Julie Bove wrote:
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>>> I have never eaten a boiled egg in an egg cup.
>>
>> and apparently can't imagine such a thing
>
> No I can't. Why in the hell would you put it in a cup? We just peel
> them and eat them. Or we did. I don't any more since I am allergic
> to eggs.

Eggcups are used for softboiled eggs. My grandmother used to cook them for
me when I was a kid, and served them with toast "soldiers" to dip in the
yolk.