Submerge them in boiling water and wait. However, peeling hard-boiled eggs isn't nearly as quick or effortless. Hot eggs burn ...

Can you peel a raw egg and then make it bounce? No? Liz Bonnin can. Join her as she demonstrates how to use membranes and osmosis to make a rubber egg. Download the Rubber Egg PDF(595 Kb).

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And they’re extremely easy to peel — just run cold water over the eggs until they won’t burn your hand, then crush them satisfyingly on the counter with one hand. No yucky membrane ...