Quote Originally Posted by pomtzu View Post
Just an FYI; the older the egg, the easier to peel. Why - I have no idea. Eggs you bring home fresh from the store will sometimes not peel very well at all, but the ones you've had in the fridge, say for a week or so, will peel with no problem. From my own experience, I have found this to be true.
It has to do with evaporation - the "staler" the egg gets, the more the white has evaporated and pulled away from the shell wall. Egg shells are porous. That is why a really stale egg will float - there is more air inside the shell.

I do after all, co-host Country Joe's Chicken Show http://CountryJoesChickenShow.com - it is on iTunes, now, too - so technical stuff I can tell you!