“Literally everyone knows this,” he said, shaking his head. “How do you not know this?”For context: my friend is a chef. A real one. The kind who can peel an egg in seconds and leave it looking like it came out of a magazine. Meanwhile, I was standing there holding something that looked like it had lost a fight with a cheese grater.
That’s when he showed me the trick—and I swear, I’ve been laughing at myself ever since.
Why Hard-Boiled Eggs Are So Annoying to Peel
If you’ve ever struggled with hard-boiled eggs, you know the pain. The shell sticks. The membrane clings. Big chunks of egg white come off with the shell, leaving craters behind.
