{"id":7586,"date":"2017-11-18T09:22:55","date_gmt":"2017-11-18T17:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/?p=7586"},"modified":"2021-04-01T01:02:06","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T08:02:06","slug":"hard-boiled-eggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/18\/hard-boiled-eggs\/","title":{"rendered":"Hard Boiled Eggs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(UPDATE 4-1-21: follow this recipe instead! It works way better: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/2021\/03\/30\/hard-boiled-eggs-in-a-pressure-cooker-win-2\/\">Hard Boiled Eggs in a Pressure Cooker \u2014 WIN!<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Finally, hard boiled eggs that are easy to peel every time!<\/p>\n<p>It drives me crazy that hard boiled eggs are <strong><em>sometimes<\/em><\/strong> \u00a0easy to peel and sometimes it&#8217;s a horrible mess. I&#8217;ve tried several methods with spotty success but I think Jenny Chang at BuzzFeed figured it out using the scientific method in her article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/mathewjedeikin\/vinegar-makes-eggs-easier-to-peel?utm_term=.ikXPKQD4Y#.voVxOeapd\">I Tested Out Popular Tricks To Make Hard-Boiled Eggs Easier To Peel<\/a>! I&#8217;ve used this method 3 times with excellent success. Read her article! Short form:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Don&#8217;t worry about how old your eggs are<\/li>\n<li>Add 1 tbsp of vinegar to about 4 cups of water<\/li>\n<li>add eggs to boiling water and cook for 14 minutes<\/li>\n<li>chill immediately (I refill the pot with cold water twice)<\/li>\n<li>peel as soon as cool<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(UPDATE 4-1-21: follow this recipe instead! It works way better: Hard Boiled Eggs in a Pressure Cooker \u2014 WIN!) Finally, hard boiled eggs that are easy to peel every time! It drives me crazy that hard boiled eggs are sometimes \u00a0easy to peel and sometimes it&#8217;s a horrible mess. I&#8217;ve tried several methods with spotty [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-unabashed-foodie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7586\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}