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 Silverton, Potomac

I'm *not*

On Oct 21, 2:23*pm, James Silverton >
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 Silverton, Potomac
>
> I'm *not*

According to the American Egg Board...4-5 days. I've had them a week
and they were still fine.
http://www.incredibleegg.org/egg-fac...ndling-tips#16

James Silverton 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?

You can keep hard cooked eggs in the fridge like three days, don't
freeze. If you want to keep hard cooked eggs for a long time pickle
them, they'll keep for months. Pickled eggs are wonderful, just sleep
alone.

at least a week in the shell probably two, never froze them, peeled three or
four days or until you open the container and they are slimey or smell, its
very easy to tell when they are no longer edible, Lee
"James Silverton" > wrote in message
...
>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 Silverton, Potomac
>
> I'm *not*

On Oct 21, 2:33*pm, "Storrmmee" > wrote:
> at least a week in the shell probably two, never froze them, peeled three or
> four days or until you open the container and they are slimey or smell, its
> very easy to tell when they are no longer edible, Lee"James Silverton" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
>
> http://www.incredibleegg.org/egg-fac...ndling-tips#16
>
>
>
>
> >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 Silverton, Potomac
>
> > I'm *not*

On Oct 21, 5:23*pm, James Silverton >
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.

In the fridge, they keep for me for at least 2 weeks. I used to take
HB eggs on camping trips without refrigeration. 4 days is the longest
I ever went, but they were fine. Even raw in the shell they last that
long.

I never froze eggs, so I can't say about that.

Jerry
--
Be happy. Don't worry. Eat!

On 10/21/2011 5:33 PM, Storrmmee wrote:
> at least a week in the shell probably two, never froze them, peeled three or
> four days or until you open the container and they are slimey or smell, its
> very easy to tell when they are no longer edible, Lee
> "James > wrote in message
> ...
>> 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.

I haven't any problems in rejecting them but I did wonder how long you
could keep them and you have answered this. The Giant supermarket used
to sell hard-boiled eggs in shells with a resin treatment that kept for
a week or two but now they only seem to have plastic-wrapped shelled eggs.

--


James Silverton, Potomac

I'm *not*

On Oct 21, 5:39*pm, James Silverton >
wrote:
> On 10/21/2011 5:33 PM, Storrmmee wrote:
>
> > at least a week in the shell probably two, never froze them, peeled three or
> > four days or until you open the container and they are slimey or smell, its
> > very easy to tell when they are no longer edible, Lee
> > "James > *wrote in message
> ...
> >> 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.
>
> I haven't any problems in rejecting them but I did wonder how long you
> could keep them and you have answered this. *The Giant supermarket used
> to sell hard-boiled eggs in shells with a resin treatment that kept for
> a week or two but now they only seem to have plastic-wrapped shelled eggs..

The shells are porous (embryos need oxygen). One of my camping buddies
used to dip his HB eggs in melted paraffin; he said they kept better.
He might have been right, but I didn't bother.

Jerry
--
Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get.

my mom always kept the easter eggs in the frig or on the table depending on
how many they were and they were our snacks along with fruit after easter,
now i had three siblings and a father who all loved them, and the kids from
next door loved them as their mom only made a few then made egg salad with
them, at our house if it was on the table it was fair game as long as your
hands were clean, kids loved our house, Lee
"James Silverton" > wrote in message
...
> On 10/21/2011 5:33 PM, Storrmmee wrote:
>> at least a week in the shell probably two, never froze them, peeled three
>> or
>> four days or until you open the container and they are slimey or smell,
>> its
>> very easy to tell when they are no longer edible, Lee
>> "James > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> 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.
>
> I haven't any problems in rejecting them but I did wonder how long you
> could keep them and you have answered this. The Giant supermarket used to
> sell hard-boiled eggs in shells with a resin treatment that kept for a
> week or two but now they only seem to have plastic-wrapped shelled eggs.
>
> --
>
>
> James Silverton, Potomac
>
> I'm *not*

"Andy" > wrote in message ...
> James Silverton > 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.

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.

--


James Silverton, Potomac

I'm *not*

"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.

On Oct 21, 4:37*pm, Jerry Avins > wrote:
> On Oct 21, 5:23*pm, James Silverton >
> 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.
>
> In the fridge, they keep for me for at least 2 weeks. I used to take
> HB eggs on camping trips without refrigeration. 4 days is the longest
> I ever went, but they were fine.

I concur. For a three day camping trip (leave Fri. afternoon, return
Mon. afternoon) I'd boil eggs on Thurs. eve. If there were any left,
we'd too them out of the car into the woods, not right near our
campsite. We only threw them out once. There weren't any left any
other times. When I boil up dozens for the Occupy folks, I take out
and that crack for us to eat at home, then I put them still hot back
into the cartons. I'm sure they poish them off in a day or two. No
refrigeration needed.
>
> Jerry
> --
--Bryan

On Oct 22, 7:51*am, "Pico Rico" > wrote:
> "James Silverton" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > On 10/21/2011 10:24 PM, Pico Rico wrote:
> >> > *wrote in ...
> >>> 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.

That is correct, at least in the fridge. Raw eggs keep many weeks in
the fridge.

--Bryan

On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 08:27:44 -0400, James Silverton
> wrote:

>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.

Why would you want to hard cook eggs in advance, after 24 hours in the
fridge they begin stink and taste nasty.

Omelets freeze just fine, western... also quiche, fritata, kugel, egg
drop soup freezes well (chicken/tomato), even egg foo young freezes
fine.

On Oct 22, 8:34*am, Andy > wrote:
> Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> > Omelets freeze just fine,
>
> Sheldon,
>
> Why on God's green earth would you freeze an omelet???
>
> You need to seriously rethink your thinking!

Andy giving advice on thinking is like Stephen Hawking on giving
advice on track & field.
>
> Andy

--Bryan

On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 08:34:45 -0500, Andy > wrote:

>Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>
>> Omelets freeze just fine,
>
>
>Sheldon,
>
>Why on God's green earth would you freeze an omelet???
>
>You need to seriously rethink your thinking!

I wouldn't plan to... it's a suggestion for some nincompoop who wants
to purposefully hard cook eggs in advance... however I've often froze
left over egg dishes... you can buy frozen freedom toast at the
stupidmarket, I have, frozen pancakes and waffles too, in advance of
the grands visiting. Rugrats actually prefer the frozen ones and they
never know what they want in advance and typically the4y eat only part
of one. In the end they ate very little so after about a year in the
freezer it all became bird chow. But anyway, it takes no time to hard
cook even one egg, in fact there are electric egg cookers that will do
from one to at least a half dozen. If for some reason I needed just
one egg every week I'd buy me one of those gadgets, they are very
inexpensive and take very little storage space.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/As-Seen-on...Genie/14291314
Here's one for Andy:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Maverick-H...eamer/17127925

On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 07:06:26 -0700 (PDT), Bryan
> wrote:

> On Oct 22, 8:34*am, Andy > wrote:
> > Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> > > Omelets freeze just fine,
> >
> > Sheldon,
> >
> > Why on God's green earth would you freeze an omelet???
> >
> > You need to seriously rethink your thinking!
>
> Andy giving advice on thinking is like Stephen Hawking on giving
> advice on track & field.
> >
Are you saying you think freezing an omelet is a good idea?

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

SoFrigid > wrote:
>Bryan wrote:
>>Andy wrote:
>> > Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> > > Omelets freeze just fine,
>> >
>> > Sheldon,
>> >
>> > Why on God's green earth would you freeze an omelet???
>> >
>> > You need to seriously rethink your thinking!
>>
>> Andy giving advice on thinking is like Stephen Hawking on giving
>> advice on track & field.
>> >
>Are you saying you think freezing an omelet is a good idea?

From someone who's So Frigid.

On Oct 21, 4:23*pm, James Silverton >
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 Silverton, Potomac
>
> I'm *not*

I'm kind of sensitive to "old" food, so I keep hard-boiled eggs only 3
days, in or out of the shell, or mixed into something like a pasta
salad or a cooked white sauce. I've never heard of anyone freezing
them. Better to separate them and freeze them in separates - yolks
and whites. (I know yolks will freeze, but I've never frozen whites,
actually.) I guess I'm not much help, so forget I said anything.
LOL.

N.

On Oct 22, 7:27*am, James Silverton >
wrote:
> On 10/21/2011 10:24 PM, Pico Rico wrote:
>
>
>
> > > *wrote in ...
> >> 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.
>
> --
>
> James Silverton, Potomac
>
> I'm *not*

Raw eggs that you buy when they're fresh will keep 6 weeks - 2 months
or more in the fridge. Not so with cooked eggs.

N.

On 10/22/2011 4:17 PM, Nancy2 wrote:
> On Oct 22, 7:27 am, James >
> wrote:
>> On 10/21/2011 10:24 PM, Pico Rico wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> > wrote in ...
>>>> 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.
>>
>> --
>>
>> James Silverton, Potomac
>>
>> I'm *not*
>
> Raw eggs that you buy when they're fresh will keep 6 weeks - 2 months
> or more in the fridge. Not so with cooked eggs.
>
> N.
I did a little experiment, starting this morning.
Hard boiled an egg.
Shelled it and dried it carefully.
Froze it for 3 hours.
Just defrosted by nuking.
White was leathery tho yolk was not too bad.

However, I don't think I will be freezing hard boiled eggs.

--


James Silverton, Potomac

I'm *not*

my dh wouldn't keep them longer than a couple of days as he hasn't a sense
of smell and if the texture is ok he doesn't know if its off or not, i am
the offical sniffer at our house, Lee
"Nancy2" > wrote in message
...
On Oct 21, 4:23 pm, James Silverton >
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 Silverton, Potomac
>
> I'm *not*

I'm kind of sensitive to "old" food, so I keep hard-boiled eggs only 3
days, in or out of the shell, or mixed into something like a pasta
salad or a cooked white sauce. I've never heard of anyone freezing
them. Better to separate them and freeze them in separates - yolks
and whites. (I know yolks will freeze, but I've never frozen whites,
actually.) I guess I'm not much help, so forget I said anything.
LOL.

N.

On 10/21/2011 4:28 PM, Chemo the Clown wrote:
> According to the American Egg Board...4-5 days. I've had them a week
> and they were still fine.
> http://www.incredibleegg.org/egg-fac...ndling-tips#16

I have been steaming eggs, using about 1/2 inch of water in the bottom
of the pot. After the water is steaming, I cook them for 8-9 minutes.
They come out very well. Eggs are a delicious low-carb, high protein
snack.

Becca

On Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:50:05 -0700 (PDT) in rec.food.cooking, Jerry
Avins > wrote,
>The shells are porous (embryos need oxygen). One of my camping buddies
>used to dip his HB eggs in melted paraffin; he said they kept better.
>He might have been right, but I didn't bother.

People used to dip fresh eggs in Sodium Silicate solution (AKA water
glass) to seal the shells and keep them longer.

James Silverton 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.

A long time, if they are not cracked.

--
Jean B.

"Jean B." wrote:
>James Silverton 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.
>
>A long time, if they are not cracked.

Doesn't matter, once cooked they're the same as cracked... they only
keep a few days, less than a week. I wouldn't hard cook more eggs
than I can consume in less than two days... even though still safe
longer than two days they begin to schtink and really don't taste
good.

Jean B. wrote:
> James Silverton 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.
>
>
> A long time, if they are not cracked.
>


Also they can be peeled and pickled, goes well with a pickled sausage,
some good black bread and a bug mug of cold beer
--
JL

On Oct 22, 4:15*pm, Nancy2 > wrote:
> On Oct 21, 4:23*pm, James Silverton >
> 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 Silverton, Potomac
>
> > I'm *not*
>
> I'm kind of sensitive to "old" food, so I keep hard-boiled eggs only 3
> days, in or out of the shell, or mixed into something like a pasta
> salad or a cooked white sauce. *I've never heard of anyone freezing
> them. *Better to separate them and freeze them in separates - yolks
> and whites. *(I know yolks will freeze, but I've never frozen whites,
> actually.) *I guess I'm not much help, so forget I said anything.
> LOL.
>
> N.

Brooklyn1 wrote:
> "Jean B." wrote:
>> James Silverton 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.
>> A long time, if they are not cracked.
>
> Doesn't matter, once cooked they're the same as cracked... they only
> keep a few days, less than a week. I wouldn't hard cook more eggs
> than I can consume in less than two days... even though still safe
> longer than two days they begin to schtink and really don't taste
> good.

I have kept them much longer than that, and they taste and smell
fine. I suppose I should also add that I have never felt anything
less than normal after eating them.

--
Jean B.

M. JL Esq. wrote:
> Jean B. wrote:
>> James Silverton 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.
>>
>>
>> A long time, if they are not cracked.
>>
>
>
> Also they can be peeled and pickled, goes well with a pickled sausage,
> some good black bread and a bug mug of cold beer
> --
> JL

Sure, but that's a whole other matter.

--
Jean B.

In article >, "Jean B." >
wrote:

> James Silverton 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.
>
> A long time, if they are not cracked.

Don't freeze it, John. The white suffers. Gets tough.
--
Barb,
http://web.me.com/barbschaller September 5, 2011

Jean B. wrote:

> M. JL Esq. wrote:
>
>> Jean B. wrote:
>>
>>> James Silverton 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A long time, if they are not cracked.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Also they can be peeled and pickled, goes well with a pickled sausage,
>> some good black bread and a bug mug of cold beer
>> --
>> JL
>
>
> Sure, but that's a whole other matter.
>

I read the issue, as well as any "whole other matter" to revolve on the
concept of "satisfactorily" ... the peeled & pickled eggs keep
indefinitely, "satisfactorily" is another matter. Strain and boil the
vinegar at least once a week adding fresh vinegar, mustard, herbs &
spices (including whole raw cloves of garlic added to the boiled
vinegar) as needed.

Also look to history, there are various historical examples of
preserving eggs, both hard cooked & raw iirc, the Chinese 1,000 year
old eggs being an example there of.

Steeping the boiled eggs in Tea and various herbs can have a
preservative effect on the boiled eggs (and present some interesting
design options, purely for the sake of presentation) thus extending
their shelf life that would only be enhanced by keeping them refrigerated.

I don't recall ever hearing of frozen whole eggs either cooked or raw.
Essentially an Egg is just one big undifferentiated cell and when one
freezes things made up of cells, there is some inevitable cellular
degradation, it is a problem cryogenics has not overcome, some cells
burst when frozen, destroying their cellular integrity..

In the case of a whole raw egg being frozen i think it might cause a
degradation in the cell wall between the yolk and the white of the egg.

A hard boiled one less so, i would think. Though i also think the raw
frozen might come out of the freezer & be defrosted to a homogenous
whole with no clear distinction between white and yolk and a frozen hard
boiled egg might lose enough cellular integrity to turn to a more mushy,
less solid, more liquid substance upon defrostation
--
JL

On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:42:44 -0700, "M. JL Esq." >
wrote:

> the peeled & pickled eggs keep
> indefinitely, "satisfactorily" is another matter. Strain and boil the
> vinegar at least once a week adding fresh vinegar, mustard, herbs &
> spices (including whole raw cloves of garlic added to the boiled
> vinegar) as needed.

One of these days I may even try eating a pickled egg. It has always
sounded revolting to me, but I'm softening up in my old age. What are
the proportions for those ingredients?

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

sf wrote:

> On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:42:44 -0700, "M. JL Esq." wrote:
>
>
>> the peeled & pickled eggs keep
>>indefinitely, "satisfactorily" is another matter. Strain and boil the
>>vinegar at least once a week adding fresh vinegar, mustard, herbs &
>>spices (including whole raw cloves of garlic added to the boiled
>>vinegar) as needed.
>
>
> One of these days I may even try eating a pickled egg. It has always
> sounded revolting to me, but I'm softening up in my old age. What are
> the proportions for those ingredients?
>


"To taste?"

If making a dozen or more boiled eggs use enough vinegar to cover.
Ordinary plain white vinegar or "to taste."

With fresh eggs one starts with fresh vinegar, but one can first boil
the vinegar, add salt (roughly 5 tbs. to a gallon or so of vinegar) &
a few dozen peeled cloves of garlic and season with mustard, pickling
spices and/or any other herbs one likes and when cool add the peeled &
boiled eggs (ask me about silver forks

As the eggs are eaten the vinegar is reused, even multi purposed

Variations include anise, fennel, fennel seed & leaf, celery seed,
juniper berries, thyme, bay leaves, some going so far as to add
saltpetre and sugar (brown if not "raw") to the boiling vinegar.
--
JL

On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:50:49 -0700, "M. JL Esq." >
wrote:

> sf wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:42:44 -0700, "M. JL Esq." wrote:
> >
> >
> >> the peeled & pickled eggs keep
> >>indefinitely, "satisfactorily" is another matter. Strain and boil the
> >>vinegar at least once a week adding fresh vinegar, mustard, herbs &
> >>spices (including whole raw cloves of garlic added to the boiled
> >>vinegar) as needed.
> >
> >
> > One of these days I may even try eating a pickled egg. It has always
> > sounded revolting to me, but I'm softening up in my old age. What are
> > the proportions for those ingredients?
> >
>
>
> "To taste?"

That's a standing joke at my house because my husband's oldest sister
always says it when you have absolutely NO idea of proportions.
>
> If making a dozen or more boiled eggs use enough vinegar to cover.
> Ordinary plain white vinegar or "to taste."
>
> With fresh eggs one starts with fresh vinegar, but one can first boil
> the vinegar, add salt (roughly 5 tbs. to a gallon or so of vinegar) &
> a few dozen peeled cloves of garlic and season with mustard, pickling
> spices and/or any other herbs one likes and when cool add the peeled &
> boiled eggs (ask me about silver forks
>
> As the eggs are eaten the vinegar is reused, even multi purposed
>
> Variations include anise, fennel, fennel seed & leaf, celery seed,
> juniper berries, thyme, bay leaves, some going so far as to add
> saltpetre and sugar (brown if not "raw") to the boiling vinegar.

Thanks! I think I'll look around and see if I have a glass jar and
boil up a few eggs to try. How long should I let them sit in the
vinegar?

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

sf wrote:

> On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:50:49 -0700, "M. JL Esq."
> wrote:
>
>
>>sf wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:42:44 -0700, "M. JL Esq." wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>the peeled & pickled eggs keep
>>>>indefinitely, "satisfactorily" is another matter. Strain and boil the
>>>>vinegar at least once a week adding fresh vinegar, mustard, herbs &
>>>>spices (including whole raw cloves of garlic added to the boiled
>>>>vinegar) as needed.
>>>
>>>
>>>One of these days I may even try eating a pickled egg. It has always
>>>sounded revolting to me, but I'm softening up in my old age. What are
>>>the proportions for those ingredients?
>>>
>>
>>
>>"To taste?"
>
>
> That's a standing joke at my house because my husband's oldest sister
> always says it when you have absolutely NO idea of proportions.

The commercial varieties i was familiar with were very simple. Those my
Mother and other local women made were much better, more complexly
flavoured.

And the pure silver fork can be used to create patterns on the egg. It
requires a darkening of the white vinegar through the use of tea, or
other herbs that will add colour to the vinegar, then the eggs are
poked, the whites pierced in a usually geometric pattern and set to
soak, eventually you end up with patterned pickled eggs, "Argyle" eggs

I am only told that if you use a steel or other than silver or gold fork
you will impart a bad taste & discoloration to the eggs but i don't know
if that is truth or superstition.


>
>>If making a dozen or more boiled eggs use enough vinegar to cover.
>>Ordinary plain white vinegar or "to taste."
>>
>>With fresh eggs one starts with fresh vinegar, but one can first boil
>>the vinegar, add salt (roughly 5 tbs. to a gallon or so of vinegar) &
>>a few dozen peeled cloves of garlic and season with mustard, pickling
>>spices and/or any other herbs one likes and when cool add the peeled &
>>boiled eggs (ask me about silver forks
>>
>>As the eggs are eaten the vinegar is reused, even multi purposed
>>
>>Variations include anise, fennel, fennel seed & leaf, celery seed,
>>juniper berries, thyme, bay leaves, some going so far as to add
>>saltpetre and sugar (brown if not "raw") to the boiling vinegar.
>
>
> Thanks! I think I'll look around and see if I have a glass jar and
> boil up a few eggs to try. How long should I let them sit in the
> vinegar?
>

Until gone, eaten or inedible, which ever comes first

But for best taste several days, 24 hours at a minimum. Me mum was kind
of picky about that and would try to stop people from eating the eggs
before they were "ready" which i recall taking a minimum of 3 days but
at the same time, she would make up a big jar of them in the early AM
and take it with us on a trip to the sea shore to be eaten in the early
after noon and throughout the rest of the day or however long we were
staying.

I recall them sitting around for months on end in a ceramic crock but i
didn't notice how often they were replenished and the vinegar boiled. I
have only made them for special occasions or as a one off sort of thing.
Never intending to keep them as a staple to be constantly available.

They make a nice change from devilled eggs and are very good cut up for
egg or tuna salad.
--
JL

On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:48:25 -0700, "M. JL Esq." >
wrote:

>
> But for best taste several days, 24 hours at a minimum. Me mum was kind
> of picky about that and would try to stop people from eating the eggs
> before they were "ready" which i recall taking a minimum of 3 days but
> at the same time, she would make up a big jar of them in the early AM
> and take it with us on a trip to the sea shore to be eaten in the early
> after noon and throughout the rest of the day or however long we were
> staying.

I meant before I ate the first one... three days, you think? But I
can "taste" one in a few hours? Good.

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.