To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war...
- 31 May 2013 11:25231632[OK, OK so I'm mixing a few things up...]
You will each remember the sombre lesson from Gulliver's Travels;that of the war between Lilliput and Brobdingnag [funny how my spell-checker knows the one but not the other?] which was all about which end of a boiled egg is the 'top'.
The Guardian is here to help (I think)...
How do you eat yours?
How to eat: boiled eggs...
For instance...
"Opening your egg
It's commonplace in adverts to see cheery souls photogenically bashing at the top of their breakfast egg in order to loosen the shell. Before, presumably, peeling it and cutting the top off. But is that a real thing? I've never actually seen anyone do it in real life and, surely, with good reason? Namely, the danger of tiny shell splinters embedding themselves in your egg and the fact that, if you're eating what you might consider a rubbish egg, where the white is likely to stick to the membrane and the membrane to the shell, you may well end up not with a clean dome to slice open, but a pitted, potholed mess. Interestingly, Harold McGee blames that shell-stickiness on the relatively low pH of newly laid eggs. Who knew that you could have an egg that's too fresh?
Either way, the only sensible way to take the top off an egg - the pointy end, of course, not the fat bottom - is by giving it a smart crack with the blade of a knife (the one you've used to butter the toast*), then cutting smoothly through the incision, to a depth - around a centimetre, usually - that allows you to insert a roughly index finger-width piece of toast into the yolk. Using a teaspoon, the top should then be smoothly scooped out in one movement, placed on the corner of a piece of toast, sprinkled with salt (please, no pepper), and eaten first as a kind of eggy amuse-bouche."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2013/may/31/how-to-eat-boiled-eggsIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 31 May 2013 11:48231636perhaps this chap could advise tom.
- Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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31 May 2013 11:58231638....."It's commonplace in adverts to see cheery souls photogenically bashing at the top of their breakfast egg in order to loosen the shell. Before, presumably, peeling it and cutting the top off. But is that a real thing? I've never actually seen anyone do it in real life".....
Yes it is the real thing, I always bash mine with the spoon without any problems with the egg shell but I have obviously never moved in the same circles as the writer at breakfast.
The Guardian obviously has a lot of money to spare by paying someone to write that drivel of an article.
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I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
------------------------------------------------------------------- - 31 May 2013 12:11231640You can't always tell if anybody gets paid writing for the Guardian...many do not. This fellow is Tony Naylor who lives in the north of England. He likes Greggs pasties, molecular gastronomy and lots of things in between. Outside of filling his face his interests include any licensed establishments, Manchester City, electronic music and some other stuff which could look a bit pretentious in print...
Some of those who are commenting are with you Jan...
This from ITLaw23...
" I've tended to go with a combination - bash the top, cut round with a knife.
Also, soldiers are perfectly suited to the task, tearing your bread into rough chunks risks too-big-for-the-hole bread, potentially pushing flecks of shell into the middle.
I've got a feeling this blog could get very heated. The needlessly derisory attitude towards toast AND soldiers is just the sort of thing to make me angry.
I should probably sort my priorities."Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 31 May 2013 14:16231672I'm a slicer, not a basher, how about you?
"My New Year's Resolution, is to try and emulate Marek's level of chilled out, thoughtfulness and humour towards other forumites and not lose my decorum" - 31 May 2013 15:13231674Eggs have feelings too
Audere est facere.
