# America and egg cups **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 10, 2017, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-and-egg-cups/790904 "2017-07-10T09:21:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-and-egg-cups/790904/241 "2017-07-12T17:48:41Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > looking online, it seems a lot of the electric kettles available in the UK are 2.2-3 kW, where the most you’ll generally find in the US are 1.5 kW (120V, ~12A.) And the U.K. wins again. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-and-egg-cups/790904/242 "2017-07-12T17:54:59Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > And the U.K. wins again. 😉 Fear the power of our awesome electricity. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-and-egg-cups/790904/243 "2017-07-12T17:57:53Z")
I have to say, the animosity in this thread is… I guess “hilarious” is the best word. We can’t discuss eating eggs without fighting about it? ---
**Author:** ![BeeGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@BeeGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeGee)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-and-egg-cups/790904/244 "2017-07-12T18:01:36Z")
I’ve got two footed glass egg cups dating back to the mid 30’s or 40’s at a guess. Egg yolks and I are not on good terms, so I was going to plant succulents in them. If anyone wants them, I’ll go swapsies for one interesting succulent container approximately the size of two medium eggs. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-and-egg-cups/790904/245 "2017-07-12T18:59:12Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Ah, now _this_ is what I’d call “specialized hardware”. 😃 That’s a really nice bit of crockery. “Break out th’ soft-boiled egg dishes, Maw! I gots a CRAVIN!'” ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-and-egg-cups/790904/246 "2017-07-12T19:35:07Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > It’s a little cup, not a cyclotron. :dubious: And it’s a soft boiled egg, not food. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-and-egg-cups/790904/247 "2017-07-12T19:48:22Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > And it’s a soft boiled egg, not food. Do you not like a runny yolk under any circumstances? Poached egg, egg cracked on a pizza etc? Different strokes obviously, but I find that most of the flavour of an egg is lost when the yolk is cooked through. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-and-egg-cups/790904/248 "2017-07-12T20:29:58Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > I have to say, the animosity in this thread is… > > I guess “hilarious” is the best word. > > We can’t discuss eating eggs without fighting about it? Shades of [Jonathan Swift](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulliver%27s_Travels). ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-and-egg-cups/790904/249 "2017-07-12T21:00:36Z")
> [@Pantastic](#): > > …Have you read this thread? The specialized hardware for soft boiled eggs is in the subject line for this thread! And as many people have told me in this thread, eating a soft boiled egg is an undertaking that requires a lot of fiddly steps in addition to the custom equipment. Not only have I read the thread, I have eaten soft boiled eggs. There are three basic ways to eat them: 1. use an egg cup or similar, remove the top of the shell, eat the egg from the shell with a small spoon (toast soldiers optional). This might be considered “fiddly steps”. Those who do out take pleasure in those fiddly steps. 2. crack the soft boiled egg and drop it onto a piece of toast, or whatever you choose to eat it with. I don’t think this is fiddly. 3. crack the soft boiled egg and drop it into a bowl. Eat with a spoon. There’s really no way to consider this fiddly. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-and-egg-cups/790904/250 "2017-07-12T21:12:57Z")
I’ve seen some little specialized dishes like [this one](https://img0.etsystatic.com/035/0/9021003/il_fullxfull.584654140_19wj.jpg), which provide a nice little cup in the middle plus space for the egg debris and/or toast soldiers. If I ever see any for sale, I think I’ll get a couple. This talk about electric egg cookers has made me Google up (Amazon up?) some examples and they’re looking pretty interesting. Although it’s easy to soft-boil eggs the way I discussed upthread, these cute little cookers look even easier. And they’re well under $20. Maybe I’ll indulge. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-and-egg-cups/790904/251 "2017-07-12T21:54:17Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > I’ve seen some little specialized dishes like [this one](https://img0.etsystatic.com/035/0/9021003/il_fullxfull.584654140_19wj.jpg), which provide a nice little cup in the middle plus space for the egg debris and/or toast soldiers. If I ever see any for sale, I think I’ll get a couple. > . bordeland posted a pic of a more homey version a few posts up. We had a couple those in the house as well as some solo egg cups when I was growing up. They were mostly inherited afaik and we weren’t much of a soft boiled egg family. The plates stayed in the back of a cupboard and the egg cups came out occasionally as a “fun” way for us kids to eat hard boiled eggs and for displaying/holding while working on decorated eggs for Easter. They’d probably string me up in England for that admission! ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-and-egg-cups/790904/252 "2017-07-12T22:20:34Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > … egg cracked on a pizza etc? … OK, I’ve been polite and respectful in this thread, but I believe you have just crossed a line! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-and-egg-cups/790904/253 "2017-07-12T22:37:46Z")
[Quote=Baron Greenback] … egg cracked on a pizza etc? … [/Quote] > [@bobot](#): > > OK, I’ve been polite and respectful in this thread, but I believe you have just crossed a line! 🙂 Oh, I’ve seen it, in a pizzeria in Germany run by a genuine Italian family, on top of a pizza with spinach and garlic. Now, I love a pizza with spinach, and I love spinach with eggs (and potatoes), but that was…interesting. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-and-egg-cups/790904/254 "2017-07-12T22:42:04Z")
Egg on pizza can be quite yummy. There’s a place here that cooks it all the way through, from the beginning, so you get a hard yolk finish, but I don’t really like that style. I like it when it’s finished at the end with yolks runny. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-and-egg-cups/790904/255 "2017-07-12T22:43:04Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > OK, I’ve been polite and respectful in this thread, but I believe you have just crossed a line! 🙂 It’s not going to work on every pizza, obviously, to say the least, undoubtedly 😉 but it can be very good. It goes well with spinach as a topping. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-and-egg-cups/790904/256 "2017-07-12T22:44:35Z")
I’ve had egg on a pizza. It was at Pizzette 211 in San Francisco. The pizza had paper-thin slices of poblano chile, nuggets of Italian sausage, and an egg cracked in the middle of it. It was in the oven just long enough to set the egg like a poached egg. When you broke the yolk, it mingled with the sausage and peppers and was heavenly. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-and-egg-cups/790904/257 "2017-07-12T23:01:11Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > I’ve had egg on a pizza. It was at Pizzette 211 in San Francisco. The pizza had paper-thin slices of poblano chile, nuggets of Italian sausage, and an egg cracked in the middle of it. It was in the oven just long enough to set the egg like a poached egg. When you broke the yolk, it mingled with the sausage and peppers and was heavenly. I’ve only ever had an egg on veggy pizzas, and I am really quite jealous of you right now. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-and-egg-cups/790904/258 "2017-07-12T23:22:32Z")
Runny yolks are an Abomination Unto Nuggan. Properly cooked yolks can be used for racquetball. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-and-egg-cups/790904/259 "2017-07-13T00:23:16Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Properly cooked yolks can be used for racquetball …spectating while sitting comfortably at home enjoying them as they should be cooked, only ever so slightly firm. There, FTFY. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-and-egg-cups/790904/260 "2017-07-13T00:31:37Z")
Ok, in the interest of full disclosure…I tolerate runny yolks when they are promptly incorporated into the dish, like the quail egg atop the steak tartare I am going to have at dinner tonight. But other than as a sauce component…never! Poached eggs are a sign of Sloth and Ennui. Over easy are ordered by degenerates and brigands. Soft boiled eggs…well, the rum is out and they’ve stopped with the lash, so that leaves… ������ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-and-egg-cups/790904.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-and-egg-cups/790904.md?page=14)