After seeing the post about summer sandwiches, I'd really in the mood for egg salad sandwiches.

My hard boiled eggs never turn out right and I see so many methods on the internet.

So, my dummy question today is how do you hard boil eggs so they don't have that green edge and peel nicely???

PS. I buy the extra-large eggs.

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Green means you boiled them to long. I boil my for about 10 to 12 minutes and I use old eggs. I buy them and put them in the back of the ref for a week then boil them.

I out them in cold water to cover by about an inch,dash of salt....bring to a good hard boil,remove from heat,cover and let sit about 20 min.

Ans she was right.....the green is fine,just means ya boiled em too long.

run under cold water a few minutes and peel(they are harder to peel if you refrig before peeling)

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I use this method....Cover cold eggs in cold water by an inch or so and bring them to a boil. Turn the heat off and set a timer for 12 minutes. Then I rinse the eggs in cold water and sometimes put ice in the water to cool them off quicker. I also agree with angelhair that older eggs will peel much easier than newer eggs. This method makes beautiful hard boiled eggs without the green or gray line around the yolk.

I put mine in cold water, cover, bring to a rolling boil and then take off the heat and leave covered for 16 minutes. Always turns out perfect with no green or grey!

There are a lot of different methods...this is how I do mine:

I put the eggs in a saucepan and cover them with water from the tap. Put the pan on the stove and heat to "High" to bring them to a boil. I lower the heat to med or so - so that it's simmering and set the timer for 10 minutes. When the timer goes off, I drain off the hot water and fill the pan with cold water from my fridge and few ice cubes too. I let the eggs sit in the cold water for a few minutes and then I peel them. I don't have a problem peeling them (although really fresh eggs are harder to peel than older ones) or with green yolks.

Good luck!

This is what I do.

Thanks so much ladies.

I'm off to make some!!

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SAHM to 4 rugrats

They also make hard boiling appliances. I have one that was small and cheap (like 6-7 bucks) and you just put the eggs in, press a button and walk away. It times them and shuts off when their done. Works great, and with the amount of eggs we hardboil a week (almost a dozen), it's worth the small investment.

This is a true story and you will crack up.

My girlfriend and I were chatting on the phone and she said 'oh crap' then would keep talking a few moments later 'oh crap'... so I asked her what are you doing?

She was boiling eggs for her dd's to color for easter... she boiled the water, put the egg on a wooden spoon and lowered into the pan of water.. Upon touching the water the egg would crack.. there for 'oh crap'...


I laughed and laughed... She tried 10 eggs this way... So I told her the Betty Crocker way, cold water, bring to hard boil, remove from heat let sit 12 minutes... drain and refill pan with cool water....

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