My hard-boiled egg experience w/ steamping went VERY well. Like Michael, I used "fresh" eggs from
our Kroger grocery; I followed what I wrote at post #30476. The yolks were centered and cooked perfectly, and the eggs peeled cleanly with absolutely no hair-pulling on my part. I wonder why in the world that author had such bad luck with steaming?
Here's a slightly altered copy of what I wrote at post 30476==>
I began last night by using Steve2 in LA's hint about how to center the yolks in hard-boiled eggs. (7/16/2019--I cannot find this post now, so maybe it wasn't from Steve2 in LA(?), but someone wrote if you turn the eggs carton on its side and let it sit that way overnight, you'll have perfectly centered yolks in your hard-boiled eggs.)
I then brought 25 eggs to room temp using Michael in Sarasota's hint about letting them sit in a bowl of warm water beforehand while I waited on the steamer water to boil.
Per Curious1's suggestion, I turned the heat down after putting the eggs into the steamer basket so the water was at a simmer with the lid on for the 13 minutes both AngAk1 and Michael in Phoenix recommended.
At the 13-minute mark, I removed the eggs from the steamer and plunged them into ice water to cool before peeling.
Before steaming I pierced all 25 with my egg piercing too, and NOT A SINGLE ONE cracked or leaked!
By the time I left for the office this morning, I had piped filling into 50 gorgeous deviled egg halves with nary a thin white wall, sprinkled each lightly with paprika and placed a toasted pecan half atop each. (My grandmother Wiggins always used to put coarsely chopped pecans in her deviled egg filling--I can't do that when I fill by piping (plugs up even a large tip) so I have resorted to garnishing each deviled egg half with a toasted pecan piece--I think nuts add a nice crunch.) Next time I plan to try Janet in NC's hint about adding some deviled ham to my deviled egg filling. If there are others whom I have neglected to mention who offered these same hints, my profuse apologies. Thank you, one and all!
An aside--I first read about steaming eggs at this site 4 years ago. Each time since 2014 I would think, "I have a mere 6 eggs to hard boil--or only a dozen--or whatever smallish number so I'll try steaming next time." Well, twenty-five eggs that were purchased just a week ago was my breaking point. WHY EVER DID I WAIT SO LONG TO STEAM EGGS? THEY PEEL LIKE A DREAM. (Old dog, new trick, perhaps? ha!)
