Why do some boiled eggs easily come out of the shell and others seem to fuse to the shell?
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It’s the age of the egg. You can tell by using a water test. Fill a cup with enough water to submerge the egg then put it in. A fresh egg lays flat on the bottom horizontally, an older egg will rest on its tip vertically, and a bad egg will float to the top.
You can “age” eggs by leaving them out at room temperature over night or so. Also when you boil them add a splash, like maybe a tablespoon of some kind of vinegar. I use rice vinegar, but I’m always making boiled eggs for things like ramen so I have rice vinegar on hand.
The easiest way to get perfect boiled eggs is to start with a cold pot of water, put it on medium heat, then when it comes to a boil turn it off and put a lid on the pot and let it rest for 15 minutes. After that put the eggs in a cold water bath to shock them.
To easily peel them you gently crack the shell all around then pull the bottom off just enough that you can get a spoon in. Then twist the egg around the spoon. The spoon should glide just under the shell and easily take the whole thing off.
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