How to Peel Boiled Egg Easily
Adding baking soda to the cooking water is quite helpful when peeling a boiled egg
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When cooking eggs, many people complain about the difficulty of removing the shell and much of the white goes along in the attempt. Some eggs seem to be more “challenging” than others, and the result of “tough” hard-boiled eggs is never very good. But why?
This has to do with how fresh the egg is: the fresher the egg, the harder it is to peel off the shell when cooked. That's because, as time goes by, chemical and physical changes occur in the eggs, many of them to help the chick break the shell once it's formed. In other words, the older the egg is, the more likely it is to break. There is the explanation.
Whether fresh or old, we have a surefire tip on how to peel a hard-boiled egg so that it comes out whole. According to the Mother Nature Network website, the tip is to add baking soda to the cooking water. One of the changes that happens to an egg over time is that it becomes alkaline (more basic).
The effect of this is to make the albumin, which is the protein found in the egg white, to become more compact in this part of the egg and less attached to the shell. So, you can let the egg age naturally or you can add some baking soda to speed up the process.
Use a teaspoon in a medium container of water. The bicarbonate water passes through the shell and makes the egg more easily detach from the shell.
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