I knew that if you add a bit of vinegar to the water for boiling eggs it makes the shell easier to come off.

That would be an easy thing to try. Next time I boil eggs I will throw in some vinegar.

I’ve tried the vinegar for boiled eggs thing and it sometimes kinda works? I find if you put boiled eggs in cold water and peal them right away (from just normal boiling water, nothing added) they seem to peal the best.

Only after it’s been boiled and peeled.

I wonder if I eat enough vinegar if it will clear the calcium from my arterial walls. That would be nice.

The video is pretty cool. I would not have thought the membrane around the egg is that strong.

@JLeslie People drink apple cider vinegar for lots of health benefits.

I tried to gently puncture the membrane with a knife. Splurt!!! Good thing I did it in a bowl!

@raum I know, but I think that is probably snake oil. I doubt it really does much. Although, there is some pretty cool studies about vinegar before a meal cutting insulin spikes. That would mean a salad before your entree might make a lot of sense, and in the US we commonly eat salad as the first course. The only problem is a lot of Americans don’t use a light vinegar dressing they use Ranch, blech, or creamy whatever, gross.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19661687/

@raum Thanks! That study doesn’t specify apple cider vinegar, and my bet is it doesn’t matter much what vinegar. I’d want to know if they drank less of something bad when consuming the vinegar.

My dad read a very interesting experiment someone did on themselves. They measured their sugar levels for months after eating various foods and very meticulous about quantities of everything they consumed, and saw patterns, and the vinegar definitely seemed to reduce insulin and sugar spikes.

I just bought vinegar to make sushi rice a week ago. I’m just realizing the Japanese actually put vinegar with that starch. Smart.

Yes. I was about 10 years old.