Poached eggs are a common breakfast item, but peeling them may be considered a troublesome task for many people. Kerry Whelpdale, a cookbook and travel fashion influencer, shared how to easily peel egg shells by adding a teaspoon of baking powder when boiling eggs to remove the egg shells effortlessly.
The Mirror reported that Kerry shared in an Instagram video how to quickly peel off the shells of hard-boiled eggs.
{99 9}First, when the water boils, add a teaspoon of baking powder or baking soda to the water, then add the eggs and cover the pot. After cooking, pick up the eggs and tap them on the side of the pot. The eggshells can be easily peeled off along the cracks. There will be no cracks in the eggs, and no eggshell fragments will remain on the boiled eggs.
Allreceipes once explained why baking soda makes it easier to peel hard-boiled egg shells. Adding baking soda powder to boiled water can increase the pH value of water and eggs. Fresh eggs usually have a lower pH value. After eggs are stored in the refrigerator, the pH value will increase over time. The higher the pH value of eggs, the easier it is for the protein to separate from the membrane in the eggshell, so it is better to peel the eggshell. The same is true for adding baking soda to boiled egg water.