"James Silverton" > wrote in message
...
> On 10/21/2011 10:24 PM, Pico Rico wrote:
>> > wrote in message ...
>>> James > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have a feeling that this topic may have been discussed before but,
>>>> what the heck! How long do people reckon that a hard boiled egg can be
>>>> kept satisfactorily in the fridge? Can you freeze and unfreeze a hard
>>>> boiled egg? I'll be interested to hear any suggestions.
>>>
>>>
>>> James,
>>>
>>> Unless you're cooking for a crowd, cooking up a few HB eggs a day
>>> reduces
>>> your guesswork and possible waste to zero.
>>>
>>> HB some at breakfast and once cooled to room temp, chill in a small pot
>>> of water in the fridge for lunch or dinner egg salad, etc. HB them
>>> before
>>> bed and chill them in the pot of water for breakfast or daytime snacks.
>>>
>>> Are 3-minute SB eggs passé?
>>
>>
>> I went to a sous vide demo. Good way to do a huge batch of SB eggs and
>> have
>> them all come out perfect.
>>
>>
> I am going by the current medical recommendations and limiting myself to
> one or two eggs a week but I can't buy eggs in quantities less than six.
> (I'm not going to engage in a discussion as to whether the advice is
> correct.) I thought hard-boiled eggs might keep better than uncooked ones.
> Precooked hard-boiled eggs cost about three times the price of uncooked.


I think uncooked eggs keep better than cooked. Cooking removes a protective
layer on the outside of the shell.