Why do some boiled eggs easily come out of the shell and others seem to fuse to the shell?

Question

Why do some boiled eggs easily come out of the shell and others seem to fuse to the shell?

In: 1895

Answer 1

It’s not the age of the eggs. Like others have said, dropping eggs into boiling water rather than bringing the temp up with both water and eggs is supposed to help. The cold water bath after seems to help a lot.

A lot of people online (YouTube) say to add baking soda or salt to the water, but I couldn’t see any differences when I tried that.

I personally have noticed that if I just leave them boiling way longer than necessary, like long after hey are cooked through, they get harder to peel.