I love soft boiled eggs! Very comforting to me, and associate them with sitting on my grandfather's lap.
But I like all my eggs loose anyway.
We can come by between classes. Usually I use that time to copy over my class notes with a system of different colored pens. But it's been pointed out to me that that's, you know...insane.
Willow ,'Showtime'
Spike's Bitches 43: Who am I kidding? I love to brag.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
DavidS - Dec 21, 2008 9:30:26 am PST #5273 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Glamcookie - Dec 21, 2008 9:33:19 am PST #5274 of 10000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
But I like all my eggs loose anyway.
t shudder
Steph L. - Dec 21, 2008 9:37:01 am PST #5275 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
At 4 minutes I guess the yolks are pretty much solid. To me the perfect soft-boiled egg is completely solid white, and mostly liquid yolk just starting to turn solid where it touches the whites.
It depends, I suppose on a few variables (how many eggs in the pot, if you turn off the burner the instant it reaches boil, etc.), but I made 3 eggs this morning, and about 20 seconds after the water was rapidly boiling, I moved the pot to a cold burner. The eggs sat for probably 4:20-ish before I cracked them, and the results were basically like omnis described -- mostly solid white (with a little wateriness in one), liquid yolk just starting to turn solid where it touches the whites.
Truthfully, another 20 seconds would probably have been perfect (I'm opposed to watery whites).
t /soft-boiled egg geek
Steph L. - Dec 21, 2008 9:39:29 am PST #5276 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I should note that in the interim between my first soft-boiled egg post and #5275, I had more gastrointestinal badness of a disgusting variety. No details, except now there's more laundry.
I'm utterly mortified and ashamed that my boyfriend has to (1) see this and (2) deal with it. Seriously. I started crying in the bathroom because I was so embarassed, and now I can't stop.
Laura - Dec 21, 2008 9:47:11 am PST #5277 of 10000
Our wings are not tired.
Teppy, you didn't get sick on purpose. I understand not wanting to be taken care of, but I suspect that you would step up and be caretaker girlfriend if The Boy had been the sick one this time around. Also, take drugs.
Cashmere - Dec 21, 2008 9:58:49 am PST #5278 of 10000
Now tagless for your comfort.
I love eggs over easy. Yum. And soft boiled, too. Gimme them yolks!
I have to say I'm boggled by how many Buffistae had to put their houses on the market this year when the market tanked. Plei, Suzi, Herself, Cash... It's brutal.
Our experience wasn't fun, but we were LUCKY in that we had the company buyout and the cash on hand to pay to get it ready to sell and to carry two mortgages for a bit. We got ours on the market just on the cusp of the collapse so it could have been much, much worse.
The relocation company still hasn't sold it--even though they've reduced the price to $25K lower than they paid us for it. It's listing for just $6K over what we paid for it nearly 10 years ago.
Fay - Dec 21, 2008 10:03:45 am PST #5279 of 10000
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Hey there, SLNRLBF! Season's greetings to you, mate.
Teppy, I don't blame you for being embarrassed to hell, because this is a decidedly unsexy level of intimacy - but don't beat yourself up about it. These things DO happen. I'm sure that if your roles were reversed, you'd just be feeling bad for The Boy, and you wouldn't be blaming the poor sod for his illness.
Laga - Dec 21, 2008 10:04:11 am PST #5280 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Seconding what Laura said.
Do you put the eggs in the water and bring it to a boil or drop the eggs into boiling water?
Laura - Dec 21, 2008 10:12:26 am PST #5281 of 10000
Our wings are not tired.
Eggs in cold water and bring to a boil. I do the 4 minute thing too.
DavidS - Dec 21, 2008 10:13:36 am PST #5282 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Put the eggs in cold water and bring it to a boil.
In lieu of latkes I'm eating hash brown patties.
Tep, I'm sorry you're having all the horrible GI distress.
Maybe just limit things to dry toast for a while, eh?
It's cold and rainy here. I've put brandy and kahlua into my coffee and I'm listening to my (quite excellent I must say) Swingtime Santa mix.
Emmett's homework is done, including extra credit timeline.