This morning I made scrambled eggs, same as I've done a couple of times
a week for years. This time I lost an egg.
I put a small bowl on the counter, next to the sink. As I've done
hundreds of times, I cracked the egg on the sink edge, but this time was different.
The egg did not just crack, half the shell came off and the egg just
dropped down to the sink and slithered down the drain.
Easy cleanup compared to if it dropped to the floor.
On 2025-04-05 12:23 p.m., Ed P wrote:
This morning I made scrambled eggs, same as I've done a couple of times
a week for years. This time I lost an egg.
I put a small bowl on the counter, next to the sink. As I've done
hundreds of times, I cracked the egg on the sink edge, but this time was
different.
The egg did not just crack, half the shell came off and the egg just
dropped down to the sink and slithered down the drain.
Is it a seasonal thing? I had a similar sort of thing happen when I
fried a couple eggs. I cracked the egg on the edge of the pan. I just
tapped it lightly and would not have been surprised if I had too give it another tap. Not at all, just one gentle tap and the top of the egg
popped off and the innards rolled over the broken edge, ripping open the
yolk and it all fell into the pan. No mess to clean up other than to
pick a couple chunks of shell out of pan.
Easy cleanup compared to if it dropped to the floor.
On Sat, 5 Apr 2025 17:30:42 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-04-05 12:23 p.m., Ed P wrote:Weak shells? Do those chickens need some extra calcium
This morning I made scrambled eggs, same as I've done a couple of times
a week for years. This time I lost an egg.
I put a small bowl on the counter, next to the sink. As I've done
hundreds of times, I cracked the egg on the sink edge, but this time was >>> different.
The egg did not just crack, half the shell came off and the egg just
dropped down to the sink and slithered down the drain.
Is it a seasonal thing? I had a similar sort of thing happen when I
fried a couple eggs. I cracked the egg on the edge of the pan. I just
tapped it lightly and would not have been surprised if I had too give it
another tap. Not at all, just one gentle tap and the top of the egg
popped off and the innards rolled over the broken edge, ripping open the
yolk and it all fell into the pan. No mess to clean up other than to
pick a couple chunks of shell out of pan.
Easy cleanup compared to if it dropped to the floor.
in their diet?
On Sat, 5 Apr 2025 17:30:42 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-04-05 12:23 p.m., Ed P wrote:Weak shells? Do those chickens need some extra calcium
This morning I made scrambled eggs, same as I've done a couple of times
a week for years. This time I lost an egg.
I put a small bowl on the counter, next to the sink. As I've done
hundreds of times, I cracked the egg on the sink edge, but this time was >>> different.
The egg did not just crack, half the shell came off and the egg just
dropped down to the sink and slithered down the drain.
Is it a seasonal thing? I had a similar sort of thing happen when I
fried a couple eggs. I cracked the egg on the edge of the pan. I just
tapped it lightly and would not have been surprised if I had too give it
another tap. Not at all, just one gentle tap and the top of the egg
popped off and the innards rolled over the broken edge, ripping open the
yolk and it all fell into the pan. No mess to clean up other than to
pick a couple chunks of shell out of pan.
Easy cleanup compared to if it dropped to the floor.
in their diet?
ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
On Sat, 5 Apr 2025 17:30:42 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-04-05 12:23 p.m., Ed P wrote:Weak shells? Do those chickens need some extra calcium
This morning I made scrambled eggs, same as I've done a couple of times >>>> a week for years. This time I lost an egg.
I put a small bowl on the counter, next to the sink. As I've done
hundreds of times, I cracked the egg on the sink edge, but this time was >>>> different.
The egg did not just crack, half the shell came off and the egg just
dropped down to the sink and slithered down the drain.
Easy cleanup compared to if it dropped to the floor.
in their diet?
Damn, I bet trump put a 500% tariff on calcium.
Nah, it had to be biden or obama's doing.
What was I thinking?
Damn, I bet trump put a 500% tariff on calcium.
Nah, it had to be biden or obama's doing.
What was I thinking?
This morning I made scrambled eggs, same as I've done a couple of times
a week for years. This time I lost an egg.
I put a small bowl on the counter, next to the sink. As I've done
hundreds of times, I cracked the egg on the sink edge, but this time was different.
The egg did not just crack, half the shell came off and the egg just
dropped down to the sink and slithered down the drain.
Easy cleanup compared to if it dropped to the floor.
On 4/5/2025 12:23 PM, Ed P wrote:
This morning I made scrambled eggs, same as I've done a couple ofWhy didn't you crack the egg on the edge of the bowl?
times a week for years. This time I lost an egg.
I put a small bowl on the counter, next to the sink. As I've done
hundreds of times, I cracked the egg on the sink edge, but this time
was different.
Jill
Damn, I bet trump put a 500% tariff on calcium.
Nah, it had to be biden or obama's doing.
What was I thinking?
Never did. Same with fried eggs,
I don't hit them on the edge of the
hot pan that can move
On 2025-04-06, Ed P wrote:
Never did. Same with fried eggs,
I don't hit them on the edge of the
hot pan that can move
I *always* crack them into a little
ramekin one at a time to check for
shell pieces or over-grown embryos
before dumping them into the pan.
Otherwise, if the egg cooks too
fast, the shell will become shrouded
and impossible to completely remove.
Never had an embryo problem. Have
you often tossed eggs for that?
On the rare occasion I've had a piece
of shell, scoop it out with the
shell half in your hand.
On 2025-04-06, Ed P wrote:
Never had an embryo problem. Have
you often tossed eggs for that?
Never. Just use a pair of teaspoons to
separate the embryo when it has visible
blood. The white part will dissappear
when the clear 'whites' cook around it.
On the rare occasion I've had a piece
of shell, scoop it out with the
shell half in your hand.
I find that pushing anything into
the white causes the shell to 'avoid'
the intruder when you try to get behind it.
It is much easier to push a finger directly
onto the shell fragment until it is pinned
against the inside of the ramekin wherein
it is easy to slide it out.
Also, a spoon (or your finger) will never
break up into additional shell fragments.
On 4/5/2025 12:23 PM, Ed P wrote:
This morning I made scrambled eggs, same as I've done a couple of timesWhy didn't you crack the egg on the edge of the bowl?
a week for years. This time I lost an egg.
I put a small bowl on the counter, next to the sink. As I've done
hundreds of times, I cracked the egg on the sink edge, but this time was
different.
Ed P wrote:
This morning I made scrambled eggs, same as I've done a couple of times
a week for years. This time I lost an egg.
I put a small bowl on the counter, next to the sink. As I've done
hundreds of times, I cracked the egg on the sink edge, but this time was different.
The egg did not just crack, half the shell came off and the egg just
dropped down to the sink and slithered down the drain.
Easy cleanup compared to if it dropped to the floor.
cheesetray wrote:
Ed P wrote:
This morning I made scrambled eggs, same as I've done a couple of times
a week for years. This time I lost an egg.
I put a small bowl on the counter, next to the sink. As I've done
hundreds of times, I cracked the egg on the sink edge, but this time was
different.
The egg did not just crack, half the shell came off and the egg just
dropped down to the sink and slithered down the drain.
Easy cleanup compared to if it dropped to the floor.
hang on. i'll call the NYTimes.
or as mom used to says, "alert the presses!!!"
Ed P wrote:
This morning I made scrambled eggs, same as I've done a couple of times
a week for years. This time I lost an egg.
I put a small bowl on the counter, next to the sink. As I've done
hundreds of times, I cracked the egg on the sink edge, but this time was different.
The egg did not just crack, half the shell came off and the egg just
dropped down to the sink and slithered down the drain.
Easy cleanup compared to if it dropped to the floor.
On 2025-04-06, Ed P wrote:
Never did. Same with fried eggs,
I don't hit them on the edge of the
hot pan that can move
I *always* crack them into a little
ramekin one at a time to check for
shell pieces or over-grown embryos
before dumping them into the pan.
Jill McQuown wrote:
On 4/5/2025 11:06 PM, Mike Duffy wrote:
On 2025-04-06, Ed P wrote:
Never did. Same with fried eggs,
I don't hit them on the edge of the
hot pan that can move
I *always* crack them into a little
ramekin one at a time to check for
shell pieces or over-grown embryos
before dumping them into the pan.
The eggs I buy or am given are not fertilized (no roosters) so no
embryos to worry about.
I do, however, crack the eggs against the rim of a bowl for scrambling,
not on the edge of the kitchen sink. I rarely have any issues with an
egg shells getting into the bowl.
Jill
On 2025-04-06, Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
On 4/5/2025 12:23 PM, Ed P wrote:
This morning I made scrambled eggs, same as I've done a couple of timesWhy didn't you crack the egg on the edge of the bowl?
a week for years. This time I lost an egg.
I put a small bowl on the counter, next to the sink. As I've done
hundreds of times, I cracked the egg on the sink edge, but this time was >>> different.
A lot of people crack eggs on a flat surface, to reduce the
likelihood of driving fragments of shell into the egg.
Jill McQuown wrote:
On 4/5/2025 11:06 PM, Mike Duffy wrote:
On 2025-04-06, Ed P wrote:
Never did. Same with fried eggs,
I don't hit them on the edge of the
hot pan that can move
I *always* crack them into a little
ramekin one at a time to check for
shell pieces or over-grown embryos
before dumping them into the pan.
The eggs I buy or am given are not fertilized (no roosters) so no
embryos to worry about.
I do, however, crack the eggs against the rim of a bowl for scrambling,
not on the edge of the kitchen sink. I rarely have any issues with an
egg shells getting into the bowl.
Jill
why are those tiny pieces of egg shell in one's scrambled egg, if this has ever happened to you, so incredibly despicable?!?!?!
I suppose they do but Ed said he cracked it on the edge of the sink and
the egg went down the drain. Might have been better if he cracked it on
the edge of the bowl he was going to use to scramble it. I'm pretty
sure he doesn't scramble eggs in the sink.
Jill
What about little brown spots? I hunt them and little pieces of shell
until I've got them all. It's a bit like removing a little fruit fly
from your drink before taking a sip.
On Sun, 6 Apr 2025 18:37:54 +0000, Bruce wrote:
Blood spots??
What about little brown spots? I hunt them and little pieces of shell
until I've got them all. It's a bit like removing a little fruit fly
from your drink before taking a sip.
I rarely, rarely get egg shells in my cracked eggs. But
now that I've stated this, I'll be fishing shells out of
my eggs for weeks/months to come.
On Sun, 6 Apr 2025 18:37:54 +0000, Bruce wrote:
Blood spots??
What about little brown spots? I hunt them and little pieces of shell
until I've got them all. It's a bit like removing a little fruit fly
from your drink before taking a sip.
I rarely, rarely get egg shells in my cracked eggs. But
now that I've stated this, I'll be fishing shells out of
my eggs for weeks/months to come.
On Sun, 6 Apr 2025 18:37:54 +0000, Bruce wrote:
Blood spots??
What about little brown spots? I hunt them and little pieces of shell
until I've got them all. It's a bit like removing a little fruit fly
from your drink before taking a sip.
I rarely, rarely get egg shells in my cracked eggs. ButCross your fingers it won't happen simply because it was mentioned here. ;)
now that I've stated this, I'll be fishing shells out of
my eggs for weeks/months to come.
--
Bruce wrote:
On Sun, 06 Apr 2025 11:40:42 -0400,
roach4994@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (cheesetray) wrote:
Jill McQuown wrote:
On 4/5/2025 11:06 PM, Mike Duffy wrote:
On 2025-04-06, Ed P wrote:
Never did. Same with fried eggs,
I don't hit them on the edge of the
hot pan that can move
I *always* crack them into a little
ramekin one at a time to check for
shell pieces or over-grown embryos
before dumping them into the pan.
The eggs I buy or am given are not fertilized (no roosters) so no
embryos to worry about.
I do, however, crack the eggs against the rim of a bowl for scrambling,
not on the edge of the kitchen sink. I rarely have any issues with an
egg shells getting into the bowl.
Jill
why are those tiny pieces of egg shell in one's scrambled egg, if this has ever happened to you, so incredibly despicable?!?!?!
What about little brown spots? I hunt them and little pieces of shell
until I've got them all. It's a bit like removing a little fruit fly
from your drink before taking a sip.
--
Bruce
https://i.postimg.cc/5NvHwfF0/trumpputin.jpg
On 4/6/2025 4:06 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
On Sun, 6 Apr 2025 18:37:54 +0000, Bruce wrote:
Blood spots??
What about little brown spots? I hunt them and little pieces of shell
until I've got them all. It's a bit like removing a little fruit fly
from your drink before taking a sip.
Bruce has problems with shells in scrambled eggs and brown spots? And
fruit flies in his drink?
On 4/5/2025 11:06 PM, Mike Duffy wrote:
On 2025-04-06, Ed P wrote:The eggs I buy or am given are not fertilized (no roosters) so no
Never did. Same with fried eggs,
I don't hit them on the edge of the
hot pan that can move
I *always* crack them into a little
ramekin one at a time to check for
shell pieces or over-grown embryos
before dumping them into the pan.
embryos to worry about.
I do, however, crack the eggs against the rim of a bowl for scrambling,
not on the edge of the kitchen sink. I rarely have any issues with an
egg shells getting into the bowl.
Jill
On 4/6/2025 6:02 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-04-06, Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:I suppose they do but Ed said he cracked it on the edge of the sink and
On 4/5/2025 12:23 PM, Ed P wrote:
This morning I made scrambled eggs, same as I've done a couple of times >>>> a week for years. This time I lost an egg.Why didn't you crack the egg on the edge of the bowl?
I put a small bowl on the counter, next to the sink. As I've done
hundreds of times, I cracked the egg on the sink edge, but this time
was
different.
A lot of people crack eggs on a flat surface, to reduce the
likelihood of driving fragments of shell into the egg.
the egg went down the drain. Might have been better if he cracked it on
the edge of the bowl he was going to use to scramble it. I'm pretty
sure he doesn't scramble eggs in the sink.
Speaking of scrambled eggs, yes, I do crack them on the edge of a
shallow bowl. I rarely have issues with shell fragments in the bowl.
Jill
On 2025-04-06, Jill McQuown wrote:
On 4/6/2025 4:06 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
[...] fishing shells out of my eggs
Cross your fingers it won't happen
Despite that she loves the taste, I have a cousin who will
not eat egg sandwiches 'just in case' of shell fragments.
It happened once, and apparently is too traumatic to risk
On 4/6/2025 4:06 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
[...] fishing shells out of my eggs
Cross your fingers it won't happen
On 2025-04-06 9:34 p.m., Mike Duffy wrote:
On 2025-04-06, Jill McQuown wrote:
On 4/6/2025 4:06 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
[...] fishing shells out of my eggs
Cross your fingers it won't happen
Despite that she loves the taste, I have a cousin who will
not eat egg sandwiches 'just in case' of shell fragments.
It happened once, and apparently is too traumatic to risk
That's a damned shame. I have a strange relationship with egg salad >sandwiches. I have never made one for myself. My wife has made a couple
for me. However, when I go to a funeral and there are church lady egg
salad sandwiches I am sure to have some.
On 2025-04-05 12:23 p.m., Ed P wrote:
This morning I made scrambled eggs, same as I've done a couple of times
a week for years. This time I lost an egg.
I put a small bowl on the counter, next to the sink. As I've done
hundreds of times, I cracked the egg on the sink edge, but this time was
different.
The egg did not just crack, half the shell came off and the egg just
dropped down to the sink and slithered down the drain.
Is it a seasonal thing? I had a similar sort of thing happen when I
fried a couple eggs. I cracked the egg on the edge of the pan. I just
tapped it lightly and would not have been surprised if I had too give it another tap. Not at all, just one gentle tap and the top of the egg
popped off and the innards rolled over the broken edge, ripping open the
yolk and it all fell into the pan. No mess to clean up other than to
pick a couple chunks of shell out of pan.
Easy cleanup compared to if it dropped to the floor.
On 2025-04-06 9:34 p.m., Mike Duffy wrote:
On 2025-04-06, Jill McQuown wrote:
On 4/6/2025 4:06 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
[...] fishing shells out of my eggs
Cross your fingers it won't happen
Despite that she loves the taste, I have a cousin who will
not eat egg sandwiches 'just in case' of shell fragments.
It happened once, and apparently is too traumatic to risk
That's a damned shame. I have a strange relationship with egg salad sandwiches. I have never made one for myself. My wife has made a couple
for me. However, when I go to a funeral and there are church lady egg
salad sandwiches I am sure to have some.
On Sun, 6 Apr 2025 22:04:34 -0400, Dave Smith
<adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
On 2025-04-06 9:34 p.m., Mike Duffy wrote:
On 2025-04-06, Jill McQuown wrote:
On 4/6/2025 4:06 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
[...] fishing shells out of my eggs
Cross your fingers it won't happen
Despite that she loves the taste, I have a cousin who will
not eat egg sandwiches 'just in case' of shell fragments.
It happened once, and apparently is too traumatic to risk
That's a damned shame. I have a strange relationship with egg salad >sandwiches. I have never made one for myself. My wife has made a couple
for me. However, when I go to a funeral and there are church lady egg
salad sandwiches I am sure to have some.
From: "Egg Salad Sandwiches And I, A Journey"
By Dave Smith
Now in a book store near you
On 2025-04-06 9:34 p.m., Mike Duffy wrote:
On 2025-04-06, Jill McQuown wrote:
On 4/6/2025 4:06 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
[...] fishing shells out of my eggs
Cross your fingers it won't happen
Despite that she loves the taste, I have a cousin who will
not eat egg sandwiches 'just in case' of shell fragments.
It happened once, and apparently is too traumatic to risk
That's a damned shame. I have a strange relationship with egg salad sandwiches. I have never made one for myself. My wife has made a couple
for me. However, when I go to a funeral and there are church lady egg
salad sandwiches I am sure to have some.
Eggs, mayo, minced onion and celery
(and radish, if I have it),
salt and pepper.
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-04-07, Dave Smith <adavid> wrote:
On 2025-04-06 9:34 p.m., Mike Duffy wrote:
On 2025-04-06, Jill McQuown wrote:
On 4/6/2025 4:06 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
[...] fishing shells out of my eggs
Cross your fingers it won't happen
Despite that she loves the taste, I have a cousin who will
not eat egg sandwiches 'just in case' of shell fragments.
It happened once, and apparently is too traumatic to risk
That's a damned shame. I have a strange relationship with egg salad
sandwiches. I have never made one for myself. My wife has made a couple
for me. However, when I go to a funeral and there are church lady egg
salad sandwiches I am sure to have some.
I had an egg salad sandwich for supper last night.
I don't trust anybody else's egg salad. They put crap like pickle
relish in it.
Eggs, mayo, minced onion and celery (and radish, if I have it),
salt and pepper. Perfection.
--
Cindy Hamilton
Ed P wrote:
This morning I made scrambled eggs, same as I've done a couple of times
a week for years. This time I lost an egg.
I put a small bowl on the counter, next to the sink. As I've done
hundreds of times, I cracked the egg on the sink edge, but this time was different.
The egg did not just crack, half the shell came off and the egg just
dropped down to the sink and slithered down the drain.
Easy cleanup compared to if it dropped to the floor.
oh, i get it now. THIS is why y'all brought me here.
YOU WANT TO STEAL MY SECRET RECIPES!!!!
On Sun, 6 Apr 2025 22:13:38 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:
I don't often get egg shells in my eggs but it's not a big deal. If it
is big enough to be a problem I can fish it out easily. If I can't get
it I make sure not to bite to hard.
The way I learned how to get egg shells out of eggs in a bowl is to use
the broken half of the shell to scoop it out. It works great but I have
no idea how it works. The way this guy does it is awesome.
On 2025-04-06 4:06 p.m., ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
On Sun, 6 Apr 2025 18:37:54 +0000, Bruce wrote:
Blood spots??
What about little brown spots? I hunt them and little pieces of shell
until I've got them all. It's a bit like removing a little fruit fly
from your drink before taking a sip.
I rarely, rarely get egg shells in my cracked eggs. But
now that I've stated this, I'll be fishing shells out of
my eggs for weeks/months to come.
I don't often get egg shells in my eggs but it's not a big deal. If it
is big enough to be a problem I can fish it out easily. If I can't get
it I make sure not to bite to hard.
The way I learned how to get egg shells out of eggs in a bowl
is to use the broken half of the shell to scoop it out.
It works great but I have no idea how it works.
The way this guy does it is awesome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy6STX9fc54&t=456s
On 2025-04-07, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
Eggs, mayo, minced onion and celery
(and radish, if I have it),
salt and pepper.
If you're in for radish, you might as well
go all the way with horse-radish.
I will also drop in some turmeric paste, but that
is likely on your 'naughty' list for egg salad.
It doesn't happen too often though. Like David,
most of my egg salad sandwiches are from my wife,
or completely unknown women at dead spreads.
The way I learned how to get egg shells out of eggs in a bowl
is to use the broken half of the shell to scoop it out.
It works great but I have no idea how it works.
The way this guy does it is awesome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy6STX9fc54&t=456s
You are a lying trickster. I went to the link and it
does not show him scooping out eggshell pieces with
other eggshell pieces. It just shows him breaking
a dozen eggs and then not even looking for pieces
before he starts scrambling the eggs.
Pay attention to how you are loading context.
I've never seen turmeric paste. Turmeric pairs well
with eggs, though.
On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 18:46:42 +0000, Mike Duffy wrote:
The way I learned how to get egg shells out of eggs in a bowl
is to use the broken half of the shell to scoop it out.
It works great but I have no idea how it works.
The way this guy does it is awesome.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OKJtXdPzM-Y
On 2025-04-07, dsi1 wrote:
On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 18:46:42 +0000, Mike Duffy wrote:
The way I learned how to get egg shells out of eggs in a bowl
is to use the broken half of the shell to scoop it out.
It works great but I have no idea how it works.
The way this guy does it is awesome.
The video was instead about a method of cracking open eggs.
You said: "The way I learned to get the egg shells out [...]".
Then: "It works great", 'it' referring to the extraction method,
not an egg fracturing method.
Then: The way this guy does it is awesome", 'it' being the same
reference due to sloppy context overloading.
This is followed by a lame attempt to 'save face' by a link to
the original subject which you were unable to follow initially:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OKJtXdPzM-Y
I rest my case. As defendant, you get the last word.
On 2025-04-06, Jill McQuown wrote:
On 4/6/2025 4:06 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
[...] fishing shells out of my eggs
Cross your fingers it won't happen
Despite that she loves the taste, I have a cousin who will
not eat egg sandwiches 'just in case' of shell fragments.
It happened once, and apparently is too traumatic to risk.
The video was about a method of cracking open eggs in a restaurant. He
uses a ladle to crack the shell. He uses his right hand to dump the egg
into the ladle. He does that to check the egg before adding it to the
bowl. If everything is okay, he dumps the egg into the bowl and cracks another egg.
I occasionally make a couple of soft boiled
(actually closer to medium boiled) eggs and
spoon the insides into a
The way I learned how to get egg shells out of eggs in a bowl
is to use the broken half of the shell to scoop it out.
It works great but I have no idea how it works.
The way this guy does it is awesome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy6STX9fc54&t=456s
You are a lying trickster. I went to the link and it
does not show him scooping out eggshell pieces with
other eggshell pieces. It just shows him breaking
a dozen eggs and then not even looking for pieces
before he starts scrambling the eggs.
Pay attention to how you are loading context.
On 2025-04-07, Jill McQuown wrote:
I occasionally make a couple of soft boiled
(actually closer to medium boiled) eggs and
spoon the insides into a
I sometimes remove the shells by hand cracking
the whole egg under running water. It definitely
needs to be firm in the egg white part.
The bonus is a complete wash by turning a few
times to remove even tiny shell pieces.
On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 20:28:36 +0000, Mike Duffy wrote:
You said: "The way I learned to get the egg shells out [...]".
Then: "It works great", 'it' referring to the extraction method,
not an egg fracturing method.
Then: The way this guy does it is awesome", 'it' being the same
reference due to sloppy context overloading.
This is followed by a lame attempt to 'save face' by a link to
the original subject which you were unable to follow initially:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OKJtXdPzM-Y
I rest my case. As defendant, you get the last word.
Please do. I fail to see what your point is. That video showed exactly
what I wanted - some guy cracking some eggs in a most efficient way.
Have a nice life.
OTOH, I've cracked many thousand eggs over about
seven decades and never had a bad one.
In article <vsvcu9$2h2qh$1@dont-email.me>,
Bruce@invalid.invalid says...
On Sun, 6 Apr 2025 22:04:34 -0400, Dave Smith
<adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
On 2025-04-06 9:34 p.m., Mike Duffy wrote:
On 2025-04-06, Jill McQuown wrote:
On 4/6/2025 4:06 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
[...] fishing shells out of my eggs
Cross your fingers it won't happen
Despite that she loves the taste, I have a cousin who will
not eat egg sandwiches 'just in case' of shell fragments.
It happened once, and apparently is too traumatic to risk
That's a damned shame. I have a strange relationship with egg salad
sandwiches. I have never made one for myself. My wife has made a couple
for me. However, when I go to a funeral and there are church lady egg
salad sandwiches I am sure to have some.
From: "Egg Salad Sandwiches And I, A Journey"
By Dave Smith
Now in a book store near you
The film is on Netflix. Rated 18 for sex and violence.
Big Neice is played by Meryl Streep.
Ah, but I need the eggs to still be hot.
I do run them under cool water
briefly to so they're easy enough to handle,
then I lop the top off and scoop out the egg
with a spoon into the coffee mug/cup.
I still want the eggs to be warm
enough to melt the added butter.
A tiny bit of shell is not a deal breaker.
I thought his point was pretty clear. The guy in
the video does indeed have a good way to crack eggs
and check them for weird crap to avoid
contaminating a larger bowl of cracked eggs,
On 4/7/2025 3:26 PM, dsi1 wrote:
The video was about a method of cracking open eggs in a restaurant. He
uses a ladle to crack the shell. He uses his right hand to dump the egg
into the ladle. He does that to check the egg before adding it to the
bowl. If everything is okay, he dumps the egg into the bowl and cracks
another egg.
That makes sense to avoid contamination if you have one bad egg you
don't have to toss the contaminated batch.
OTOH, I've cracked many thousand eggs over about seven decades and never
had a bad one. Maybe I'm just a good egg charmer.
On 2025-04-07, Dave Smith wrote:
I thought his point was pretty clear. The guy in
the video does indeed have a good way to crack eggs
OK
and check them for weird crap to avoid
contaminating a larger bowl of cracked eggs,
No, I watched that part twice. He's not checking his
big spoon at all. In any case he at no time removes
anything from the egg before dumping the spoon.
On 4/7/2025 2:46 PM, Mike Duffy wrote:
Typical of dsi1. He only posted the link because the cook is JapaneseThe way I learned how to get egg shells out of eggs in a bowl
is to use the broken half of the shell to scoop it out.
It works great but I have no idea how it works.
The way this guy does it is awesome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy6STX9fc54&t=456s
You are a lying trickster. I went to the link and it
does not show him scooping out eggshell pieces with
other eggshell pieces. It just shows him breaking
a dozen eggs and then not even looking for pieces
before he starts scrambling the eggs.
Pay attention to how you are loading context.
and happens to be scrambling eggs.
Jill
The way I learned how to get egg shells out of eggs in a bowl
is to use the broken half of the shell to scoop it out.
It works great but I have no idea how it works.
The way this guy does it is awesome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy6STX9fc54&t=456s
You are a lying trickster. I went to the link and it
does not show him scooping out eggshell pieces with
other eggshell pieces. It just shows him breaking
a dozen eggs and then not even looking for pieces
before he starts scrambling the eggs.
Pay attention to how you are loading context.
On 4/6/2025 9:34 PM, Mike Duffy wrote:
On 2025-04-06, Jill McQuown wrote:That's a tad extreme. I occasionally make a couple of soft boiled
On 4/6/2025 4:06 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
[...] fishing shells out of my eggs
Cross your fingers it won't happen
Despite that she loves the taste, I have a cousin who will
not eat egg sandwiches 'just in case' of shell fragments.
It happened once, and apparently is too traumatic to risk.
(actually closer to medium boiled) eggs and spoon the insides into a
coffee mug with butter, S&P, chop it up and eat it with a spoon.
Sometimes a bit of shell gets in the cup but that doesn't stop me from
eating the eggs. :)
Jill
On 2025-04-07, dsi1 wrote:
On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 18:46:42 +0000, Mike Duffy wrote:
The way I learned how to get egg shells out of eggs in a bowl
is to use the broken half of the shell to scoop it out.
It works great but I have no idea how it works.
The way this guy does it is awesome.
The video was instead about a method of cracking open eggs.
You said: "The way I learned to get the egg shells out [...]".
Then: "It works great", 'it' referring to the extraction method,
not an egg fracturing method.
Then: The way this guy does it is awesome", 'it' being the same
reference due to sloppy context overloading.
This is followed by a lame attempt to 'save face' by a link to
the original subject which you were unable to follow initially:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OKJtXdPzM-Y
I rest my case. As defendant, you get the last word.
On 4/7/2025 5:12 PM, Mike Duffy wrote:
On 2025-04-07, Jill McQuown wrote:Ah, but I need the eggs to still be hot. I do run them under cool water briefly to so they're easy enough to handle, then I lop the top off and
I occasionally make a couple of soft boiled
(actually closer to medium boiled) eggs and
spoon the insides into a
I sometimes remove the shells by hand cracking
the whole egg under running water. It definitely
needs to be firm in the egg white part.
The bonus is a complete wash by turning a few
times to remove even tiny shell pieces.
scoop out the egg with a spoon into the coffee mug/cup. I still want
the eggs to be warm enough to melt the added butter.
A tiny bit of shell is not a deal breaker.
Jill
Jill McQuown wrote:
On 4/7/2025 5:12 PM, Mike Duffy wrote:
On 2025-04-07, Jill McQuown wrote:Ah, but I need the eggs to still be hot. I do run them under cool water
I occasionally make a couple of soft boiled
(actually closer to medium boiled) eggs and
spoon the insides into a
I sometimes remove the shells by hand cracking
the whole egg under running water. It definitely
needs to be firm in the egg white part.
The bonus is a complete wash by turning a few
times to remove even tiny shell pieces.
briefly to so they're easy enough to handle, then I lop the top off and
scoop out the egg with a spoon into the coffee mug/cup. I still want
the eggs to be warm enough to melt the added butter.
A tiny bit of shell is not a deal breaker.
Jill
Your Majesty should collaborate with Officer Dave to produce an
illustrated coffee table book: "My journey taming eggshells"
On 2025-04-07, Dave Smith wrote:
I thought his point was pretty clear. The guy in
the video does indeed have a good way to crack eggs
OK
and check them for weird crap to avoid
contaminating a larger bowl of cracked eggs,
No, I watched that part twice. He's not checking his
big spoon at all. In any case he at no time removes
anything from the egg before dumping the spoon.
On 2025-04-07, Jill McQuown wrote:
Ah, but I need the eggs to still be hot.
I do run them under cool water
briefly to so they're easy enough to handle,
Just a bit of water; enough to hold the egg without
burning the fingers.
then I lop the top off and scoop out the egg
with a spoon into the coffee mug/cup.
I still want the eggs to be warm
enough to melt the added butter.
They are still warm enough. The big trick
is to not break the cooked white. (Make sure
it is cooked enough to set the white.)
Ed P wrote:
This morning I made scrambled eggs, same as I've done a couple of times
a week for years. This time I lost an egg.
I put a small bowl on the counter, next to the sink. As I've done
hundreds of times, I cracked the egg on the sink edge, but this time was different.
The egg did not just crack, half the shell came off and the egg just
dropped down to the sink and slithered down the drain.
Easy cleanup compared to if it dropped to the floor.
cheesetray wrote:
Ed P wrote:
This morning I made scrambled eggs, same as I've done a couple of times
a week for years. This time I lost an egg.
I put a small bowl on the counter, next to the sink. As I've done
hundreds of times, I cracked the egg on the sink edge, but this time was
different.
The egg did not just crack, half the shell came off and the egg just
dropped down to the sink and slithered down the drain.
Easy cleanup compared to if it dropped to the floor.
This reminds me of that scene in Thelma and Louise where they are in the car and Thelma pulls out the 20s to count, and then one goes flying out the window.
Bye, bye, dear egg.
cheesetray wrote:
cheesetray wrote:
Ed P wrote:
This morning I made scrambled eggs, same as I've done a couple of times
a week for years. This time I lost an egg.
I put a small bowl on the counter, next to the sink. As I've done
hundreds of times, I cracked the egg on the sink edge, but this time was >>> different.
The egg did not just crack, half the shell came off and the egg just
dropped down to the sink and slithered down the drain.
Easy cleanup compared to if it dropped to the floor.
This reminds me of that scene in Thelma and Louise where they are in the car and Thelma pulls out the 20s to count, and then one goes flying out the window.
Bye, bye, dear egg.
just remember, what goes around comes around, so don't be surprised if one day you are at a political rally in NYC, and an egg lands and cracks on your egg.
cheesetray wrote:
cheesetray wrote:
cheesetray wrote:
Ed P wrote:
This morning I made scrambled eggs, same as I've done a couple of times >>>> a week for years. This time I lost an egg.
I put a small bowl on the counter, next to the sink. As I've done
hundreds of times, I cracked the egg on the sink edge, but this time was >>>> different.
The egg did not just crack, half the shell came off and the egg just
dropped down to the sink and slithered down the drain.
Easy cleanup compared to if it dropped to the floor.
This reminds me of that scene in Thelma and Louise where they are in the car and Thelma pulls out the 20s to count, and then one goes flying out the window.
Bye, bye, dear egg.
just remember, what goes around comes around, so don't be surprised if one day you are at a political rally in NYC, and an egg lands and cracks on your egg.
cracs open
darn, i screw up ALL MY JOKES!
I thought his point was pretty clear. The guy in the video does indeed
have a good way to crack eggs and check them for weird crap to avoid contaminating a larger bowl of cracked eggs, but the conversation had
been about recovering bits of broken egg shell.
I had a bad egg recently. It was entirely my fault because the egg was unrefrigerated and too old. That was one horrible egg. OTOH, every cook should experience at least one bad egg during their lifetime. Why? I
donno, it just seems right.
cheesetray wrote:
cheesetray wrote:
cheesetray wrote:
cheesetray wrote:
Ed P wrote:
This morning I made scrambled eggs, same as I've done a couple of times >>>>> a week for years. This time I lost an egg.
I put a small bowl on the counter, next to the sink. As I've done
hundreds of times, I cracked the egg on the sink edge, but this time was >>>>> different.
The egg did not just crack, half the shell came off and the egg just >>>>> dropped down to the sink and slithered down the drain.
Easy cleanup compared to if it dropped to the floor.
This reminds me of that scene in Thelma and Louise where they are in the car and Thelma pulls out the 20s to count, and then one goes flying out the window.
Bye, bye, dear egg.
just remember, what goes around comes around, so don't be surprised if one day you are at a political rally in NYC, and an egg lands and cracks on your egg.
cracs open
darn, i screw up ALL MY JOKES!
QED
On 2025-04-08, dsi1 <dsi100@yahoo.com> wrote:
I had a bad egg recently. It was entirely my fault because the egg was
unrefrigerated and too old. That was one horrible egg. OTOH, every cook
should experience at least one bad egg during their lifetime. Why? I
donno, it just seems right.
I agree. Otherwise, when someone tells you that "He's a bad egg", you wouldn't know what they were talking about.
On Wed, 9 Apr 2025 2:00:52 +0000, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
On 2025-04-08, dsi1 <dsi100@yahoo.com> wrote:
I agree. Otherwise, when someone tells you that "He's a bad egg", you
wouldn't know what they were talking about.
Indeed, now I know how bad, a bad egg can be. I guess eggs were bad in
olden times. I guess food in general was bad in the past. Here's what I
had for breakfast. It's food.
On 2025-04-08 11:51 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
On Wed, 9 Apr 2025 2:00:52 +0000, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
On 2025-04-08, dsi1 <dsi100@yahoo.com> wrote:
You should read about the lives of sailors in the good old days. TheI agree. Otherwise, when someone tells you that "He's a bad egg", you
wouldn't know what they were talking about.
Indeed, now I know how bad, a bad egg can be. I guess eggs were bad in
olden times. I guess food in general was bad in the past. Here's what I
had for breakfast. It's food.
food was often rancid and/or wormy. It's a good thing they had rum and
beer.
On 2025-04-07, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
On 2025-04-06 9:34 p.m., Mike Duffy wrote:
On 2025-04-06, Jill McQuown wrote:
On 4/6/2025 4:06 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
[...] fishing shells out of my eggs
Cross your fingers it won't happen
Despite that she loves the taste, I have a cousin who will
not eat egg sandwiches 'just in case' of shell fragments.
It happened once, and apparently is too traumatic to risk
That's a damned shame. I have a strange relationship with egg salad sandwiches. I have never made one for myself. My wife has made a
couple for me. However, when I go to a funeral and there are church
lady egg salad sandwiches I am sure to have some.
I had an egg salad sandwich for supper last night.
I don't trust anybody else's egg salad. They put crap like pickle
relish in it.
Eggs, mayo, minced onion and celery (and radish, if I have it),
salt and pepper. Perfection.
On 2025-04-07, Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:
On 2025-04-07, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
Eggs, mayo, minced onion and celery
(and radish, if I have it),
salt and pepper.
If you're in for radish, you might as well
go all the way with horse-radish.
Nope. Too vinegary.
I will also drop in some turmeric paste, but that
is likely on your 'naughty' list for egg salad.
Huh. I've never seen turmeric paste. Turmeric pairs well
with eggs, though.
It doesn't happen too often though. Like David,
most of my egg salad sandwiches are from my wife,
or completely unknown women at dead spreads.
If I had to wait for my husband or a dead spread, I'd never
get an egg salad sandwich. I just make one when I want one
(and when we have fresh bread).
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-04-07, Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:
On 2025-04-07, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
Eggs, mayo, minced onion and celery
(and radish, if I have it),
salt and pepper.
If you're in for radish, you might as well
go all the way with horse-radish.
Nope. Too vinegary.
??? you must reference some premade type?
I use powdered horseradish.
If I had to wait for my husband or a dead spread, I'd never
get an egg salad sandwich. I just make one when I want one
(and when we have fresh bread).
Grin, come here every 3 days for fresh bread hot from the oven!
On 2025-04-11, Carol <cshenk@virginia-beach.com> wrote:
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-04-07, Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:
On 2025-04-07, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
Eggs, mayo, minced onion and celery
(and radish, if I have it),
salt and pepper.
If you're in for radish, you might as well
go all the way with horse-radish.
Nope. Too vinegary.
??? you must reference some premade type?
Standard prepared horseradish:
https://www.bubbies.com/products/prepared-horseradish
Used by millions of people all over the world.
I use powdered horseradish.
I encounter it as an ingredient in wasabi powder. Other than
that, I never use it.
If I had to wait for my husband or a dead spread, I'd never
get an egg salad sandwich. I just make one when I want one
(and when we have fresh bread).
Grin, come here every 3 days for fresh bread hot from the oven!
I'll keep buying bread at the bakery. Usually every four days.
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-04-11, Carol <cshenk@virginia-beach.com> wrote:
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-04-07, Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:
On 2025-04-07, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
Eggs, mayo, minced onion and celery
(and radish, if I have it),
salt and pepper.
If you're in for radish, you might as well
go all the way with horse-radish.
Nope. Too vinegary.
??? you must reference some premade type?
Standard prepared horseradish:
https://www.bubbies.com/products/prepared-horseradish
Used by millions of people all over the world.
Well as above, not for all. Me, I use some powdered but not much or
often.
On 2025-04-16, Carol <cshenk@virginia-beach.com> wrote:
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-04-11, Carol <cshenk@virginia-beach.com> wrote:
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-04-07, Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:
On 2025-04-07, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
Eggs, mayo, minced onion and celery
(and radish, if I have it),
salt and pepper.
If you're in for radish, you might as well
go all the way with horse-radish.
Nope. Too vinegary.
??? you must reference some premade type?
Standard prepared horseradish:
https://www.bubbies.com/products/prepared-horseradish
Used by millions of people all over the world.
Well as above, not for all. Me, I use some powdered but not much or
often.
Granted. Your cooking seems to be limited to just a few cuisines.
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