   Possible Duplicate:   How to peel hard boiled eggs easily?       I just came back from the kitchen where I was preparing a dozen hard boiled eggs for a recipe.  Part of this preparation is removing each of the egg's shell. The best tip I've heard yet is to shock the eggs in ice water directly after pulling them off a boil, cracking each end and pealing across the hemisphere. This works about 50/50 for me. That's to say half of my eggs are unpresentable. I've been told also only to hard/soft-boil old eggs, which for obvious reasons isn't always practical.   What's the best way to shell a hard/soft-boil chicken egg? 
This is what we do where I work: dump them into a bucket full of cold water with the tap still running. We crack the side of the shell against the side of the sink & roll it til it's cracked all around, then peel. I am sure there are other ways though.  I think shocking them helps them shell easily, but also cools them down for foodsafe reasons.  