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| Fig Pucker wrote: | Happy,
Timely post. My friend was just trying to figure this out, and I think steaming part might be the step he was missing.
What did you use for a steamer?
Thanks! |
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| Canadian Bacon wrote: |
Seen that method many times and it does not work all the time. You gotta have a good set of lungs to do 60 eggs. I really don't know if I want to eat eggs everyones been blowing on. |
Great to know it doesn't always work. I just saw that posted on another forum and thought it looked interesting. But yeah, could be a problem if you are making these to serve to others 
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| Bedlam BBQ wrote: | | Canadian Bacon wrote: |
Seen that method many times and it does not work all the time. You gotta have a good set of lungs to do 60 eggs. I really don't know if I want to eat eggs everyones been blowing on. |
Great to know it doesn't always work. I just saw that posted on another forum and thought it looked interesting. But yeah, could be a problem if you are making these to serve to others |
I use it more to seperate the membrane than to get it to pop out, some will pop out others are just easy to peel. I let mine sit for couple weeks before I cook and peel. |
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| Posted: Feb 29 2012 Post subject: Re: you will never boil an egg ever again! |
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| h4ppy-chris wrote: | i put boiling water from the kettle in to the steamer and turned on the steamer for 2 minutes to let it get up to temp.
then using a sewing needle pricked the large end of the egg and laid it flat in the steamer (they don't need to be stud upright) then steamed them for 10 minutes.
as you can see they naily fall out of the shell. |
Gave it a shot tonight, but used a steamer insert. My oldest wanted a couple hard boiled eggs for lunch tomorrow and I couldn't resist after seeing this earlier today.
Thanks! |
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h4ppy-chris
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| Posted: Feb 29 2012 Post subject: Re: you will never boil an egg ever again! |
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| mbellot wrote: | | h4ppy-chris wrote: | i put boiling water from the kettle in to the steamer and turned on the steamer for 2 minutes to let it get up to temp.
then using a sewing needle pricked the large end of the egg and laid it flat in the steamer (they don't need to be stud upright) then steamed them for 10 minutes.
as you can see they naily fall out of the shell. |
Gave it a shot tonight, but used a steamer insert. My oldest wanted a couple hard boiled eggs for lunch tomorrow and I couldn't resist after seeing this earlier today.
Thanks! |
how did it work out for you?
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| Posted: Mar 01 2012 Post subject: Re: you will never boil an egg ever again! |
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| h4ppy-chris wrote: | | mbellot wrote: | | h4ppy-chris wrote: | i put boiling water from the kettle in to the steamer and turned on the steamer for 2 minutes to let it get up to temp.
then using a sewing needle pricked the large end of the egg and laid it flat in the steamer (they don't need to be stud upright) then steamed them for 10 minutes.
as you can see they naily fall out of the shell. |
Gave it a shot tonight, but used a steamer insert. My oldest wanted a couple hard boiled eggs for lunch tomorrow and I couldn't resist after seeing this earlier today.
Thanks! |
how did it work out for you? |
Won't know until tonight, the kid likes to peel them right before eating (at school).
I'll be sure to post back. |
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Shocking the boiled eggs into ice water always works for me. Another reason for boiling and shocking into ice water is to prevent the grey-green crap from forming on the outer portion of the yolk. How do the yolks look on the steamed eggs?
Also, what does "naily" mean? 
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| sixfofalcon wrote: | | Also, what does "naily" mean? |
Wild guess, "nearly".
I shock mine too, even though I've had both problems after shocking ("sticky" shells and discolored yolks). |
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| sixfofalcon wrote: | Shocking the boiled eggs into ice water always works for me. Another reason for boiling and shocking into ice water is to prevent the grey-green crap from forming on the outer portion of the yolk. How do the yolks look on the steamed eggs?
Also, what does "naily" mean? |
here is what mine looked like (naily is nearly for dyslexics yes i am one)
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| mbellot wrote: | | sixfofalcon wrote: | | Also, what does "naily" mean? |
Wild guess, "nearly".
I shock mine too, even though I've had both problems after shocking ("sticky" shells and discolored yolks). |
The green yolk comes from overcooking I believe. I put my eggs in the pot with a inch of water over the top of them and bring to a low boil for 10min then run cold tap water over them for about 5min and normally dont have the yolks discolor. |
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I got one of those Eggsact Egg Timer things -- works perfect. I remove the eggs from the stove and quickly cool them with cold ice water and I don't have the green edges to the yolks.
http://www.amazon.com/HIC-Harold-Eggsact-Egg-Timer/dp/B000I1UVX2
I've read that fresh eggs are harder to peel after being hard boiled. Most articles I've read mention to wait a week or so after getting the eggs before hard boiling. I've not been able to test out this theory yet.
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