Well sorry about the title, but is must have some truth, I need help.

How do you hard boil the perfect egg? What I am doing now, is to put 6 eggs in cold water on the stove top on high until heavy boil. Cover and remove from heat leave in pot for 10 minutes. I then run under cold water to stop the cooking process.

Issue, the shells do not come off easily, I loose half the egg whites trying to get the shells off.

I am doing better with store bought eggs, but still not quite right. Better Crocker says to leave for 15 mins, but that is too much for me.

Our own chicken eggs seem to be even harder to get just right. So I just use them for other uses.

Please tell me your tricks to make the perfect hard boiled egg?

silly man issues