Why you should add a lemon wedge to the pan when boiling eggs: an interesting culinary trick

20.06.2023 07:16

Cooking eggs often involves some unusual actions on the part of cooks.

For example, many experienced housewives add a lemon wedge to the pan.

The presence of a piece of citrus fruit in boiling water produces one very interesting effect.

Thus, the cook will be freed from the need to perform long and unpleasant work.

What does a slice of lemon give?

Experienced housewives have long noticed this phenomenon: if during cooking there is part of a sour fruit in the container, then after the heat treatment is complete, the eggs are very easy to peel.

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In other words, lemon juice prevents the shell from sticking too much to the egg white.

As a result, the hard shell is easily removed or even slides off the egg.

Cleaning takes literally a few seconds. The surface of the dish is smooth and even.

What to use if there is no lemon?

Luckily, using a citrus fruit isn't the only way to make peeling eggs easier.

Instead of lemon, you can also use baking soda.

All you need to do is add half a teaspoon of sodium bicarbonate to a pot of boiling liquid.

The effect will be the same: the shell will come off the eggs without any problems.

Sergey Tumanov Author: Sergey Tumanov Internet resource editor


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  1. What does a slice of lemon give?
  2. What to use if there is no lemon?