Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
> �bob > wrote:
> > 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?
>
> They get hard. �:-) � And the whites toughen. � �I wouldn't. �
> From the American Egg Board: Hard-cooked eggs
> You can freeze hard-cooked egg yolks to use later for toppings or
> garnishes. Carefully place the yolks in a single layer in a saucepan and
> add enough water to come at least 1 inch above the yolks. Cover and
> quickly bring just to boiling. Remove the pan from the heat and let the
> yolks stand, covered, in the hot water about 15 minutes. Remove the
> yolks with a slotted spoon, drain them well and package them for
> freezing.
>
> It's best not to freeze hard-cooked whole eggs and hard-cooked whites
> because they become tough and watery when frozen.
>
> http://www.incredibleegg.org/f_freezing_eggs.html

But, but, that's about freezing unadulterated hard cooked eggs... that
doesn't adress the OP's question; freezing hard cooked eggs _in a
dish_;

---> http://www.incredibleegg.org/egg_facts_handling18.html