why boiled egg shells can sometimes be easy to peel and other times stick and take chunks of egg with them

Question

why boiled egg shells can sometimes be easy to peel and other times stick and take chunks of egg with them

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Answer 1

Too many cooks in the kitchen already, but hear me out:

Steam the eggs for 13 minutes. Perfectly hard boiled, and no fuss no muss peeling. Even after a week in the fridge.

I learned it from americas test kitchen.