How do you boil an egg?
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poached eggs don't work so well in egg cups though
Yeah, I like egg cups. Plus, you can't use soldiers with poached eggs.
Chester Copperpot
Triple stones
Carefully drop in boiling water for 4:20s. Lovely!
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
poached eggs don't work so well in egg cups though
That would have been considered too pretentious in our house. No uppitiness allowed!
But they're fun
Well it's a rubbish idea anyway, cos I lost both of my egg cups. The postman pat one was particularly fun to eat out of
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
Tap the bottom of the egg just a bit to crush the shell flat.
You can also peel them and cut them in half on a plate, although I admit that it's uncivilized.
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
Ah, never though of that... you do risk getting bits of shell on your soldiers though.
They're too hot to peel... and cutting em in half would be rubbish for dunking
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
You should smash the bottom out of a boiled egg, or preferably crush it up, cos otherwise withces take them and use them as sailing crafts to help them sink the boats of honest sailors.
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
Ah, never though of that... you do risk getting bits of shell on your soldiers though.
They're too hot to peel... and cutting em in half would be rubbish for dunking
I can't answer that as I'm not certain what a "soldier" is. Is that what we would call "toast"?
once you have finished eating your boiled egg and soldiers, you sould turn the egg upside down in the cup and pretend to whoever's with you (probably your nan or someone like that) that you have another egg to eat. you might also like to make a joke about being like mr strong 
Boiled eggs I do for 4 minutes placing them straight in the ready boiling water. My eggs are large ones though and taken straight out of the fridge.
Poached eggs I cook in a butter lined espresso coffee cup placed in a glass lidded saucepan filled up halfway up the cup with water and boiled. They are steamed really, but that is how egg poachers work. I start looking at the egg after about 3 minutes. You need a rubber spatula to get the egg out.
Poached eggs I cook in a butter lined espresso coffee cup placed in a glass lidded saucepan filled up halfway up the cup with water and boiled. They are steamed really, but that is how egg poachers work. I start looking at the egg after about 3 minutes. You need a rubber spatula to get the egg out.
AnnO'Neemus
Is so vanilla
Hurrah! The boiled egg thread!
I meant to start one yesterday after sniggering at the 26-year-old manchild who can't cook bacon.
Eggs are in a different category altogether they're not simple food, they're deceptive because they should be simple and easy to cook, but they're not, they're terribly tricky.
I meant to start one yesterday after sniggering at the 26-year-old manchild who can't cook bacon.
Eggs are in a different category altogether they're not simple food, they're deceptive because they should be simple and easy to cook, but they're not, they're terribly tricky.
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
Who's we? Yeh toast cut into strips.
mr strong is square thoughonce you have finished eating your boiled egg and soldiers, you sould turn the egg upside down in the cup and pretend to whoever's with you (probably your nan or someone like that) that you have another egg to eat. you might also like to make a joke about being like mr strong
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
once you have finished eating your boiled egg and soldiers, you sould turn the egg upside down in the cup and pretend to whoever's with you (probably your nan or someone like that) that you have another egg to eat. you might also like to make a joke about being like mr strong
i did this every single time.
i only ate the egg yolks, though, so i had to scoop out all the icky white first. I could have done it with the white in, but smashing the empty shell was better.
mr strong, i noticed recently, had pure white eggs - and it made me remember that in the seventies all eggs shells were pure white. which i had forgotten and attributed to being purely american weirdness.
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
Look, if you're coming out saying 'I can't boil an egg', just say it, we'll call you an idiot, then move on.
mr steev
magic thought wizard
Yeh toast cut into strips.
Not always... you can have soldiers out of bread too
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
Who's we? Yeh toast cut into strips.
I'm one of those gauche Americans.
I can't recall ever cutting toast into strips. But, yes there was some bits of egg shell that had to be removed here and there.
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
They're a bit floppy though.
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
How do you get it in the egg then?
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
How do you get it in the egg then?
Fork out a bit and put it on the toast like you're buttering a corner of the bread with it.
mr steev
magic thought wizard
They can be, but that's all the more reason for the egg to be cooked right. They're nice with freshly made bread.
stupid dogbot
Haughty and Superior
An egg?
Summon the butler, surely.
Summon the butler, surely.
AnnO'Neemus
Is so vanilla
I had an ex who had mastered the perfect boiled egg after years of experimentation, but I can't remember how he did them now. The white was always cooked. The yolk was always runny. And served with fresh granary bread soldiers, buttered. With freshly ground salt and pepper on the side of the plate.
Yum.
Yum.
mr steev
magic thought wizard
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
I hate your ex for this level of skill. I would eat his eggs, however.
