If there’s one thing that stops a boiled egg from being the perfect food - it's the hassle of peeling it. More often than not the process will leave you with fragments of shell in your fingers, on the kitchen counter and sometimes even in your food. But one canny YouTube user, MicahMedia, has uploaded a video demonstrating the simplest and swiftest way to peel a hardboiled egg - using a glass of water. Scroll down for video . The hard-boiled egg is placed in a glass (left) before it is filled quarter of the way with tap water (right) He pops the hardboiled egg into a small tumbler glass before filling it a quarter of the way with water. He then places his hand over the top of the glass, completely covering it. His next move is to vigorously shake the glass from left to right. He keeps the glass in the sink so that the water doesn’t spill. After approximately ten seconds of shaking, the YouTuber lifts his hand to show the egg, which now has a cracked shell. He simply puts his hand in the glass and in a matter of miliseconds, lifts up the shell of the egg which has been loosened from the egg. The 28-second video which was uploaded in January this year currently has over 16million views on the video-sharing website. The egg is vigorously shaken from left to right so that the shell loosens . Result! Once the water has splashed out of the glass, simply peel lift the shell from the egg with no hassle . YouTube users have been praising MicahMedia for his ingenious solution to the age-old problem. ‘Well this has changed my morning. Good job, thanks,’ wrote Nikki Madison. Susan Wheeler wrote: ‘I have tried just about every method I have come across and been disappointed on the most part. This actually works wonderfully. I love doing it. Thanks!’ MicahMedia posted that he’s thinking of ‘doing six boiled eggs at once and seeing what happens.’
MicahMedia uploaded the 28-second video demonstrating his method .
Video currently has more than 16million views on YouTube .
The four-step method only requires a glass and some water .