One of my daughters provided me with half a dozen hard-boiled eggs left over from Easter. However, so far I have not cracked (pun intended) the process for peeling of their shells without also taking off much of the albumen (the white part on the outside). That leaves a very raggedy yolk with white bits hanging off. You could say that the yoke is on me (sorry, cannot resist). Even this supposedly “genius” hack (literally—using a spoon) failed miserably.

Unfortunately, my wife ate up the remaining stock before I could try more eggs-periments. She also experienced difficulties peeling them, which made me feel better (my dexterity falling fall short of hers). Should un-a-peeling eggs be encountered again, here are my other possible remedies:

• Shock them with an ice bath using my Waring Pro Wine cooler
• Soaking in vinegar per this procedure recommended by Gnarly Science blogger Dr C M Helm-Clark PhD
• Try an instant egg peeling device such as the well-reviewed Negg. (I am going to pass on the cheaper Eggstractor based on the hilarious difficulties encountered by Insider product testers.)

Any other ideas for easy and reliable egg peeling are welcome!