T.T.: De-Shelling Hardboiled Eggs

I really dislike peeling hardboiled eggs. Even when the shells come off easily, the little pointy bits of shell always make my fingers hurt after a couple of eggs. And then, of course, everyone knows those particularly infuriating eggs that refuse to release their shells without half the egg going with them.

So, except for when I'm making deviled eggs, I don't actually shell them. Instead I use a spoon. You can do this for anything in which the eggs are going to be chopped up anyway.

Start by using the edge of a spoon to tap and gently crack all the way around the equator of the egg. Then break it in half and pull the two halves apart. 

Next, use the spoon to scoop the egg out of the shell on one half.

Let the spoon do the work.

Repeat with the other half, using the spoon to scrape off any egg that's sticking to the shell.

And that's it. A shell-less hardboiled egg with no sore fingers or shredded egg sticking to the shell.