how to slice a hard-boiled egg

I use a piece of dental floss. It works great.

I use a paring knife with a thin blade, but I cut the egg as I would an avocado. Everything comes out clean.

I never really have a problem when it comes to cut eggs for deviled eggs. The whites usually present no problem to cutting. Usually it is the yolk that sticks or breaks up, but since you are making deviled eggs that really doesn't matter since you mix up the yolk anyway. Cutting beautiful halves and quarters for other uses though can present a problem. Make sure you use a thin bladed knife, and stay away from serrated knives as that will tend to rip the yolk up. Dental floss works great, as Peachcreek mentioned, and if you have to do a lot of slicing (as cheesy as this sounds) one of those old-fashioned egg slicers works great (you know the one, where the egg rests in a cradle and a handle with 7 or 8 wires cut the egg.

I've used one of those cake slicers that looks like a cheese slicer minus the little roller. Works great. But I'd think the dental floss would be great, too- just don't use the minty stuff! :suprise:

How about cinnamon flavored?! ;) ;)

The thinner the knife the better (meaning from the top part you look down onto to the cutting edge) .Try rubbing a touch of oil on the blade. The dental floss really does work beautifully, and works for cutting cakes for layering as well.

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a pareing knife works well here, another choice would be fishing line.

I say use a sea bass with a frickin lasers on it's head!

Matt
-Having an Austin Powers moment....

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I noticed this is your very first post!

Welcome to Cheftalk Mimi2!

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Kimmie , you beat me to it . The cheese slicer is the easiest Ive ever used .