"Janet" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove wrote:
> <snip>
>
>>>> 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.

I have never eaten a soft boiled egg nor would I. Maybe they are common
elsewhere? I don't think they are common here. At least I've never heard
of anyone eating them.

My brother used to eat fried eggs with runny yolks. He would dip his toast
in them. It would gag me to watch. I never really liked eggs but if I had
to eat them they would have to be fried to a crisp or hard cooked.