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Default Hard boiled eggs

On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:02:59 -0400, "Felice" >
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>Perfect. But then I give them 5 minutes in iced water to make them easier to
>peel.


MAY make them easier to peel...but just like blanching green beans,
the ice bath is JUST to stop cooking and that prevents the green
tinge.

After draining HOT eggs, put back in pan and bounce around to crack
shells. Then into the ice stop bath.