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Why Have a Lesser Eviil For Breakfast?

My wife was making boiled eggs for breakfast for the first time in a long time. She seemed to forget that the eggs will crack if put into hot water, and thus created a replica of a certain Great Old One. He was very tasty with some chutney from farmer's market.

Average: 4.3 (6 votes)

Comments

Sun, 06/05/2005 - 20:06 — Sliver (not verified)

The corollary of this is don't store eggs in the fridge and don't attempt boiling them if you've had them more than a few days, the air at the pointy end expands and does the exploding albumen trick.

Sat, 03/10/2007 - 01:50 — Anonymous

sad ooh sad
you need to tack it easy for once
toooooo many facts

Sun, 06/05/2005 - 21:05 — deadprogrammer

I think if I cool them a little more I can get Yog-Sothoth next time :)

Mon, 06/06/2005 - 19:22 — Alex Givant (not verified)

Put some salt in water before you boil eggs, it prevents cracks.

Mon, 06/06/2005 - 19:47 — deadprogrammer

Actually she did put some salt in, that didn't help.

Mon, 06/06/2005 - 23:34 — organaut (not verified)

Actually, salt prevents the egg from completely leaking out once it cracks, which in this instance worked pretty well.

Tue, 06/21/2005 - 07:04 — TeamDroid » Great Old One, Sunny Side Up (not verified)

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Tue, 06/21/2005 - 11:51 — Maryam Webster (not verified)

Soverign remedy for exploding Yog-Sohoth albumin: a few teaspoons vinegar in the cooking water - any kind but balsamic will do. Balsamic doesn't have the requisite acid content, try cider, malt or white/grain vinegar. Acid in the vinegar will curdle/cook the egg trying to mass-eject and seal the crack - instantly. You'll get a slight little frill on the outer edge of the egg that is easily knocked off if you don't want to eat it. Vinegar doesn't affect the taste however.

Also, let your eggs warm up to room temp for about 20 minutes before trying to hard boil them - this helps. I've also developed a dipping method that quickly brings cold eggs up in temp: using a slotted spoon or even better - a chinese mesh ladle - dip the egg into the boiling water, up and down five or six times, taking it deeper into the pan each time. Lay it on the bottom and gently roll it off into the water. Lots of cracks happen because eggs are tipped into the water from the surface level and crack as they hit the bottom of the pan. Enjoy!

Tue, 06/21/2005 - 20:00 — deadprogrammer

Good Marthastewartage. But I, for one, welcome our new egg-faced head-tentacled leaders. They are a good thing :)

Tue, 06/21/2005 - 21:46 — paul (not verified)

take a pin and put a hole in the big end of the egg. this works really well.

Sat, 06/25/2005 - 00:12 — Kurt Nordstrom (not verified)

Why are you all offering advice on how not to obtain this? That's awesome.

Mon, 07/04/2005 - 00:38 — Nasha (not verified)

hey thats a funny picture :-)

Tue, 07/19/2005 - 14:00 — Michael (not verified)

Simple home remedy - place the egg (cold from the fridge if you like) into the boiling water and then stir the saucepan gently for twenty seconds or so - no cracking and no need to wait for boilage or warmage.

P.S. I love the Javascript preview as you go! Neat idea.

Tue, 07/19/2005 - 17:37 — deadprogrammer

He heh, most posters seem to miss the point that I actually like eating eggs shaped like the Great Old Ones and the Elder Gods.

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