Eggs

chulipa
chulipa Posts: 650 Member
edited November 26 in Health and Weight Loss
Has anyone tried those little cups they show on tv and sell at walmart where you break the egg into a little cup and stick the cup in boiling water to make hard boiled eggs but no shell

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  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,744 Member
    Nope but I did buy a Nordicware microwave hard boiled egg thingy that works really well. I used to love peeling eggs as a kid so that part is no big deal. :)
  • chulipa
    chulipa Posts: 650 Member
    I hate to peel eggs so thats why im curious
  • nowine4me
    nowine4me Posts: 3,985 Member
    Major recall on eggs due to salmonella - check your package!!
  • chulipa
    chulipa Posts: 650 Member
    I have
  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
    I am embarrassed to say my wife bought a set of those. I figure they will end up in the cabinet of misfit kitchen gadgets pretty soon.

    They take about 50 percent longer to cook. If you forget to spray them with oil like she did last time the in-house dish washer will not be happy (that's me). I put the suckers in the regular dishwasher... we will see how clean they get. She got them very recently so she has only used them twice so far.
  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
    Yeah I tried to scrape the egg out with my fingernail and gave up pretty fast. That one was partially on me though. She was going to boil some eggs normally and I teased her about already giving up on that silly purchase.
  • MelanieCN77
    MelanieCN77 Posts: 4,047 Member
    If the egg is sorta ready to peel, putting it in a jar with a half inch of water and shaking it like your life depends on it has worked for me, if you're in the market for non-manual peeling tips.

    There are little silicone hammocks you can get which are supposed to be for poaching but the eggs are are basically hard boiled in the end, just not round any more.
  • ccsernica
    ccsernica Posts: 1,040 Member
    Most mornings for breakfast I have an egg, bacon, and cheese sandwich from my usual coffeehouse. They call it a "fried egg" but it's really a baked egg that they can make in their little convection oven. They break an egg into each cup of a nonstick muffin tin and just put it in the oven. Seems to me it would work just as well.
  • mywayroche
    mywayroche Posts: 218 Member
    Poaching eggs in a pan of water is easier than people make out. If you love eggs then perhaps you could practise
  • ceiswyn
    ceiswyn Posts: 2,256 Member
    I was gonna say, that sounds like a lot of effort to go to to get an extra-hard poached egg in a specific shape...

    I’d just use a silicone egg poacher and leave the egg in ‘too long’.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    chulipa wrote: »
    I hate to peel eggs so thats why im curious

    The only time the Joy of Cooking has failed me is by suggesting using the cold water start for making hard boiled eggs. If you put them in water already boiling, then in ice water when they are done, they peel effortlessly.

    https://www.seriouseats.com/2014/05/the-secrets-to-peeling-hard-boiled-eggs.html
  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    chulipa wrote: »
    I hate to peel eggs so thats why im curious

    The only time the Joy of Cooking has failed me is by suggesting using the cold water start for making hard boiled eggs. If you put them in water already boiling, then in ice water when they are done, they peel effortlessly.

    https://www.seriouseats.com/2014/05/the-secrets-to-peeling-hard-boiled-eggs.html

    It depends on the eggs. The cold water thing is an improvement but it is not 100 percent. The best way I have found is super annoying but it is more of a sous vide. It just takes soooooo long.
  • Lyrica7
    Lyrica7 Posts: 88 Member
    Hard boiled eggs peel pretty easily cooked in the Instant Pot - my favorite way to make them now.
  • kami3006
    kami3006 Posts: 4,979 Member
    nowine4me wrote: »
    Major recall on eggs due to salmonella - check your package!!

    I just saw the article and do have a recalled package in my fridge. I ate one yesterday...bleh. Going to return them tomorrow.
  • chulipa
    chulipa Posts: 650 Member
    Guess I glad I asked they seemed to good to be true I will cook them the old fashion way or one of the other methods mentioned but thanks everyone for answering me
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