Just how eggs-acting are you?
May 31, 2013 1:49 AM Subscribe
The Guardian Food blog's How to Eat series finally gives into the regular demands of their fans* from below-the-line and delves deep into how to eat boiled eggs. [*YMMV]
Simple perfection.
posted by MartinWisse at 2:06 AM on May 31, 2013
posted by MartinWisse at 2:06 AM on May 31, 2013
The article is deeply wrong about toast soldiers.
posted by brilliantmistake at 2:07 AM on May 31, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by brilliantmistake at 2:07 AM on May 31, 2013 [2 favorites]
The Guardian itself assumes their reader demographic is so narrow that there is one true way to do things. They may be right.
posted by vacapinta at 2:22 AM on May 31, 2013
posted by vacapinta at 2:22 AM on May 31, 2013
Eat them how you like them. Someone got paid to write that rubbish.
posted by walrus at 2:26 AM on May 31, 2013
posted by walrus at 2:26 AM on May 31, 2013
How old are you, five? You actually need your bread cut into twee little soldiers?
Well, yeah. Oh and also toast the bread first, Mr. Wrong Guy.
posted by louche mustachio at 2:31 AM on May 31, 2013 [3 favorites]
Well, yeah. Oh and also toast the bread first, Mr. Wrong Guy.
posted by louche mustachio at 2:31 AM on May 31, 2013 [3 favorites]
that 1. someone got paid to write this, and 2. people actually read this, is proof positive that we are in the end times.
Perhaps the to-be-written weekly sibling column should focus on important biological actions ... how to breathe, how to crap, how to walk ... important stuff for all those Guardian and Metafilter readers out there who need the confirmation of a legitimate news and views source to buttress the validity of their meaningless daily activities.
(even worse is that I can actually think of some valid points to be included in a "how to breathe" or "how to walk" article ;-)
posted by jannw at 2:42 AM on May 31, 2013
Perhaps the to-be-written weekly sibling column should focus on important biological actions ... how to breathe, how to crap, how to walk ... important stuff for all those Guardian and Metafilter readers out there who need the confirmation of a legitimate news and views source to buttress the validity of their meaningless daily activities.
(even worse is that I can actually think of some valid points to be included in a "how to breathe" or "how to walk" article ;-)
posted by jannw at 2:42 AM on May 31, 2013
Wait. Wait wait wait. This wasn't parody???
From the first paragraph:
From the first paragraph:
Each month, on the posting of a new How to Eat, there is a clamour below the line for this blog to address the simple stuff. "What next, Guardian," ask HTE's literally tens of fans, "how to eat toast? How to drink water?" So, bowing to popular demand – hey, at Word of Mouth we aim to please – HtE will this month crack open the boiled egg. What's that, you say? Those commentators were being sarcastic? Never!posted by EndsOfInvention at 3:28 AM on May 31, 2013 [3 favorites]
the to-be-written weekly sibling column should focus on important biological actions ... how to breathe, how to crap
That would never happen here! Ahem.
posted by alasdair at 3:44 AM on May 31, 2013 [1 favorite]
That would never happen here! Ahem.
posted by alasdair at 3:44 AM on May 31, 2013 [1 favorite]
It's like this maniac has never eaten an egg before. Also, like so many others, he is missing the literally most important final steps:
• Take the empty egg shell, flip it over.posted by lucidium at 3:46 AM on May 31, 2013 [12 favorites]
• Replace it in the eggcup.
• Express amazement at the appearance of a brand new egg.
The comments... The needlessly derisory attitude towards toast AND soldiers is just the sort of thing to make me angry.
I agree.
posted by betweenthebars at 3:48 AM on May 31, 2013 [1 favorite]
I agree.
posted by betweenthebars at 3:48 AM on May 31, 2013 [1 favorite]
When I moved to the Netherlands, I learned they do hard boiled eggs differently here: you crack it on the table and peel the whole shell off, then slice it up. You do get odd looks when using a spoon here.
posted by wingless_angel at 3:54 AM on May 31, 2013
posted by wingless_angel at 3:54 AM on May 31, 2013
holy fuck, gruaniad, how the other half live - writing overpaid drivel like this. its a fucking boiled egg for fucks sake. wish i could find and link the recent private eye stuff about rusbridger and the graun.
posted by marienbad at 3:57 AM on May 31, 2013
posted by marienbad at 3:57 AM on May 31, 2013
I'm not sure whether Guardian blog writers are actually paid - does anyone here know?
posted by altolinguistic at 4:11 AM on May 31, 2013
posted by altolinguistic at 4:11 AM on May 31, 2013
You don't just peal the damn thing, sprinkle a little salt on it and then pick it up and eat it?
posted by octothorpe at 4:12 AM on May 31, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by octothorpe at 4:12 AM on May 31, 2013 [1 favorite]
octothorpe: "You don't just peal the damn thing, sprinkle a little salt on it and then pick it up and eat it?"
Be a bit of a mess with a soft-boiled egg, which is what they're describing here.
posted by Runes at 4:16 AM on May 31, 2013
Be a bit of a mess with a soft-boiled egg, which is what they're describing here.
posted by Runes at 4:16 AM on May 31, 2013
You guys never read the green, huh? People ask questions every day about basic tasks.
posted by Ideefixe at 4:16 AM on May 31, 2013 [3 favorites]
posted by Ideefixe at 4:16 AM on May 31, 2013 [3 favorites]
I will now publish my secret technique for making soft-boiled eggs 10,000 times more amazing:
CRUMPET SOLDIERS.
Buttered, natch. Some black pepper if you think your system can stand the unbridled awesomeness.
posted by Pallas Athena at 4:23 AM on May 31, 2013 [8 favorites]
CRUMPET SOLDIERS.
Buttered, natch. Some black pepper if you think your system can stand the unbridled awesomeness.
posted by Pallas Athena at 4:23 AM on May 31, 2013 [8 favorites]
Oooh! Crumpet soldiers! Lah-de-dah!
When I were a lad, we used a twig! And we were happy to have it!
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 4:30 AM on May 31, 2013 [8 favorites]
When I were a lad, we used a twig! And we were happy to have it!
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 4:30 AM on May 31, 2013 [8 favorites]
"...one of the satirical conflicts in the book, in which two religious sects of Lilliputians are divided between those who crack open their soft-boiled eggs from the little end, and those who use the big end."
posted by Harald74 at 4:39 AM on May 31, 2013
posted by Harald74 at 4:39 AM on May 31, 2013
TheWhiteSkull, heh! You were lucky.
We used to _dream_ about having a twig!Luxury!
All we had was used matchsticks we put together with used cellotape!
posted by MessageInABottle at 4:42 AM on May 31, 2013 [4 favorites]
We used to _dream_ about having a twig!Luxury!
All we had was used matchsticks we put together with used cellotape!
posted by MessageInABottle at 4:42 AM on May 31, 2013 [4 favorites]
Why the anger guys? Eggs are a topic worthy of probing
posted by Greener Backyards at 4:43 AM on May 31, 2013
posted by Greener Backyards at 4:43 AM on May 31, 2013
This is sort of Felicity Cloake territory. I like her 'How to cook the perfect...' pieces: they are much more thorough and forensic than this and usually quite helpful.
That said, this does inspire in me a desire to go away and throw down 5,000 words of irrational, opinionated, purple prose on the subject of boiled eggs with long historical, philosophical, and ethnographic digressions. Sort of in the style of a very drunk Herman Melville.
posted by Segundus at 4:50 AM on May 31, 2013 [1 favorite]
That said, this does inspire in me a desire to go away and throw down 5,000 words of irrational, opinionated, purple prose on the subject of boiled eggs with long historical, philosophical, and ethnographic digressions. Sort of in the style of a very drunk Herman Melville.
posted by Segundus at 4:50 AM on May 31, 2013 [1 favorite]
This wasn't parody???
This just a kind of metatalk goofiness for Guardian readers. We do plates of beans, they do how to boil an egg.
posted by carter at 4:54 AM on May 31, 2013 [1 favorite]
This just a kind of metatalk goofiness for Guardian readers. We do plates of beans, they do how to boil an egg.
posted by carter at 4:54 AM on May 31, 2013 [1 favorite]
wish i could find and link the recent private eye stuff about rusbridger and the graun
This it?
posted by brilliantmistake at 5:04 AM on May 31, 2013
This it?
posted by brilliantmistake at 5:04 AM on May 31, 2013
Be a bit of a mess with a soft-boiled egg, which is what they're describing here.
Ahh. I didn't really get that from the article. I don't think that I've ever seen anyone eat a soft boiled egg other than in old movies with those little egg stand things.
posted by octothorpe at 5:13 AM on May 31, 2013
Ahh. I didn't really get that from the article. I don't think that I've ever seen anyone eat a soft boiled egg other than in old movies with those little egg stand things.
posted by octothorpe at 5:13 AM on May 31, 2013
That was interesting, funny in a self-parody sort of way, but also neat anthropologically. I've never really understood the point of the eggcup since, as a Canadian, I crack the egg, roll it around on the table to ensure max fractures, and peel the whole shell off. If it's soft boiled I then cut it in half over a couple of pieces of buttered toast and smash each half onto the toast. Perfection.
posted by arcticwoman at 5:38 AM on May 31, 2013
posted by arcticwoman at 5:38 AM on May 31, 2013
I'm not sure whether Guardian blog writers are actually paid - does anyone here know?
Most Grauniad blog writers are paid a share of the advertising, based on page views. So this post is probably boosting the writer's income. Not by much, though.
posted by AFII at 5:47 AM on May 31, 2013
Most Grauniad blog writers are paid a share of the advertising, based on page views. So this post is probably boosting the writer's income. Not by much, though.
posted by AFII at 5:47 AM on May 31, 2013
I'm absolutely terrible at peeling boiled eggs. I love soft yolks, and dipping buttered bread in them, so I remember enthusiastically ordering my first soft boiled egg with soldiers in a restaurant while having breakfast on a business trip. And then being utterly embarrassed when I had no idea how to eat it. It was too hot to roll on the table and peel by hand as I was used to doing with hardboiled eggs, and when I tried to "tap tap tap" the top with my spoon as I had seen in movies, all I did was crack the shell into a million tiny little pieces that I then had to painstakingly remove from my otherwise wonderful egg. I think the waitstaff were laughing at me the whole time.
So, yeah, I was kind of excited to read this. But apparently the only innovation is I should have been using a knife to slice off the top? I guess?
I'll stick to my American fried eggs I suppose...
posted by telegraph at 6:08 AM on May 31, 2013
So, yeah, I was kind of excited to read this. But apparently the only innovation is I should have been using a knife to slice off the top? I guess?
I'll stick to my American fried eggs I suppose...
posted by telegraph at 6:08 AM on May 31, 2013
1. someone got paid to write this, and 2. people actually read this, is proof positive that we are in the end times.
Nah. One of the primary purposes of the newspaper since its inception has been to give people something to yell at in the mornings besides their spouse.
posted by Diablevert at 6:39 AM on May 31, 2013 [2 favorites]
Nah. One of the primary purposes of the newspaper since its inception has been to give people something to yell at in the mornings besides their spouse.
posted by Diablevert at 6:39 AM on May 31, 2013 [2 favorites]
How old are you, five? You actually need your bread cut into twee little soldiers?
Yes I do! When I was five my Mom used to cut the toast into soldiers and they were fantastic! Soft-boiled eggs don't taste as good to me without soldiers standing guard on the side.
My Mom made my toast into soldiers, and her Mom (my Nana) made my Mom's toast into soldiers when she was five, and I'm guessing that my Nana's Nana cut her(my Grandmother's) toast into soldiers...
Don't diss the soldiers!
posted by SpringRobin at 7:05 AM on May 31, 2013 [4 favorites]
Yes I do! When I was five my Mom used to cut the toast into soldiers and they were fantastic! Soft-boiled eggs don't taste as good to me without soldiers standing guard on the side.
My Mom made my toast into soldiers, and her Mom (my Nana) made my Mom's toast into soldiers when she was five, and I'm guessing that my Nana's Nana cut her(my Grandmother's) toast into soldiers...
Don't diss the soldiers!
posted by SpringRobin at 7:05 AM on May 31, 2013 [4 favorites]
Oh happy post! I read this without irony, because Over There, eggs are serious, serious business.
When I visited Ireland for the first time in 1990 (fresh out of college), I had never heard of people cooking, let alone eating, soft-boiled eggs. As my friends prepared my first breakfast, I marveled like a Natural History Museum tourist at the little egg cup, the tiny spoon, the dainty little toast stand. Being a native New Yorker who'd never traveled anywhere before, I was expecting it to be disgusting... little did I know that soft-boiled eggs are a huge part of the UK's gastronomical landscape. And then, there it was on the table in this beautiful little enamel cup. Like a good guest, I played along...and then OH MY GOD SO GOOD. Henceforth I started collecting egg cups like a crazy person (I still have that first enamel one, which they gave to me as a gift because they thought my amazement was hilarious).
To this day, I'll treat myself to a couple of soft-boiled local farm eggs on the weekend, boiled for four minutes in a 2-qt. copper-bottom Revereware saucepan, water in a rolling boil, then served in an egg cup on a dessert plate with enough of a lip so the other eggs don't roll off, no toast, the top cracked with the back of a spoon and then hinged back, each spoonful topped with salt. If the yolk dribbles over the side, I didn't do it right.
BTW, when I was living in Germany in the mid-90s, I learned that it's not just a UK thing. Egg cups abounded, albeit all angular-like and expertly designed. The German humorist Loriot had a series of cartoons, and his most famous sketch was all about soft-boiled eggs. (The translations are a little wonky, but you get the gist.) I still mutter to myself "Eine Hausfrau hat das im Gefühl!" when standing at the stove.
posted by flyingsquirrel at 7:08 AM on May 31, 2013 [4 favorites]
When I visited Ireland for the first time in 1990 (fresh out of college), I had never heard of people cooking, let alone eating, soft-boiled eggs. As my friends prepared my first breakfast, I marveled like a Natural History Museum tourist at the little egg cup, the tiny spoon, the dainty little toast stand. Being a native New Yorker who'd never traveled anywhere before, I was expecting it to be disgusting... little did I know that soft-boiled eggs are a huge part of the UK's gastronomical landscape. And then, there it was on the table in this beautiful little enamel cup. Like a good guest, I played along...and then OH MY GOD SO GOOD. Henceforth I started collecting egg cups like a crazy person (I still have that first enamel one, which they gave to me as a gift because they thought my amazement was hilarious).
To this day, I'll treat myself to a couple of soft-boiled local farm eggs on the weekend, boiled for four minutes in a 2-qt. copper-bottom Revereware saucepan, water in a rolling boil, then served in an egg cup on a dessert plate with enough of a lip so the other eggs don't roll off, no toast, the top cracked with the back of a spoon and then hinged back, each spoonful topped with salt. If the yolk dribbles over the side, I didn't do it right.
BTW, when I was living in Germany in the mid-90s, I learned that it's not just a UK thing. Egg cups abounded, albeit all angular-like and expertly designed. The German humorist Loriot had a series of cartoons, and his most famous sketch was all about soft-boiled eggs. (The translations are a little wonky, but you get the gist.) I still mutter to myself "Eine Hausfrau hat das im Gefühl!" when standing at the stove.
posted by flyingsquirrel at 7:08 AM on May 31, 2013 [4 favorites]
Why do you call strips of toast "soldiers"? They're "lady's fingers". That's what my Mum always called them. No one here wants to call my poor, departed Mum a liar now, do you?
Seriously, looking this up, it seems to be very rare usage. This forum has one person claiming it's used in London, much to the confusion of other Londoners. My Mum was from Toronto via Cape Breton, so I don't know if this was local usage or just a family thing.
(And now I'm craving hot chocolate and some toasted, buttered lady's fingers to dip in it, while Toronto is facing its second heat alert of the spring. Proust can keep his madeleines, you know?)
posted by maudlin at 7:14 AM on May 31, 2013
Seriously, looking this up, it seems to be very rare usage. This forum has one person claiming it's used in London, much to the confusion of other Londoners. My Mum was from Toronto via Cape Breton, so I don't know if this was local usage or just a family thing.
(And now I'm craving hot chocolate and some toasted, buttered lady's fingers to dip in it, while Toronto is facing its second heat alert of the spring. Proust can keep his madeleines, you know?)
posted by maudlin at 7:14 AM on May 31, 2013
Oh, so this is why it took me so long to find decent egg cups when i moved to the usa? Soft-boiled eggs aren't actually a thing? Huh. Lived here nearly 12 years and never realized that.
posted by gaspode at 7:30 AM on May 31, 2013
posted by gaspode at 7:30 AM on May 31, 2013
Yeah the "soldiers" thing is new to me too. Love it, though.
posted by flyingsquirrel at 7:32 AM on May 31, 2013
posted by flyingsquirrel at 7:32 AM on May 31, 2013
Oh, and I'm a new zealander and they are soldiers, yes. Lady fingers are cakey.
posted by gaspode at 7:32 AM on May 31, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by gaspode at 7:32 AM on May 31, 2013 [2 favorites]
arcticwoman, maybe egg cups are a regional thing? I grew up in NS eating eggs (mostly hard-boiled since for a long time I didn't like liquid yolk) out of egg cups, cutting the top off with a knife and eating the egg with a tiny little spoon (like a teaspoon but obviously not silver). I found some adorable ones at Ikea a couple years ago and loaded up on them. My US boyfriend thought I was insane so I gave some to my parents who told me only last month how much they liked them. I kept one set and now that I'm living with my boyfriend, I've introduced them to him and he is being converted. Now if only I could make a soft-boiled egg*
*Yes, you probably have instructions. I have read all the instructions and because they are not written for exactly my pot, stove, water level, and egg size, they don't work. It's a work in progress. I got the perfect slight bit of liquid in the yolk last time but not the true liquidy stuff that I need to make so I can eat them over salads and toast.
posted by hydrobatidae at 8:07 AM on May 31, 2013 [1 favorite]
*Yes, you probably have instructions. I have read all the instructions and because they are not written for exactly my pot, stove, water level, and egg size, they don't work. It's a work in progress. I got the perfect slight bit of liquid in the yolk last time but not the true liquidy stuff that I need to make so I can eat them over salads and toast.
posted by hydrobatidae at 8:07 AM on May 31, 2013 [1 favorite]
"Lady's fingers" to me is okra, but young me always thought calling any foodstuff that seemed a bit gruesome. Then again, I also called my soldiers "shoulders", because I couldn't say it right.
It took me a while before I got good at peeling eggs, but on a lucky day I can get the whole top off on a satisfyingly solid single spiral of membrane.
posted by lucidium at 9:55 AM on May 31, 2013
It took me a while before I got good at peeling eggs, but on a lucky day I can get the whole top off on a satisfyingly solid single spiral of membrane.
posted by lucidium at 9:55 AM on May 31, 2013
Ladies' fingers are either cakes or okra. Soldiers are good for eggs.
It's such a surprise that Americans don't know soft-boiled eggs - who would have known. I suppose it's something one does in the privacy of one's home.
I recently bought a German egg-boiler. Wonderful item. One can set it to soft, medium or hard.
If you don't have a German egg-boiler, but understand Norwegian, here you get the practical science of boiling eggs.
Now the business of opening the egg has almost led to arguments in our otherwise peaceful family. Obviously, the narrow top of the egg should be cut off sharply, exposing the yolk. We all agree on that. But how? I have always prided myself of being good with a sharp knife, while my siblings preferred dedicated egg-cutters. The argument was about which brand of egg-cutters (or knife) . Suggestions for products which can create peace or just an armistice are welcome, thank you.
THese days, my lazy daughter and my equally lazy self sometimes use soft-boiled eggs in place of poached eggs for eggs florentine. The taste and runnyness are almost the same, and it's much easier
posted by mumimor at 12:30 PM on May 31, 2013
It's such a surprise that Americans don't know soft-boiled eggs - who would have known. I suppose it's something one does in the privacy of one's home.
I recently bought a German egg-boiler. Wonderful item. One can set it to soft, medium or hard.
If you don't have a German egg-boiler, but understand Norwegian, here you get the practical science of boiling eggs.
Now the business of opening the egg has almost led to arguments in our otherwise peaceful family. Obviously, the narrow top of the egg should be cut off sharply, exposing the yolk. We all agree on that. But how? I have always prided myself of being good with a sharp knife, while my siblings preferred dedicated egg-cutters. The argument was about which brand of egg-cutters (or knife) . Suggestions for products which can create peace or just an armistice are welcome, thank you.
THese days, my lazy daughter and my equally lazy self sometimes use soft-boiled eggs in place of poached eggs for eggs florentine. The taste and runnyness are almost the same, and it's much easier
posted by mumimor at 12:30 PM on May 31, 2013
It's not that "Americans don't know soft-boiled eggs." It's SOME Americans don't know soft-boiled eggs. I grew up having them at least once a month and then every time I was recovering from some illness. Always in the 1970s egg cups we had (little ceramic things with painted chicken feet, and the cup was a 'broken egg') and always, always with soldiers.
I had a tumor removed from my salivary gland a few years ago and I cried when I couldn't get the egg right. Thank goodness my mother arrived in town a day or so later and set me up nicely with my comfort food.
posted by cooker girl at 1:19 PM on May 31, 2013 [2 favorites]
I had a tumor removed from my salivary gland a few years ago and I cried when I couldn't get the egg right. Thank goodness my mother arrived in town a day or so later and set me up nicely with my comfort food.
posted by cooker girl at 1:19 PM on May 31, 2013 [2 favorites]
It's such a surprise that Americans don't know soft-boiled eggs - who would have known. I suppose it's something one does in the privacy of one's home.
This Yank's parents cooked them occassionally when I was a kid. They're not unknown here, but I suspect they have declined a lot in popularity as everyday sit-down breakfasts have declined ---- this is the land of the go-gurt, the egg mc muffin and the coco puff. Most restaurants don't serve 'em, and our more decadent homemade breakfast staples tend to involve fried or scrambled eggs --- huevos rancheros, breakfast burritos, egg n cheese on a roll or eggs with bacon and home fries.
posted by Diablevert at 1:25 PM on May 31, 2013 [2 favorites]
This Yank's parents cooked them occassionally when I was a kid. They're not unknown here, but I suspect they have declined a lot in popularity as everyday sit-down breakfasts have declined ---- this is the land of the go-gurt, the egg mc muffin and the coco puff. Most restaurants don't serve 'em, and our more decadent homemade breakfast staples tend to involve fried or scrambled eggs --- huevos rancheros, breakfast burritos, egg n cheese on a roll or eggs with bacon and home fries.
posted by Diablevert at 1:25 PM on May 31, 2013 [2 favorites]
An ex girlfriend of mine knew one fact about boiling eggs: it takes three minutes. So she'd put the eggs in cold water, started it warming up and when it got to boiling point started the egg timer for three minutes.
My soldiers broke their necks every time, and soldiers are almost the point of boiled eggs.
posted by vbfg at 1:31 PM on May 31, 2013
My soldiers broke their necks every time, and soldiers are almost the point of boiled eggs.
posted by vbfg at 1:31 PM on May 31, 2013
Did she turn off the element after coming to a boil, then time the eggs, or did she boil the poor little tykes for three minutes?
posted by maudlin at 1:49 PM on May 31, 2013
posted by maudlin at 1:49 PM on May 31, 2013
It's such a surprise that Americans don't know soft-boiled eggs - who would have known.
I assumed nobody did soft-boiled eggs these days because of salmonella fears. That's why all my friends stopped eating raw cookie dough. It seems like "don't eat raw or undercooked eggs" has been pounded into our heads for the past 20 years.
posted by belladonna at 2:11 PM on May 31, 2013
I assumed nobody did soft-boiled eggs these days because of salmonella fears. That's why all my friends stopped eating raw cookie dough. It seems like "don't eat raw or undercooked eggs" has been pounded into our heads for the past 20 years.
posted by belladonna at 2:11 PM on May 31, 2013
So the Egg Council creeps have gotten to Metafilter too...
posted by averageamateur at 2:21 PM on May 31, 2013
posted by averageamateur at 2:21 PM on May 31, 2013
That's why all my friends stopped eating raw cookie dough.
FOOLS. You get all the flavour that way before it's baked out.
And do not get me started on lait de poule, which was part of my breakfast every day, along with two soft-cooked eggs on toast, when I was a kid.
posted by maudlin at 2:32 PM on May 31, 2013
FOOLS. You get all the flavour that way before it's baked out.
And do not get me started on lait de poule, which was part of my breakfast every day, along with two soft-cooked eggs on toast, when I was a kid.
posted by maudlin at 2:32 PM on May 31, 2013
An American, I would have never learned to eat undercooked eggs without living in Thailand. There "kai dao" means put an often runny fried egg on the mound of rice accompanying the main dish, and "jok" is rice porridge with basically a raw egg tossed in, which partly cooks from the heat.
In fact, Thailand got me over the whole boo-cholesterol American propaganda about eggs too, which - surprise! - is now seen as overdone.
posted by seemoreglass at 3:13 PM on May 31, 2013
In fact, Thailand got me over the whole boo-cholesterol American propaganda about eggs too, which - surprise! - is now seen as overdone.
posted by seemoreglass at 3:13 PM on May 31, 2013
That's why all my friends stopped eating raw cookie dough.
FOOLS. You get all the flavour that way before it's baked out.
I didn't say that I stopped eating cookie dough. I just figure this means more for me. ;)
But I HAVE noticed more & more friends acting paranoid about salmonella in the past few years.
posted by belladonna at 3:14 PM on May 31, 2013
FOOLS. You get all the flavour that way before it's baked out.
I didn't say that I stopped eating cookie dough. I just figure this means more for me. ;)
But I HAVE noticed more & more friends acting paranoid about salmonella in the past few years.
posted by belladonna at 3:14 PM on May 31, 2013
Lavishly-buttered toast soldiers dipped in a glass of cold and salty tomato juice are the perfect counterpoint to lavishly-buttered toast soldiers dipped in warm and rich egg yolk.
posted by islander at 6:57 PM on May 31, 2013
posted by islander at 6:57 PM on May 31, 2013
I have to say, while I appreciate the UKian fondness for boiled eggs and wish they were as ubiquitous in American breakfasts (the menu says "Eggs Any Style," but they sure do look at you funny in diners if you ask for anything other than scrambled, poached, or over-X), I also appreciate the fact that the boiled eggs I grew up didn't require extra utensils of any kind--no egg cup to wash, and no bewilderingly inappropriate spoon. Here is how you eat a boiled egg Southern-style: Crack egg on table or plate, peel and discard shell, and eat by bringing the egg to your mouth and taking a bite (ideally after you've seasoned it with salt, pepper, and maybe some hot sauce). Repeat until egg is no more. Yes, even if it's a rare soft-boiled one. You can alternately bite off the top and then dip in your toast pieces, but that's getting much fancier than is usually appropriate for boiled eggs. My British friends find this deeply uncivilized, but then, I can't convince them that it's OK to eat fried chicken with your hands, either, and we've each just had to accept that the other has some very strange customs.
For me, the absolute perfect beverage to go with boiled eggs is a cold soda, preferably Dr Pepper. I know it sounds weird, but it's a habit I started as a kid and it works so well together that I find it hard to deviate from now. Even as addicted as I am to coffee, if I'm doing a boiled egg or two for breakfast on a rushed day, the coffee comes either before or after the boiled-egg-and-a-soda.
posted by rhiannonstone at 4:01 PM on June 3, 2013
For me, the absolute perfect beverage to go with boiled eggs is a cold soda, preferably Dr Pepper. I know it sounds weird, but it's a habit I started as a kid and it works so well together that I find it hard to deviate from now. Even as addicted as I am to coffee, if I'm doing a boiled egg or two for breakfast on a rushed day, the coffee comes either before or after the boiled-egg-and-a-soda.
posted by rhiannonstone at 4:01 PM on June 3, 2013
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