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Default All this talk of eggs. - Was: egg cooker question

On 1/9/2019 11:34 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 1/9/2019 11:12 AM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Wed 09 Jan 2019 05:52:12a, l not -l told us...
>>
>>> This thread put me in the mood for hard boiled/cooked eggs; there
>>> were just 4 eggs left in the carton and that would be enough to
>>> satisfy.Â*Â* I am a steamer, but not evangelistic about it; I simply
>>> prefer multi-purpose vs single-purpose tools and a steamer works
>>> for me.
>>>
>>> I steamed the 4 eggs to hard cooked and cooled them in an ice bath
>>> of a full tray of rectangular cubes.Â* Any one who uses anything
>>> but old-fashioned rectangular cubes is an idiot and should be
>>> flogged,Â* Just kidding.
>>>
>>> Two of the eggs were used to make a satisfying, though long
>>> overlooked, breakfast of creamed eggs on toast.Â* I had almost
>>> forgotten how good that could be on a chilly morning, with a cup
>>> of steaming coffee.Â* Ah!!
>>>
>>> The two remaining eggs will either become egg salad or will be
>>> sliced and added to a salad.
>>>
>>> Whatever method employed to make them, hard boiled eggs can be
>>> tasty, versatile eats
>>>

>>
>> I have only two uses for hard boiled eggs.Â* I make either egg salad or
>> devilled eggs.Â* I don't like them added to anything else and I don't
>> like them on their own.Â* FOr example, adding hard boiled eggs to potato
>> salad totally ruins it for me.
>>

> We all have our preferences.Â* I don't like egg salad or devilled eggs so
> I never purposefully set out to hard boil them.
>
> Jill

Yep, I like them in any form and add them to potato salad