"Evelyn" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 23 Aug 2011 22:53:24 +1000, "Ozgirl"
> > wrote:
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>>"Janet" > wrote in message
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>>> W. Baker wrote:
>>>> Well, I couldn't find the discussion we were having on soft boiled
>>>> eggs and egg cups, but I want to report that it so inspired me that
>>>> I
>>>> dug out my cute rooster egg cup(2 sided kind) and haad 2
>>>> soft/medium
>>>> boiled eggs for breakfast. Oh, was that good! I will keep the egg
>>>> cup out with my other everyday use dishes so it doesn's creep back
>>>> to
>>>> th eback of the cabinet again. I don't know why the eggs taste
>>>> better in there, but the do!
>>>>
>>>> Wendy
>>>
>>> I seem to recall that my grandmother would mix in a little pat of
>>> butter and some salt and pepper if the yolk was just a bit too firm
>>> to
>>> dip the toast soldiers in. Now I am developing a yen for a boiled
>>> egg,
>>> but alas, have no egg cups! It just isn't the same without them.
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>>Lol, cut a piece out of the egg carton.
>>
>>When my grandkids were babies I have used protective caps that come
>>with
>>bottles, some are great for egg cups Where there's a will there's a
>>way! One of my sons used the spout of a plastic juice container once.
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>
> You can easily substitute a shot glass for an egg cup.

We have a set of those around somewhere. I think in a box of stuff of
one of my son's that I dumped everything into when I helped him move
once. Lately I have been been buying jumbo eggs, they don't sit well in
a regular egg cup.