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To not boil another egg?

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iamboudicca · 03/08/2023 08:59

DC2 is 7 and going through both a growth spurt and a very fussy stage.

DC was offered poached or scrambled egg for breakfast. ( which I can reliably make) but I was persuaded to do boiled instead. Then I made it a bit runny… and had the audacity to serve with soldiers made of GRANARY bread! ‘It has bits in it’

DC refused to eat it and wanted something else. I asked DC to eat what I had made… they have left breakfast with nothing and are being extremely grumpy.

I have declined to make another egg… AIBU to think when they are properly hungry they will eat what is on offer…

photo attached of the offending plate…(DC insisted that I take the boiled egg out of the shell - but now doesn’t want it!

To not boil another egg?
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Koalasparkles · 08/08/2023 22:29

not 1986 Eggwina

now that's a retro reference! 😅

swimminginthesun · 08/08/2023 08:40

Congratulations, @Clymene! I hope that‘s going straight on your CV!

littleblackcat27 · 08/08/2023 06:04

GolgafrinchamB · 03/08/2023 09:06

I was in your side until I saw the photo - that looks utterly revolting!

The soldiers aren’t toasted and god knows what happened to that poor egg.

Yes yes and yes to what they said. Sorry OP - there's no way I would eat that and I'm 59 Grin

WiddlinDiddlin · 08/08/2023 05:24

Oh dear lord, the way that must have looked when it came out of the shell, there is no way in HELL I'd have eaten that, I'd starve or eat my own arm - it must have still had a liquid white, and been 'snotty' for a zap in the microwave to make it look like that!

Bring the water to the boil. Put in the room temp egg. lid on, reduce heat, simmer for 4/5 mins for a very runny egg but just set white, 5/6 for a thicker but still dippy yolk and firmer white... etc.

Or with cold eggs, start with cold water, eggs straight in, bring to a rolling boil, once at that boil, set your timer, lid on, heat off and time again 4/5 for really runny, 5/6 for thicker...

You never boiled your boiled egg and I'll bet it came out of the fridge so no wonder it wasn't cooked.

sashh · 08/08/2023 05:04

swimminginthesun · 07/08/2023 08:09

I often have eggs boiled for seven minutes. (The yolk is soft but not runny - delicious but not for dipping.) The egg isn’t immediately dry when I take them out of the water. I don’t understand how you would get dippy eggs this way…

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Maybe I phrased it differently, they are not completely dry, a patch of dry appears as you lift the egg out.

Clymene · 08/08/2023 00:08

Boomboom22 · 07/08/2023 12:49

You are now in the daily mirror op. Famous!

My first ever quote in a national: 'That's not a boiled egg'.

Well I think I've made it. Grin

huggiess · 07/08/2023 21:56

Boomboom22 · 07/08/2023 12:49

You are now in the daily mirror op. Famous!

I saw it too !

Boomboom22 · 07/08/2023 12:49

You are now in the daily mirror op. Famous!

Happyasapiginmuck1 · 07/08/2023 12:46

iamboudicca · 03/08/2023 09:13

@YourNameGoesHere yes that is what a hard boiled egg is like out of the shell. DC wanted a soft boiled egg. (But not in a shell and not a poached egg…)
there is a reason I offered scrambled or poached!

I'd have served his egg cracked over his head!

swimminginthesun · 07/08/2023 08:09

sashh · 07/08/2023 07:58

For anyone wanting to boil eggs perfect for soldiers, put the egg in a pan with cold water to cover, bring to the boil.To check if the egg is cooked take it out of the pan and look at the shell.

If the shell is wet then the egg isn't cooked, put it back. When you take the egg out if a patch of shell dries emmediately then it is cooked.

I often have eggs boiled for seven minutes. (The yolk is soft but not runny - delicious but not for dipping.) The egg isn’t immediately dry when I take them out of the water. I don’t understand how you would get dippy eggs this way…

sashh · 07/08/2023 07:58

For anyone wanting to boil eggs perfect for soldiers, put the egg in a pan with cold water to cover, bring to the boil.To check if the egg is cooked take it out of the pan and look at the shell.

If the shell is wet then the egg isn't cooked, put it back. When you take the egg out if a patch of shell dries emmediately then it is cooked.

Nellynoowhoareyou · 06/08/2023 19:48

Oh 😳 has the guidance actually changed back again already? Actually wouldn’t surprise me thanks to the Brexit gift that keeps on giving.

Nellynoowhoareyou · 06/08/2023 19:44

Almost 4!

Nellynoowhoareyou · 06/08/2023 19:43

@Walkaround , surely you can see that article is 3 years old?

OnionBhajis · 06/08/2023 17:48

Just accept it wasnt great and have a go. Experiment a bit with eggs taken out at different times. Follow Delia etc...

Then you will be able to do a boiled egg rather than coming up with gloom that needs microwaving. It's a bit passive not to sort it and learn!

M4J4 · 06/08/2023 17:03

Wenfy · 06/08/2023 17:01

I don’t believe you when you say you can poach & scramble when you made such a hash of a boiled egg lol. No wonder he didn’t want your ‘specialities’ when you can’t get the basics right

Did that make you feel good?

Wenfy · 06/08/2023 17:01

I don’t believe you when you say you can poach & scramble when you made such a hash of a boiled egg lol. No wonder he didn’t want your ‘specialities’ when you can’t get the basics right

Youaretoonoisy · 06/08/2023 12:48

Why can't you just admit that maybe you got it wrong and were being unfair to your child. Your child wanted a boiled egg which really isn't a big ask.

You said yourself in your op that you can't do boiled eggs, you didn't cook it for long enough. Most people have said it looked horrid and nothing like a boiled egg.

No one is saying that they are perfect, we all mess up a meal sometimes, but to expect a child to eat it rather than just doing them another one us very unkind.

Dontworkmondays · 06/08/2023 12:25

I wouldn’t eat that.

Nellynoowhoareyou · 06/08/2023 11:41

Guys, salmonella is not even a risk in the U.K. anymore.

Don’t let the goady fuckers win, OP! 😁

Clymene · 06/08/2023 10:33

iamboudicca · 06/08/2023 10:28

Perhaps my posts were less linear at the start. But I was expressing a bit of silly story - not a safeguarding report!

I don't think you were putting your child at risk! Just you posted a photo of what you were adamant was a boiled egg which had been scooped out the shell when it clearly wasn't!

sashh · 06/08/2023 10:30

Sorry but I am with your child.

The egg should be in an eggcup - if it is and its too runny you can put the top back on for a couple of mins.

Also those are not soldiers, they need to be toasted, and buttered.

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iamboudicca · 06/08/2023 10:28

Perhaps my posts were less linear at the start. But I was expressing a bit of silly story - not a safeguarding report!

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