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Long story short, a Scottish guy on Twitter went on a rant about how Americans don't a.) use egg cups, a.1) don't eat soft boiled eggs, and b.) don't have electric kettles.
I know it's a cultural difference, but it's funny how he just can't imagine that soft boiled eggs aren't really a thing here. "How do you dip your toast soldiers?" We don't, and what are toast soldiers?
Last edited by fleetiebelle; 07-11-2017 at 09:05 AM..
No kidding - I have yet to find a breakfast type diner that knows how to cook a soft boiled egg. And they serve them in a dessert bowl - ridiculous. The last time I tried to order them, they were blistering hot and I couldn't handle them as they were served in a dessert bowl. I ended up asking for poached eggs, which were served watery in the same dessert bowl. I don't bother ordering them anymore.
No kidding - I have yet to find a breakfast type diner that knows how to cook a soft boiled egg. And they serve them in a dessert bowl - ridiculous. The last time I tried to order them, they were blistering hot and I couldn't handle them as they were served in a dessert bowl. I ended up asking for poached eggs, which were served watery in the same dessert bowl. I don't bother ordering them anymore.
I've eaten soft boiled eggs, but rarely. I go out to breakfast a lot and they're not the sort of thing that I'd ever order in a restaurant. And if I'm making eggs at home, it's easier to scramble or fry.
I hate runny eggs, so soft-boiled is absolutely a no-go for me. I do make fried and poached eggs for my husband and daughter. But regardless, it's not too hard to grasp that there is nothing magic about soft-boiled eggs. You can soft-boil an egg and put it in an egg cup plus make toast and cut it into skinny little strips for dipping, or you can fry an egg and plop it on a piece of toast. It comes out to basically the same thing. Egg and toast.
As for the electric kettle, I just spent the weekend in a vacation rental that had one (stationed right next to a stove top with six burners). Out of curiosity, I tried it. I make tea by the pot, so I filled it full, the same way I would fill my regular kettle. And I timed it. The electric kettle took thirty seconds less time to boil water than the regular one. I don't think it would change my life.
First, the guy needs to learn to communicate without profanity.
Second, we don't need "electric kettles". We do just fine with our stove top kettles.
Third, we fry our eggs "sunny side up" or "over medium", with runny yolks, and dip our toast points in the yolk. Yes, some of us fry them hard, so the yolk is not runny at all. It depends on how WE like them.
Fourth, we really do not care what he likes or does not like. Those are HIS problems, not ours.
Fifth, the last "soft boiled" egg I had was prepared by my grandmother. Yes, she actually had glass egg cups to hold them. I didn't like them those many years ago, and I doubt I would like them now. IIRC, I used to scoop the eggs (two of them) out of the shell onto my plate, then eat it, with buttered toast. I suppose he would consider that barbaric. I really don't care.
No kidding - I have yet to find a breakfast type diner that knows how to cook a soft boiled egg. And they serve them in a dessert bowl - ridiculous. The last time I tried to order them, they were blistering hot and I couldn't handle them as they were served in a dessert bowl. I ended up asking for poached eggs, which were served watery in the same dessert bowl. I don't bother ordering them anymore.
I like soft boiled eggs and don't have a drop of Scottish or British blood in me. My wife was Dutch and used to make them and we had egg cups. I recently moved and only took one egg cup set up with me. I need a lot more toast with soft boiled eggs than with sunny side up because dipping doesn't pick up as much yolk as wiping does so I only have them maybe once or twice a month.
I agree, shh1313, real fermented rye bread goes great with eggs.
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