Dr. Mercola July 24 2008 2,554,239 views
Hard-boiled eggs can be annoying and time consuming to peel. In this video, master of time management Tim Ferris (author of the great book, The Four Hour Work Week), demonstrates how easy it is to get the egg without having to peel it!
Instructions:
Doesn’t get much easier than that! Just be ready to catch it when it comes out…
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I won't be putting something that came out of that end of a chicken to my mouth, boiled or not!! ;)
Being a long time veggie, I don't 'do' eggs anyway. Plus, I have a bird phobia :(
nanciesweb, you bet and if you know anything about all the hormones they feed the chickens these days, it would scare you. I am sure that what they are fed plays a role in that also. I have always put my eggs in cold water to set for a few mins. I have never had a problem but with my next boiled egg I intend to try this one.
As for as germs go.......well we are invaded with them everywhere we go. I know that was not you that made that comment but I thought I would mention that doors, cabinet drawers, shopping carts, and everything we touch around us is full of germs......we just have to hope that we get the good ones and not the bad ones. We all need some good germs. Thing about how many people handle our produce......we can be careful or try, but we can't stay in fear or we become a Howard Hughes. Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm having his money might not be bad! Have a great day!
I think raw eggs are much better (great in a milk shake!). And if hard-cooking them anyway, eight minutes is usually enough, so the 4 minutes of time you save you can use to peel them the old-school way.
But it's a nice trick though, and actually I'm going to try it once just for fun!
I never have a problem peeling eggs. I just boil them, then crack them under the cooling water so that water gets under the shell. Once the water gets between the shell and the egg, the shell comes right off -- without spitting at the egg. That may be ok if you eat the egg yourself, but what about others? I may re-think eating someone else's egg salad or devilled eggs! And I'm not being a germaphobe. I do prefer to choose who I kiss!