Easter is coming up, and I was wondering how I should prepare eggs to be as strong as possible for a game of egg tapping?
The egg should still look and feel like a regular egg (although it's probably painted, because, y'know… Easter).
This is a cooking question, so I'm looking for answers about the cooking process, not about modifying the egg afterwards (e.g. coating with something hard).
Bonus points if the egg is still edible after I've beaten all my in-laws!
Best Answer
To keep this on topic, I'll focus on ingredient selection and preparation, any further hints are a physical aspect and have to do with where to hold and how to hit.
Your first goal is to find an egg with a very hard shell:
All eggs are harder when hard-boiled (compared to raw):