Why do hard boiled eggs smell like farts?

[KayJay1971 239]

Or better yet, why do farts smell like hard boiled eggs. I have 2 every morning at work for breakfast and someone always walks by or into my office and asks me if I farted. 

[listen2me 23 1,822]

Sulfer

[Frozenbeernuts 2,110]

Try working in or around a plant where they make mercaptan and introduce it into natural gas. 

[Patriotsfatboy1 1,432]

Do you cool them in cold water immediately after they are done boiling? I find that cuts the smell way down. It could also be that I cook them in the Instapot instead of boiling them.

[KayJay1971 239]

1 hour ago, Patriotsfatboy1 said:

Do you cool them in cold water immediately after they are done boiling? I find that cuts the smell way down. It could also be that I cook them in the Instapot instead of boiling them.

We put them in cold water after cooking them. Doesn't seem to help us. 

[TommyGavin 790]

Steaming them instead of boiling them is the way to go

[Baker Boy 1,684]

Try buying fresh eggs!

[KayJay1971 239]

1 minute ago, Baker Boy said:

Try buying fresh eggs!

They don't have the sulfer smell? 

[MTSkiBum 1,620]

1 hour ago, listen2me 23 said:

Sulfer

First reply has the answer.

[Baker Boy 1,684]

4 minutes ago, KayJay1971 said:

They don't have the sulfer smell? 

and longer you wait to eat them the more they will smell. If you eat them regularly you should have figured this out by yourself.

[Mookz 1,337]

The good news is that you're free to fart at will at work.  

[Frozenbeernuts 2,110]

1 hour ago, Patriotsfatboy1 said:

Do you cool them in cold water immediately after they are done boiling? I find that cuts the smell way down. It could also be that I cook them in the Instapot instead of boiling them.

Isn't cooling the eggs how everyone does it? 

[Cloaca du jour 2,146]

Egg substitute will give you sulfer farts so bad you can make a dog puke.

[Patriotsfatboy1 1,432]

1 hour ago, Frozenbeernuts said:

Isn't cooling the eggs how everyone does it? 

No. My wife never did it and I really didn't until recently. It coincided with using the pressure cooker to make a batch. In that "recipe" it said to put them in some ice water after they were done in the cooker. With both, the smell dropped significantly.