Mom's Hard Boiled Egg Hack Called Out For Not Boiling The Eggs At All

"You've been making hard boiled eggs wrong your whole life," TikTok user @dippedtampa said in their video.

Well damn, I didn't know that! I mean, I've never made hardboiled eggs. But I'm sure I would do it wrong if I tried.

Apparently, you're supposed to skip the hot water entirely and stick the eggs straight in an air fryer. Fry for 15 minutes, then pop them in an ice bath for one minute.

I mean, that is an egg, and it sure did come out of the shell. I would definitely call that hard boiled, right? It definitely isn't a straight-up yolk, so that's promising.

So many of them involved commenting on the fact that it's not exactly a hard boiled egg if you don't boil it, is it? I was rolling at the "hard air eggs" comment. He's not exactly wrong about that one.

This is so fair. The 7-10 minutes it takes to boil is absolutely faster than 15 in the air fryer. A lot of people in the comments thought that extra five minutes rendered the hack totally useless.

Something in my brain assumed that they would explode in an air fryer. A fellow commenter said that they wouldn't, but I'm still skeptical. They sometimes explode while boiling, why wouldn't they explode while frying?

I cannot get over the use of "boil" as an insult. I haven't seen a banger roast like that in a quick minute.

Others rightly pointed out they weren't making boiled eggs wrong... sorry, air fried eggs.

I mean, this is totally fair. People who can't use their stoves or ovens would absolutely rely on an air fryer for most things, so I get it. Every odd hack is useful to someone, you know?

Would you try this hack at home, or are you more of a traditional hardboiled egg person?

I personally think hardboiled eggs are just awful, so I'm going to steer clear of this one altogether. Ick.