On 2009-08-16, bob in nz > wrote:

> What about the best way to peel *soft* boiled eggs. I don't eat them,
> but my wife does and has one hell of a time peeling some the little
> buggers.

You don't peel soft boiled eggs. You behead them, about half to three
quarters the way up from the round bottom end with a knife. Making a
butter knife go 7/8ths of the way through a soft boiled egg with a
clean, single deft slash, is a true art. You then separate the
halves/thirds/whatever and dig out the goodies with an appropriate
spoon. I prefer an ice tea spoon. The resulting egg is akin to a
poached egg. Cooked albumin, warm runny yolk.

I hear the ever so proper Brits behead them just at the top of the
yolk, discard the skullcap, or whatever they call it, and dip pointy
little bread toast thingies called "toast soldiers" into the warm
yellow yolk.

http://img2.allposters.com/images/STFPOD/179077.jpg

Brilliant!, I say.

nb