Re: One Hundred Simple Rules PT2
Hactar
Greg Goss <go...@gossg.org> wrote:
> plausible prose man <George...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> >> you did boot order scrambled eggs.
> >
> >If its that important that your eggs be made precisely to your
> >specifications, you might think about making them yourself, or
> >spending more than the two dollars or so I know you're spending,
> >Sundowner.
>
> I'm buying cheap and don't really care how my eggs are. I always
> order scrambled because I figure they should be easiest to make.
I always ordered scrambled because I hate runniness in eggs. I assume
the price is enough to cover the cook's labor, so if a style is more
difficult to make, it's more expensive.
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> In article <7m9btdF...@mid.individual.net>,
> Greg Goss <go...@gossg.org> wrote:
>> plausible prose man <George...@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> you did boot order scrambled eggs.
>>> If its that important that your eggs be made precisely to your
>>> specifications, you might think about making them yourself, or
>>> spending more than the two dollars or so I know you're spending,
>>> Sundowner.
>> I'm buying cheap and don't really care how my eggs are. I always
>> order scrambled because I figure they should be easiest to make.
>
> I always ordered scrambled because I hate runniness in eggs. I assume
> the price is enough to cover the cook's labor, so if a style is more
> difficult to make, it's more expensive.
>
them, because that's the way his father always had them, with toast so I
can make toast soldiers to sop up the runny, because that's the way it's
always been done in my family. Why mess with tradition that goes back
all the way to the 19th century.
Charles
rroger
> Hactar wrote:
> > In article <7m9btdF3h59a...@mid.individual.net>,
> > Greg Goss <go...@gossg.org> wrote:
> >> plausible prose man <Georgefha...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> >>>> you did boot order scrambled eggs.
> >>> If its that important that your eggs be made precisely to your
> >>> specifications, you might think about making them yourself, or
> >>> spending more than the two dollars or so I know you're spending,
> >>> Sundowner.
> >> I'm buying cheap and don't really care how my eggs are. I always
> >> order scrambled because I figure they should be easiest to make.
>
> > I always ordered scrambled because I hate runniness in eggs. I assume
> > the price is enough to cover the cook's labor, so if a style is more
> > difficult to make, it's more expensive.
>
> I always order over-easy because that's the way my father always had
> them, because that's the way his father always had them, with toast so I
> can make toast soldiers to sop up the runny, because that's the way it's
> always been done in my family. Why mess with tradition that goes back
> all the way to the 19th century.
>
> Charles
I like over easy too. In terms of how I eat them, I do something I
learned from my dad. I eat all of the white first, and then I eat the
york by itself; so there's no mess.
rroger
Sorry, forgot to say that I leave the YOKE, (just got up, still
groggy), whole and eat it all at once without cutting into it first;
hense the part about there being no mess.
Peter Ward
What do you do with the yolk?
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rroger
> It's easy to make friends when there's beer involved.
> - Lesmond
Put it in my mouth all at once without breaking/cutting into it first.
Again, that way there's no mess.
Hieronymus Agricola
(in article
<e67d2502-1eb6-45f7...@e23g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>):
I prefer my yoke easy and light.
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Richard R. Hershberger
> In article <7m9btdF3h59a...@mid.individual.net>,
> Greg Goss <go...@gossg.org> wrote:
>
> > plausible prose man <Georgefha...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> > >> you did boot order scrambled eggs.
>
> > >If its that important that your eggs be made precisely to your
> > >specifications, you might think about making them yourself, or
> > >spending more than the two dollars or so I know you're spending,
> > >Sundowner.
>
> > I'm buying cheap and don't really care how my eggs are. I always
> > order scrambled because I figure they should be easiest to make.
>
> I always ordered scrambled because I hate runniness in eggs. I assume
> the price is enough to cover the cook's labor, so if a style is more
> difficult to make, it's more expensive.
I too hate runniness in eggs. At home I eat them hard fried, with the
yolks broken and hard all the way through. At restaurants I order
them scrambled, on the assumption that the odds of getting them fried
the way I like them are slim.
Hactar
Lee Ayrton <lay...@panix.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:17:39 +0000, Opus the Penguin wrote:
>
> A friend of mine holds the same feelings, calling the runny whites "snotty".
I'm one of those heathen who feel the same way about tomato guts.
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Hactar
<huey.c...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Opus the Penguin <opusthepen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Mac (ANMC...@ALUM.WPI.EDU) wrote:
> > > Opus the Penguin <opusthepenguin+use...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> I baste the eggs. Toss them in the pan with a tablespoon or two of
> > >> water and put the lid on. This ensures that the whites are cooked
> > >> and have no vile, runny, wiggly stuff. But the yolk is runny. This
> > >> is much easier for me to prepare than over easy. But I suspect for
> > >> a short order cook, over easy is easier.
> > > On what strange square planet is that "basting?"
> > This one, sir! That's the common term for preparing eggs in the way I
> > described. What's your objection?
>
> Innit that 'poaching'?
I bought those chickens fair and square, so those eggs are mine to cook.
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Veronique
> > Greg Goss <go...@gossg.org> wrote:
> >> plausible prose man <Georgefha...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> >>>> you did boot order scrambled eggs.
> >>> If its that important that your eggs be made precisely to your
> >>> specifications, you might think about making them yourself, or
> >>> spending more than the two dollars or so I know you're spending,
> >>> Sundowner.
> >> I'm buying cheap and don't really care how my eggs are. I always
> >> order scrambled because I figure they should be easiest to make.
>
> > I always ordered scrambled because I hate runniness in eggs. I assume
> > the price is enough to cover the cook's labor, so if a style is more
> > difficult to make, it's more expensive.
>
> I always order over-easy because that's the way my father always had
> them, because that's the way his father always had them, with toast so I
> can make toast soldiers to sop up the runny, because that's the way it's
> always been done in my family. Why mess with tradition that goes back
> all the way to the 19th century.
I have a lovely image of you, Charles, at about age 6 or 7, marching
your toast soldiers through the yolk and into your mouth.
V.
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Bob Ward
wrote:
>Sorry, forgot to say that I leave the YOKE, (just got up, still
>groggy), whole and eat it all at once without cutting into it first;
>hense the part about there being no mess.
Sorry, but you missed it again. I guess the yolk's on you!
Bob Ward
wrote:
>On Nov 16, 8:26 am, Peter Ward <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
Walt did you do with the YOKE, then?
Bob Ward
<rrh...@acme.com> wrote:
>I too hate runniness in eggs. At home I eat them hard fried, with the
>yolks broken and hard all the way through. At restaurants I order
>them scrambled, on the assumption that the odds of getting them fried
>the way I like them are slim.
I have a friend who likes his eggs "sunny side up and snotty" - as he
describes them. He puts them on top of his pancakes, adds a layer of
black pepper that covers the eggs, and cuts it with his knife and
fork.
rroger
> On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:37:20 -0800 (PST), rroger <raust...@aol.com>
Ate it. To clarify, I put the yolk in my mouth whole, then eat it.
Bob Ward
wrote:
So spelling is just a suggestion on your planet?
rroger
> On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:56:36 -0800 (PST), rroger <raust...@aol.com>
No. And my planet is earth. What did I not spell right?
Hieronymus Agricola
(in article
<85982263-cb35-40cf...@31g2000vbf.googlegroups.com>):
>>>>>>>> york by itself; so there's no mess.
>>>>>>> Sorry, forgot to say that I leave the YOKE, (just got up, still
>>> Ate it. To clarify, I put the yolk in my mouth whole, then eat it.
>
> What did I not spell right?
You spelled it three different ways: "york", "YOKE", and "yolk". Only the
last is correct.
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rroger
> On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:43:38 -0800, rroger wrote
> (in article
>
> >>>>>>>> york by itself; so there's no mess.
> >>>>>>> Sorry, forgot to say that I leave the YOKE, (just got up, still
> >>> Ate it. To clarify, I put the yolk in my mouth whole, then eat it.
>
> > What did I not spell right?
>
> You spelled it three different ways: "york", "YOKE", and "yolk". Only the
> last is correct.
>
> --
> Jerry Randal Bauer
Oops, sorry.
Bob Ward
wrote:
>On Nov 17, 7:55 pm, Bob Ward <bobw...@email.com> wrote:
You told us what you do with the yolk, but you never told us what
happened to the YOKE you mentioned in your correction to the original
post.
Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer)
<cdim...@snet.net> wrote:
> I always order over-easy because that's the way my father always had
> them, because that's the way his father always had them, with toast so I
> can make toast soldiers to sop up the runny, because that's the way it's
> always been done in my family. Why mess with tradition that goes back
> all the way to the 19th century.
My mom was well-known throughout both sides of the family for her
wonderful breakfasts. I'm certain she learned this from her mother
and I learned from her, although my fame is not quite so wide-spread.
However, there was no tradition of soft-boiled eggs in the family, a
trend which I have reversed. I _love_ soft-boiled eggs with toast to
sop up the yolk. It has to be white-bread toast with butter to be the
right toast.
Mary "I use an Egg-Rite to make my eggs right."
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