Peeling Boiled Eggs

[bednobs]

i make egg salad most days, and have peeled plenty of eggs over the ast year. How come some peel really easy and others are totally messy?
is there something i can do to them to make them always easy?

[Jackdaw33]

Plunging them into cold water immediately after boiling them then put in the fridge helps.

[Buenchico]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/11519036/How-to-peel-a-boiled-egg-in-seconds-using-a-glass-of-water.html

[jourdain2]

There's the cold water tip and also the newer the egg, the better it peels - or so I find.

[diddlydo]

On the contrary Jourdain! The older the egg the easier it peels.

[ummmm]

I thought that too.

[trt]

I just shake the pan a few times, once I have emptied the water.