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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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swimminginthesun · 03/08/2023 10:30

ZeroFuchsGiven · 03/08/2023 10:26

Op, what I can not work out is your dc asked for a boiled egg not in the shell so why did you not just poach it?

Because that would be a poached egg and they wanted a boiled egg.

ZeroFuchsGiven · 03/08/2023 10:32

swimminginthesun · 03/08/2023 10:30

Because that would be a poached egg and they wanted a boiled egg.

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but a egg that has been boiled without the shell is a poached egg.

ManateeFair · 03/08/2023 10:33

Christ, there are people on this thread who are as fussy as your 7-year-old. It's a cooked egg with a runny yolk, and some granary bread. It's not like you've served your child a cat turd on toast. Also it was your child who ASKED for a boiled egg taken out of the shell, rather than the poached or scrambled egg that you offered, so no, don't make him another egg. It won't kill him to go without breakfast and if he's grumpy, so fucking what - he'll learn.

Twyford · 03/08/2023 10:33

iamboudicca · 03/08/2023 09:15

Yes I did try to sort the disaster by putting it in the microwave

If you accept it was a disaster, why make him eat it?

DuploTrain · 03/08/2023 10:33

ZeroFuchsGiven · 03/08/2023 10:32

but a egg that has been boiled without the shell is a poached egg.

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Presumably they wanted in out of the shell after cooking - a peeled boiled egg.

PriamFarrl · 03/08/2023 10:34

Hecatoncheires · 03/08/2023 09:59

I always put my eggs into cold water and bring to the boil then simmer for about 2.5 minutes and they come out perfectly each time. Do most people put the eggs in when the water comes to the boil? Love a nice boiled egg with lavishly-buttered crisp soldiers and sea salt.

That’s how I do mine. I had a recipe book from my mother when I left home called How To Boil an Egg and among many other things it told you that. Put the eggs in cold water, and bring to the boil. Start the timer when the eggs start to rattle in the pan. 2 minutes 45 seconds for me.

mast0650 · 03/08/2023 10:34

I think you messed it up. If he still wants a boiled egg, I'd boil another egg. I've sometimes boiled a second egg for myself or others before when it has come out too hard or soft. It's not really a major task.

Nellynoowhoareyou · 03/08/2023 10:36

I have very good little eaters now because I took this approach. Just expose them to lots of good food and try to take no notice of whether they eat it or not. If lunch doesn’t get eaten then maybe compensate with something you know they’ll love for tea.

I’ve seen friends/relatives jumping through culinary hoops for hours, wasting food and driving themselves crazy with this kind of power play - and kids ending up v fussy.

adriftabroad · 03/08/2023 10:38

Put an egg in the kettle.Boil the kettle. Leave it ten minutes to sit in there. Fish it out.

Perfect soft boiled egg.

(Discovered when I had no gas)

I do several at a time. Want a hard boiled egg? leave the rest for half an hour/40 mins.

Nigella does the same (in a pan)

swimminginthesun · 03/08/2023 10:38

DuploTrain · 03/08/2023 10:33

Presumably they wanted in out of the shell after cooking - a peeled boiled egg.

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Exactly. Boiled egg = shell removed after cooking. Poached egg = shell removed before cooking.

OnionBhajis · 03/08/2023 10:39

That is truly disgusting.

Your poor child 😔.

I cant eat egg with runny whites and don't like runny yoke either.

Follow delias instructions and maybe sacrifice some eggs to learn how to get a good boiled egg - then write down the exact timings.

Any egg that has to be microwaved after being boiled is going to be gross. Your poor child isn't alone in thinking that. Poor kid.

They are then made to feel bad/shame for not liking something gross. I'd apologise to them tbh and admit you can't do a good egg yet and offer to try again (laugh it off) or offer something else.

PollyThePixie · 03/08/2023 10:39

That’s not a boiled egg. It even has air bubbles in it.

itwasntmetho · 03/08/2023 10:41

The egg looks fine but you need to show that bread some butter.

1993GoToo · 03/08/2023 10:42

YourNameGoesHere · 03/08/2023 09:08

I always take boiled eggs out of the shell and they stay the same shape, that's sort of the whole point of a boiled egg???

They look like this when peeled.

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How do you dip the soldiers in if the yellow is that firm?

MillicentTrilbyHiggins · 03/08/2023 10:42

Nellynoowhoareyou

I have very good little eaters now because I took this approach. Just expose them to lots of good food and try to take no notice of whether they eat it or not. If lunch doesn’t get eaten then maybe compensate with something you know they’ll love for tea.

I did this too. I have one child who eats almost anything. And one that is incredibly fussy. I think it's a personality thing to a large extent. Not a "this is how I weaned my child" thing.

PriamFarrl · 03/08/2023 10:42

The level of compression here is shocking.

Op boiled the egg in the shell. The DC then announced that they wanted the shell removed. OP did this but as the egg was underdone it turned into a splodgy mess. To try and cook the underdone egg which was now no longer egg shaped she put it in the microwave. This caused the egg to bubble slightly.

PollyThePixie · 03/08/2023 10:43

When I was a little girl we used to have mashed egg in a cup. It was a soft boiled egg taken from the shell and mashed up/chopped up in a cup with a bit of butter. It was delicious and quite often given to children when they weren’t very well. We liked I so much thought we’d have it when we wanted it. It made easy work of eating a boiled egg out of the shell.

MushroomQueen · 03/08/2023 10:43

That is a fried egg. I am confused how it is a boiled egg, how did you boil it, hard-boiled egg = left in a pan with hot water until it isn't runny then slice it or eat it whole like my kid does, or am I being a bit dim?

MasterBeth · 03/08/2023 10:43

Cannotthinkofanametoday · 03/08/2023 09:09

That looks like a lovely healthy breakfast. I wouldn’t do another egg either.

It doesn't look lovely. It looks messy and unappetising.

Annaishere · 03/08/2023 10:44

PollyThePixie · 03/08/2023 10:43

When I was a little girl we used to have mashed egg in a cup. It was a soft boiled egg taken from the shell and mashed up/chopped up in a cup with a bit of butter. It was delicious and quite often given to children when they weren’t very well. We liked I so much thought we’d have it when we wanted it. It made easy work of eating a boiled egg out of the shell.

I love that as well

Cosycover · 03/08/2023 10:45

CherryMaDeara · 03/08/2023 09:44

She doesn't 'need' to do anything, surely? Confused

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MushroomQueen · 03/08/2023 10:46

1993GoToo · 03/08/2023 10:42

How do you dip the soldiers in if the yellow is that firm?

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For me they are 2 different things, dippy egg and boiled egg are different. One you have to time it properly to get the dippiness (sp?) but you still keep the same shape just take the top of the egg off to dip and the boiled you leave for 5 odd minutes cooking and its not soft at all.

PollyThePixie · 03/08/2023 10:46

ManateeFair · 03/08/2023 10:33

Christ, there are people on this thread who are as fussy as your 7-year-old. It's a cooked egg with a runny yolk, and some granary bread. It's not like you've served your child a cat turd on toast. Also it was your child who ASKED for a boiled egg taken out of the shell, rather than the poached or scrambled egg that you offered, so no, don't make him another egg. It won't kill him to go without breakfast and if he's grumpy, so fucking what - he'll learn.

Cat turd?

I was thinking more along the lines of it’s a boiled egg - not shite wee sugar on it.

ScribblingPixie · 03/08/2023 10:46

Dry bread with no butter 😞

abbey44 · 03/08/2023 10:47

I can’t cooked boiled eggs either (I only eat mine scrambled) so I invested in one of these:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Salter-EK2783-Electric-Boiled-Poached/dp/B077FXQ4BQ/ref=asc_df_B077FXQ4BQ/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=218230090285&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11689047905095656451&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9045105&hvtargid=pla-491987051997&psc=1&th=1&psc=1

Yiu can set how you like them done and they come out perfectly every time. Worth every penny.