Egg facts

[DeBora4BobbyL]

To tell if an egg is fresh, place it in cold water. If it floats, it is not fresh and needs to be thrown out. As eggs age, they decompose and produce gas. Too much gas will make them float.

Also, if you want the shell to come off easily from boiled eggs, get older eggs, but not bad eggs. They'll have enough gas to allow the white to pull away from the shell.

[cat lover]

Another tip on making hard boiled eggs peel easier is to put a little white vinegar in with the water when you boil them.

[Bilby]

... and another idea is to put a bit of salt in the water as the egg boils for the shells to come away easy, that is what I do.

[cat lover]

Thanks for the tip Bilby! I always have a hard time because the eggs are so fresh. We have our own chickens for all our eggs so they are usually very fresh and fresh eggs do not peel easy at all! LOL

[Bilby]

That's what I love, everyone has good ideas, they are different but have good outcomes, I'm all for doing things an easier or cheaper way :)

[cat lover]

Oh yeah me too! Thanks!

[cat lover]

To get more volume in egg whites let them stand at room temperature before beating. Use a glass or metal bowl (not plastic) with a tapered bottom and wide top. Egg whites will expand six times when beaten, so be sure you have a bowl large enough.

[cat lover]

Decorated Egg Customs that have developed around the world



• In China, parents might give family members and friends a red-dyed egg to announce the birth of a child.
• Germans use green eggs as a symbol of mourning on Maundy Thursday, the Thursday before Easter.

• During the Renaissance in Italy, romantic young men tossed empty eggshells filled with perfume or cologne at young women. The custom spread to Austria, France and Spain. Later, in Mexico, empty eggshells were filled with confetti and used to make wishes. The eggshells, called cascarones, are still used today at Easter and for other happy occasions.

• For a special celebration, Japanese parents give their children eggs that are decorated to look just like the children!

• When the monarchs called tsars ruled Russia, a jeweler named Peter Carl Faberge made eggs out of precious metals and gems. The tsars gave the eggs to family members as special gifts. Today, both serious egg artists and hobbyists use less expensive materials to decorate eggs that look like the Faberge eggs.

• Using wax, many colors of dye and special designs, Slavs make very fancy decorated eggs called pysanky. Long ago, people believed that the pysanky helped keep the world going around. The beautiful pysanky are still made in modern times and some collectors display them all year.


Information from the American Egg Board