"Tiger Lily" > wrote in message
...
> On 8/22/2011 1:33 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>> I have never seen a soft boiled egg. I can't imagine a soft boiled
>>>> egg. Undercooked eggs just make me want to gag.
>>>
>>> I think soft-boiled eggs are indeed rather old-fashioned. Why, I don't
>>> know. Perhaps fear of salmonella? I can't recall the last time I saw an
>>> egg cup myself.
>>>
>>> A good--to my taste, anyway--soft-boiled egg is not undercooked. The
>>> whites are cooked through, and the yolk still runny, just like an egg
>>> fried over easy. The idea of runny whites makes me gag, too.<G>
>>
>> My dad did say he saw people eat them when he was a kid.
>>
>>
> i've heard of folks eating RAW EGGS
>
> poke a hole in the ends of the egg........ blow the egg thru the hole into
> a glass and drink
>
> GACK!
>
> kate

OK, so here's my question. Why would you go to all that trouble of blowing
it out, instead of just breaking it into the glass? My uncle used to drink a
raw egg in tomato juice when he was in a hurry some mornings.


Cheri