Re: Help! Young Kids Always being fed Junk

In article <ehrebeniuk-C073FB.22293408012006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Chookie
says...
>
>In article <dplt050igm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Banty <Banty_member@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>wrote:
>
>> Hey, being as I really dislike eggs (unless they're over hard, yoke broken,
>> completely over-cooked, with lots of salt and pepper to cover the remaining
>> egg
>> taste - known to diner waitresses as "stepped on"), I can't fry an egg. I
>> can't
>> scramble eggs. I can't poach an egg. I can over-boil eggs for easter eggs,
>> but
>> with a cracked-egg yield loss of about 40%. There's a certain - touch - to
>>doing eggs right which a lot of people take for granted as they're doing that
>> at least twice a week. I dont' have that touch.
>
>That's because you hate eggs, so you don't care -- they do need careful
>cooking.

Yep.

>I can improve your Easter egg yield, though.
>
>Put the eggs in the saucepan and put in cold water to about an inch over the
>eggs. Put on the stove without the lid and heat (not full bore) to boiling.
>When the eggs are boiling, cover them (make sure hte steam vent is closed) and
>take them off the heat. Set your timer for 10 mins. When it rings, drain
>your eggs and plunge them into cold water (replace the water when it warms
>up). You now have perfect hard-boiled eggs. If you want to eat them, crack
>them all over and keep in a bowl of cold water in the fridge. They will be
>easier to peel.
>

I'll keep that and refer to it next Easter, thanks!

Is this from pysanki practice..?

Banty

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