This might be common knowledge, but it seemed like a wondrous secret had been revealed to me when I tried this! The last time I made deviled eggs, I looked online for some different recipes. That's how I came upon DeviledEggs.com. What do ya know?! A whole website dedicated to deviled eggs!Anyways, this website had a tip about deshelling the eggs. After you cool eggs and crack the eggshells all over, place the egg back into a bowl of cold water, completely submerging it. If you leave it for a couple of minutes, this helps the shell to separate from the egg. I tried it and IT WORKED! I boiled a dozen eggs and I had twelve perfectly deshelled eggs in the end. I didn't even lose one. Usually I have one or two that become horribly defaced by my trying to pick the shell off one millimeter at a time.
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I LOVE Deviled eggs! I make them whenever we have company coming over to entertain. I've never heard of this trick! I love it :)
Posted on August 27, 2008 at 12:29 AM
Great trick! Thanks!
Posted on August 27, 2008 at 1:20 AM
Elaine, Luxor's Mom here: I'll try that! I *so love deviled eggs, too!
Posted on August 27, 2008 at 1:52 AM
I am definitely going to try that! I ususally end up picking the shell off one millimeter at a time, like you said. That made me laugh!
~Susan
Posted on August 27, 2008 at 11:19 AM
LOL
Good tip! Good thing I dont eat deviled eggs or I would have been messing them up all this time@
Posted on August 27, 2008 at 2:52 PM
Thanks for the great tip. Hubby likes deviled eggs, but I've never made them for him. He has to wait for potlucks. BUT, I do make lots of boiled eggs for his tuna fish sandwiches, as a salad topper, and for the kids and me to snack on, so this is very useful for me, even though I am a bad wife for not making those stinky deviled eggs.
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~ Kayren
Posted on August 27, 2008 at 3:48 PM
Mmmm, I love hardboiled eggs of all kinds but I'm ALWAYS messing them up while peeling.
Thanks for the tip!
Posted on August 27, 2008 at 4:28 PM
Great tip!
Now I will have beautifully shelled eggs.
Posted on August 27, 2008 at 5:18 PM
Karen,
I had never heard this tip!
I make deviled eggs often for our family gatherings!
I'll be sure to try this next time!
Thanks,
Junie
Posted on August 27, 2008 at 5:24 PM
Awesome! I can't wait to do this!
Posted on August 27, 2008 at 11:13 PM
great tip!
Posted on August 28, 2008 at 12:24 AM
OMG - I love this tip! I can't stand how much I tear up the egg when I'm trying to peel it - thanks for sharing! :)
Posted on August 28, 2008 at 12:38 AM
Thank you for this wonderful tip! I will surely be taking advantage of it the next time I make deviled eggs!!
Posted on August 28, 2008 at 8:55 AM
Very good advice, but I like this one! LOL! Check out the video link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN2gYHJNT3Y
Posted on August 28, 2008 at 9:39 AM
I was just getting ready to make some for Labor Day weekend, but dreading the "shelling." Thanks for this great timely tip!
Posted on August 28, 2008 at 3:45 PM
Wow, I'm excited to try this. I'm making deviled eggs today.
Posted on September 1, 2008 at 1:06 PM
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