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It was so satisfying. No egg shell crumbs to clean up. Feels like I’m playing breakfast in very easy mode.
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I got the cheapest egg boiler and it came with a tiny cup you use for measuring the water. The bottom of it has a short dull needle you can use to poke a hole at the round end of the egg before boiling. Yes, I read the instructions.
Next, you place the eggs into the machine with the hole pointing down. This way, steam can probably enter the hole, which does something. Don't know what, but the end result is that the shell comes off rather easily.
I searched it quick to see if the poking is another tip to make it peel easier, but I came across this old Lifehacker article testing non-poked, poked on the pointy end, and poked on the (supposed proper) blunt end.
The hole in the fat end lets the air bubble escape. This seems to prevent cracking, as the expanding hot air has a place to escape, and also, I think more importantly for some tasks, lets the fat end of the cooking egg expand. This should leave you with 2 nice round ends of the egg, making a more aesthetic presentation. (I'm curious to see if you can confirm this!)
The pointy side poke led to cracks and peeling mess in the article, and the non-poked eggs were now unattractive compared to the properly pricked ones now that the author could look at both side by side.
Poked and peeled. Yes, "poked eggs" is a thing now.
Sadly, the yolk came out greenish. Less water next time. These eggs were also a bit old, which has resulted in evaporation, making the bubble larger. Anyway, the bubble didn’t end up being massive. Could be because there was space to expand.
Very elegantly peeled, but the blunt egg looks much like my non-poked ones, at least from this angle. Very interesting.... 🤔
Yeah, that bubble never fully disappears. I should probably buy some very fresh eggs that have only a tiny bubble to begin with. I have a feeling there's always going to be some air in there. Even if the white stuff expands, it's not going to expand enough to fill that cavity entirely.