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Default Question freezing hardboiled eggs


PeterLucas wrote:
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> bob > wrote in
> :
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> > My wife has made a kedgeree - which has hard boiled eggs in it - and
> > wants to know if the extra can be frozen with the hard boiled eggs
> > left in. IOW - what happens to pieces of HBE's once they're frozen?
> >
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> > --

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> Not recommended to freeze them.
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> http://www.ochef.com/1160.htm
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> Q. Can you freeze freshly cooked hard-boiled eggs?
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> A. You won't like the result. The water in the egg white moves about and
> crystallizes when it freezes, altering the structure, so that when the
> egg is thawed, the white is both watery and rubbery.


Freeze them with liquid nitrogen to minimize ice crystal growth and size
and they might stand a chance. Same principle as the Dippin Dots ice
cream.