I have always had trouble peeling boiled eggs. No matter what method I tried I could not do it. Every egg I peeled looked .. well .. pitted, mauled, savaged. I never had this problem when I was young but in my impatient adult years I developed some kind of egg peeling condition. But I found a solution. Steam those eggs. It is a completely different process for the egg and makes peeling a breeze.
I am gathering over 18 eggs a day now. So we had enough eggs to make devilled eggs for the teenagers who are gathering here before the winter ball.
This works with old eggs or with the eggs you gathered from your naughty chickens just this afternoon. Misky are you there honey? This one is for you.
Bring your eggs to room temperature.
I have no idea what it is called but this is my favourite flippy-outy foldy steamer thingy. My steamer. So I place the eggs in there and fill the pot with water to just below the eggs. 
Use a pot with a tight fitting lid, I also place a folded tea towel on top to keep as much steam in as possible. This is a fire hazard so I hope you have a better lid that I do. Once the water comes to the boil, turn the heat down then lightly steam the eggs for 10, 15 or twenty minutes. Depending on how well you want your eggs done.
When you have judged the time to be right, immediately plunge the eggs into icy water until cool enough to handle. 
Peel. I roll mine gently on the board and the peel kind of falls off when I run them under water. The eggs I used here were a day old. 
After you try this you will never boil an egg again. I promise.
Ok, that was lunch. Did you see the runner on the table, that is a piece of the corrugated iron that will go on the roof of the Coupe, except it will be dark gray. It will also wrap around part of the front of the main building helping to marry the two structures together visually. That should shock the neighbours.
And now for dinner. Spaghetti using home made pasta and meat sauce from the Bartolini Kitchens.
But first I have to scrape and clean another supers worth of honey. 
Even though we are raking in the honey, this is so depressing. I am putting it all on the wood stove to heat up slightly so it will pour. I take off the wax and bottle the strained honey marking it ‘not for sale’.. Some is mixed into the animals feeds. The rest is marked for cooking only.
The silver lining to this is that I will have enough wax to make quite a few candles this year. So I had better get onto that! 
Charlotte and I had a talk about the birds and the bees and she told me not to worry, she is a big pig, she will be fine. And I am to remember; nothing will happen unless she wants it to happen, she chooses to stand still for her temporary husband don’t forget. So I am to stop being such a fragile flower. And anyway it is not as though she is going to have to live over there or anything, I am coming back to get her.
Good morning. It is raining. Time for me to get myself dressed and out there to start the work for the day.
Have a lovely day.
celil
The Kitchen's Garden 
107 responses to “How to steam eggs – no need to boil at all.”
Divine looking eggs and honey, yum. Good Girl Charlotte. Morning Miss C. Laura
Morning Laura!! c
great idea I will try next time
let me know how it goes.. morning chris! c
lol I just did two and found it no different and less mess just boiling them.
you obviously have the peeling gene that i missed out on!! c
lol I think it is just old age can’y yeach an old dog new tricks lol
I’m definitely going to have to try steaming eggs, thanks for the tip.
You are very welcome and I will pop over and visit today, this is my visiting day!! c
Sounds good. I have some new posts in both my blogs this week.
nice tip Celi about the eggs ill try it old school 🙂
SAINTS
Morning Saints how are things in your corner of the world?.. c
I’m wiping tears of laughter at the idea of Charlotte being so sweetly reassuring her pimp.
I’ve been steaming eggs for years – though we still call them boiled eggs.
She really is a big girl, i am sure she will manage… c
Why is the honey for cooking only.?? surely when heated and the wax separated it is good enough to eat.???
I am sure it is, but it has been out in the weather for a few months, i am just being overly careful, I am not heating very hot, just enough to raise the wax. And we cook a lot with honey, cakes, roast, veges, so it will be well used.. c
i will have to try this with the eggs! thanks for the tip!
I’m definitely trying out the egg steaming system. Such a good idea. I also have to confess that I am a total fan of corrugated iron, much to my family and friends disgust. I had plans for an eco house that featured a lot of corrugated iron ( love the sound of rain on it), In fact they are no making some brilliant materials that look exactly like corrugated iron, but do not rust, etc. I’m sure you know all this so I’ll stop…….
I once lived in a very old, hundred year old house in NZ, clad entirely in corrugated iron and it had such charm, this was years before they called it Architectural Iron!! I love it too and i agree about the sound of the rain, there is no more comforting sound, especially when, like me, you grew up in a house that had a corrugated iron roof. Thank you for the support, everyone here thinks i am quite bonkers but are going along just because they know I am not going to give up! c
My mind is astir with thought of corrugated iron, steamed eggs and sex among the porcine set. This is a fine way to recover from the east coast blizzard!
Have you had a terrible amount of snow? Some people are having such a hard time of it.. c
We’ve been hit, but are being sensible and staying inside this weekend. Don’t want to become oneof those “fender bender” casualties.
It must be crazy out there.. c
i just made them and am eating them and they are great!
Yes, I’m here, c! I can’t wait to try this tomorrow. I have high hopes for easy-peel eggs. Can’t thank you enough! And happy Sunday to the farmy! xx
I am desperately hoping that this works out for you! i am going to feel so bad if your eggs don’t behave tomorrow! c
i learned if you drain boiling water off boiled eggs then
give the pan a few shakes to crackle the shells a little before putting them in cold water
some of the cold water gets under shells to peel better,because the hot egg shrinks and will sorta pull the cold water under shells
am sure will work with steamed too
My Nana Lil says to just poach the eggs in the firsr place and you’ll never have to peel them…..works for me!
Awesome, I love poached eggs too, with just a little apple cider vinegar in the water! c
Dear Miss C, thank you very much for this method. I developed this condition with boiled eggs a while back 😉 I have a very similar steaming basket from ikea, so I’ll be giving this way a try very soon.
Thanks again! Have a lovely day 🙂
You too darling girl.. always lovely to see you giovanna.c
I’m definitely going to try steaming eggs. Now i just have to find my steamer thingy. 😉 Your homemade pasta with meat sauce sounds delicious too. Good luck to Charlotte this week!
I have seen your steamer on one of your posts, didn’t you do little chinese dumplings or something? c
That’s right! You are genius C! I think I moved it to a different cabinet in our clean and purge last month. 🙂
ah the clean and purge, hope it was only cleaned and not purged! c