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Both times I boiled four eggs at a time, two in a pot with a quart of plain water and two in a pot with a quart of water plus a half teaspoon of baking soda. I started the eggs in cold water, brought them to a rolling boil, took them off the heat and let them sit, covered, for 10 minutes. Adding more than a half teaspoon of baking soda to the water might give you better results, but I wonder if the sulfur smell might be more noticeable. (I actually didn't detect much of a difference in the smelliness of the baking soda eggs.). I hadn’t heard this until someone mentioned it on Pinterest, but once I read about it, I decided to give it a try. I took two eggs from the same carton, marked one with an “X,” and put them in two separate pans of cold water. In the pan that held the egg with an X” on it, I put one teaspoon of baking soda. I placed the pans on the stove, turned the flame up to high, and set the timer for 10 minutes. When the timer went off, I let the eggs sit for three more minutes in the water, and then I removed them and allowed them to cool. When I went to peel them, the one that had been in the water with the baking soda peeled with no problem. The other one was difficult to peel smoothly, and it was missing several chunks before I was done. In the photo above, you can see the results: the one on the left, which was boiled in the baking soda water, will make for a better-looking deviled egg, and none of the egg has been wasted because it stuck to the shell. At the pH typical after several days of refrigeration, around 9.2, the shell peels easily. If you end up with a carton of very fresh eggs and need to cook them right away, you can add a half teaspoon of baking soda to a quart of water to make the cooking water alkaline (though this intensifies the sulfury flavor). Adding more than a half teaspoon of baking soda to the water might give you better results, but I wonder if the sulfur smell might be more noticeable. (I actually didn't detect much of a difference in the smelliness of the baking soda eggs.). 1 Place the eggs in a metal colander and rest the colander on top of a pan. 2  Boil an inch or so of water in the pan for about 10 minutes, turning the eggs frequently. 3  After, boil the eggs as normal. 4  Some people also like to add a teaspoon of baking soda to the water when boiling eggs that are very fresh. 1 Boil an inch or so of water in the pan for about 10 minutes, turning the eggs frequently. 2  After, boil the eggs as normal. 3  Some people also like to add a teaspoon of baking soda to the water when boiling eggs that are very fresh. 4  This can add a sulfuric taste to the eggs, however. Directions Step-By-Step. Put eggs in pot with enough water to cover eggs completely. Add baking soda to water. Cover and turn burner to high. 1. Bring water to a rolling boil; remove pan from burner leave covered for 15 minutes. 2. Drain water from pan, and refill with cold water. Pour off and refill with cold water until eggs are cooled. A hard-boiled egg hardly boils at all. Turn the burner under the pot with the eggs to a medium-high heat. As soon as the water reaches a rolling boil, cover the pot and remove it from the heat source. Leave the eggs to cook in the hot water for 12 to 15 minutes, depending on the size of the egg, for hard-boiled. Transfer the boiled eggs to a cold water bath or bowl of ice to immediately stop the cooking. The shock of the cold helps the egg to peel easier. Did you know that adding 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda to the water makes hard boiled eggs easier to peel? I tried it and it works. Here’s how I make mine: Cover cold eggs with cold water in a saucepan without crowding the eggs too much. Add 1/2 teaspoon baking soda.  Step 1: Place eggs in a saucepan of cold water on the stove. The water should just cover the eggs. Step 2: Turn the heat to high and bring the water to a boil. Step 3: When the water boils, immediately cover the pan and turn off the heat (leaving the pan where it is). Let the pan sit for 5 minutes. Step 4: Transfer the eggs to a separate bowl to cool for 2 minutes. Place your eggs in the pot, add a teaspoon of baking soda, and turn the heat to medium-high. Now here's the fun part: you get to watch water (almost) boil. While you're waiting, prep an ice bath that's deep enough to cover the eggs. A cracked egg is a sad hard-boiled egg: usually the egg white leaks out and makes the whole shebang harder to peel properly once it's done. You can warm eggs in two ways: take the eggs out of your fridge and let them sit until they're at room temperature, or put them in hot tap water for up to five minutes. Fine Cooking says this is because the albumen, or the egg white, will stick to the shell of a fresher egg, but as the egg ages, it doesn’t stick as much to the shell. When the water with baking soda passes through the eggshell, it helps the albumen to separate from the shell. The other one was difficult to peel smoothly, and it was missing several chunks before I was done. In the photo above, you can see the results: the one on the left, which was boiled in the baking soda water, will make for a better-looking deviled egg, and none of the egg has been wasted because it stuck
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