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one egg or two????

55 replies

Undercovamutha · 25/02/2010 13:23

My DM will not stop going on about the fact that I have two boiled eggs, rather than one, for lunch. This may seem trivial (and it is ), but she is a total food obsessive and has fixated on my 2 egg-ness in order to illustrate my apparent over-eating (as far as she is concerned!).

She has even apparently done a poll of her friends (I kid you not) to find out if they eat one or two, and apparently they have all agreed that I am greedy!

Am I? I really didn't think I was but maybe I am? Surely 2 pieces of bread is normal for lunch, and you then need two eggs! In the light of all this overwhelming evidence (my DM's highly scientific poll of pensioners at her sewing group!), please advise if I am indeed BU and piggy!

(BTW DM has two eggs if she has scrambled egg which I think rather spoils her moral highgound IMO ).

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Eglu · 25/02/2010 13:26

I always have two boiled eggs if I have them for lunch.

DS2 (2.6) eats one and two slices of toast. I need more food than that.

LimburgseVlaai · 25/02/2010 13:26

Definitely two. One egg is not worth boiling the water for.

SciFiFan · 25/02/2010 13:27

If it's any consolation I too would have two boiled eggs for lunch not just one.

At between 80 - 100 cals per egg having two would not seem excessive.

ConnorTraceptive · 25/02/2010 13:27

Always two eggs tis the law. Unless you're making omelettes or scrambled egg then the law clearly states you should use three.

CMOTdibbler · 25/02/2010 13:28

for an adult lunch, two eggs seems perfectly normal to me.

fernie3 · 25/02/2010 13:30

two eggs here i would still be hungry after one.

SPBInDisguise · 25/02/2010 13:31

two here
if dh & i are having scrambled egg/omelette for dinner we have 5

Madsometimes · 25/02/2010 13:32

I usually use 2 eggs when I have scrambled egg on toast. From now on I shall use three!

I am one of the MN urban chicken keepers so often have a nice stash of very fresh eggs. Unfortunately, one of my two chooks is not laying at the moment, so I am missing my eggs a lot. I have to resort to the supermarket. Still there are lots of worse things to worry about than that!

MrsGravy · 25/02/2010 13:32

My kids (aged 3 and 5!) will often have 2 boiled eggs if they're having them for lunch or breakfast! Although they don't eat a lot of toast/bread with them - maybe 1/2 a piece.

They're not obese or nuffin either.

So I conclude that you are NOT overeating.

nickelbabe · 25/02/2010 13:33

2 eggs in cheesy egg on toast, 2 eggs soft boiled with soldiers, 3 eggs for 2 people in egg mayonnaise, 1 fried egg.

Whoamireally · 25/02/2010 13:33

It's three in our house - we have hens in the garden and if we don't eat the eggs up we literally drown in them - three eggs is just a day's worth!

Tell her to stick that in her fanjo sewing box and smoke it

(You can't actually have a proper conversation at a sewing group, can you - one slip of concentration and your entire family heirloom patchwork quilt thing is ruined. So such inanity as egg-eating habits probably 'the norm').

MrsWobbleTheWaitress · 25/02/2010 13:34

two boiled, or three for scrambled.

Blondeshavemorefun · 25/02/2010 13:37

2 seems fine to me

3for an ommlette

you cant make an ommlette without breaking eggs lol

Whoamireally · 25/02/2010 13:39

I made eggy bread on Sunday morning and I used six eggs, yes, a whole box! But you'd better not tell her that, her sewing group might keel over with the shock and I wouldn't want to be held responsible for tragic pensioner-related incidents...

Nymphadora · 25/02/2010 13:40

2here too though dh has 2 and finishes mine & kids

pigsinmud · 25/02/2010 13:47

I'd have one boiled egg. However, if it was fried ,I'd fry one and eat on a piece of toast and then decide it was so delicious I'd fry another one!

Blondeshavemorefun · 25/02/2010 13:50

oh eggy bread

blondes loves that

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Undercovamutha · 25/02/2010 13:50

Thanks guys - you have made me feel a lot better so have had a cake to celebrate !

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OtterInaSkoda · 25/02/2010 13:51

Two. I had two eggs, with wholemeal toast, every morning for breakfast when I was pg. Followed by branflakes and a glass of OJ. One egg is merely a snack.

notquitenormal · 25/02/2010 13:52

For boiled eggs DP has three and three toast. I have two and two bread and butter. DS(2) has one and one toast.

It's the law. It's also the law that you have to have an eggcup for each egg and when finished you turn the shell upside down so that it looks like an uneaten egg.

TrillianAstra · 25/02/2010 13:53

Stop eating with her/telling her what you eat. She is clearly mad.

diddl · 25/02/2010 13:55

Just one here.

Op is it your "main meal"?

If so I would say 2 is fine.

OtterInaSkoda · 25/02/2010 13:58

DS has a Dr Who egg cup which holds two eggs. I rest my case.

thumbwitch · 25/02/2010 14:00

for lunch, I'd say 2 is normal. But you don't have them every day, do you? Cos 14 in a week is probably quite a lot!

We used to sometimes have them for breakfast, and then Dad was the only one who had 2 - he had a special 2-cup egg cup and always did what notquitenormal does. But that was soft boiled eggs of course, not hardboiled.

Old women have smaller appetites generally anyway - so they probably couldn't manage 2. And they probably still believe the 70s and 80s bollocks that eggs are full of cholesterol which is bad for you.

SerenityNowakaBleh · 25/02/2010 14:01

wait, a whole cake to celebrate?! I think that's more of an issue than two eggs with lunch ...

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