DonnaMiller

I grew up on an egg producing farm and am familiar with your peeling problem. My mother always kept the eggs for several days if she was going to make deviled eggs. Dynamite won't peel them when they are fresh. Rejoice that they aren't a month old like some of the store eggs. Save a dozen or so for several days. She told me 3 days, but I would wait nearly a week to be sure. That is a lot of work for then to come out rough. We candled all our eggs. Put a box over a lamp and look through a hole to see if there is a large air cell or colored matter. We always checked all of our eggs before selling them in our home town. People throw a fit if there is a spot of blood inside the egg. It doesn't hurt the egg. Just take it out of the egg with a spoon and move on. Some have double yolks and look a little bigger. We didn't wash the eggs unless they were soiled or muddy. They keep better with their natural state. Our chickens ran free.My dad had an egg route on Saturday morning. We sold them for 50 cents a dozen, delivered. I rode along and took them up to the houses and returned with egg cartons the customers saved for us. Can you imagine what that service would cost now, if they would even allow you to do it. Nobody ever cheated us or dodged payment either. They loved farm fresh eggs.