Eggses!

[jian]

Oh, come on now. Consider how picky Brits can be about simply boiling an egg:

How to boil an egg | How long to boil an egg | Official egg info

Find out how to boil an egg, and the timings you need to get it just right with our handy guide to perfect soft boiled and hard boiled eggs.

www.egginfo.co.uk

How to boil an egg

Learn how long to boil an egg for the perfect consistency, whether you're after runny yolks or hard-boiled. Plus, check out our recipe ideas.

www.bbcgoodfood.com

Beyond the fact that there's literally an ingredients list (instead of just, y'know, "egg"), it's hard not to notice that these very British websites don't even agree on the timing. Can you really fault Americans for having different cooking methods like flipping when Brits will argue about how much temperature before and/or after the boiling is important? Also, stop boiling everything.

Reminds me of that whole hoax thing of that woman using a microwave to make a cup of tea.

(The correct protocol for 2-3 is of course: boil water in an electric kettle, warm the teapot with a dash of boiling water, two teaspoons of leaf tea (whatever is preferred, I like Assam and Lady Londonderry), 3-4 cupfuls of boiling water, sit for 5 minutes, pour through tea strainer into cups or mugs with a small amount of cold milk in the bottom.)

 

[Brendan Byrd]

My favourite microwave egg recipe:

1 Egg
3 Tbs. Milk
3 Tbs. Oil
A small splash of vanilla extract
4 Tbs. Flour
4 Tbs. Sugar
2 Tbs. Cocoa
(3 Tbs. Chocolate chips (optional))

1 Large coffee mug

Add dry ingredients to mug and mix well.
Add the egg and mix thoroughly.
Pour in the milk and oil, mix well.
Add chocolate chips (opt.) and vanilla extract; mix.

Cook in microwave at 1000 watts for three minutes.

Let cool enough to avoid burning your tongue.

 

[GreyLord]

Not really - both sunny side up and over easy generally have runny yolks (how runny depends on, honestly, the chef's preference) but over hard definitely has a firm yolk. If I'd ordered over easy (as I usually do) and got a hard yolk I'd be a bit irritated.

It very much lacks the precision of, say, ordering a steak, but even that is variable by region and convention. I often order a medium rare steak here in Vancouver but get zero blood, which is wrong by UK standards, so nowadays I usually order rare.

What are they doing to your Steak!?

I order medium and I still get blood in a LOT of instances.

 

[GreyLord]

They always have one of these charts don't they.

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According to that Chart I am Lawful.

Well...Lawful Good and Lawful Evil.

I don't think Lawful Evil was a choice on the poll though...but as per that chart...I love Lawful Evil far more than Lawful Good even.

 

[GreyLord]

Reminds me of that whole hoax thing of that woman using a microwave to make a cup of tea.

(The correct protocol for 2-3 is of course: boil water in an electric kettle, warm the teapot with a dash of boiling water, two teaspoons of leaf tea (whatever is preferred, I like Assam and Lady Londonderry), 3-4 cupfuls of boiling water, sit for 5 minutes, pour through tea strainer into cups or mugs with a small amount of cold milk in the bottom.)

If you have time and want a good cup. If you only want a cup and low on time...Microwave is fine.

I think the bigger crime is how much sugar you may put in...

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what my mother used to do...zero sugar...

Me....she thinks I'm going to be diabetic probably from the looks she has given me.