I introduced driving because I consume the majority of my breakfasts in the car, and no I don’t consider cereal an easy breakfast because it isn’t car-eatable.
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.
It’s a little cup, not a cyclotron. :dubious:
Not debating that one way or another but I just wanted to add that I recenctly discovered the yummy goodness that is Burger Kings bacon Crossanwitch (or however you spell it).
Oooohhhh. Heart attack grossies. SO good.
It looks like a slightly larger espresso cup. Sometimes it’s shaped like a duckie. And a spoon.
Actually, Scottish/Irish Oats and Steel Cut Oats are different. Scottish/Irish oats are ground, not cut. Scottish oats are ground finer than Irish oats. Steel cut oats are - as the name implies, steel cut.
Do not try and make Scottish oat cakes with steel cut oats (which is how I know this).
IIRC, mine cost about 70 cents each at Safeway. I splurged and bought 2 in case I wanted the fabulous luxury of 2 eggs for one meal. Three would’ve been ostentatious.
I’m not going to forgive you unless you stop reading weird stuff into the text. Especially since you just went on to double down instead of truly acknowledging that you were incorrect on that point.
The people who eat them regularly have provided descriptions of the process in this very thread. As a functional, literate adult I am capable of reading and interpreting the English language, and am responding to the descriptions written by people in favor of the process. The fact that people choose to do something that holds no interest to me doesn’t somehow mean that the thing they do must appeal to me, I’m not sure why you have difficulty with the concept that something can be both not impossible for other people to enjoy and not something I would particularly enjoy.
First off, a claim that they’re purchased for conspicuous consumption is not the same thing as a claim that they are a “Veblen good”. And secondly, I meant what I said. That they strike me as an overly ornate affectation like a cigarette holder or smoking jacket, not as a practical food prep item.
The material I objected to was written as though the second half of the sentence wasn’t there. The fact that you quoted it later is irrelevant, as the second half of the sentence answers the question you moved it to later to ask.
You keep vacillating between universal statements like ‘impossible to enjoy’ and personal statements like ‘could you enjoy them’. The fact that something doesn’t work for me doesn’t make it impossible to enjoy for everyone, or imply that people who enjoy it are wrong.
More than $0.
Because I’m an adult familiar with eggs who has critical thinking skills and knows my own preferences. I don’t have some weird obligation to try every single food anyone on the internet mentions before deciding if I’m interested in it.
And it’s not mandatory to have an egg cup to eat a soft-boiled egg. An ordinary bowl will do. Which has also been explained in this thread.
And shotglasses also work nicely - and are more likely to be found in American homes - if one wants the “egg cup” experience - also explained in this thread.
This was interesting to read for two reasons:
I’ve seen plenty of electric kettles (well, maybe 20) … but none large enough to boil a gallon of water. “Personal” sized electric kettles for boiling maybe a pint or two of water seem to be common. Never seen a large one that could do a gallon or more.
I could see a large top-end electric kettle boiling a gallon of water faster than the lower- and middle-range electric stoves. It’s hard for me to imagine that same kettle boiling a gallon of water faster than a decent gas stove, though. I admit to posting from a position of ignorance. However, that kettle has to get a gallon of water boiling in less than 3 minutes to beat my own gas stove (using a 6-quart covered pot … covering is critical).
Is that right? Ignorance fought! Knew about the voltage differences … didn’t know those differences might affect appliances like kettles.
Instead of standalone egg cups, my parents had a soft-boiled-egg dish almost exactly like this one. It held two eggs and had a reservoir for bread or whatever you wanted to dip into the egg. Used it for other things as much as soft-boiled eggs. But we’d have soft-boiled eggs on occasion.
American in SE Louisiana, for point of reference.
We don’t have a “coffee maker.” We also don’t use “instant” coffee. We use an electric kettle and then pour the hot water over the coffee grounds via a paper filter. Like this
Oh well that’s where you misunderstood. Allow me…
As someone who regularly eats soft-boiled eggs and cooks them for his family, I can say…right here and now that you need no custom equipment at all. no special knife, spoon or egg-cup. Nothing above what you’d find in any kitchen.
We hire apartments the world over and have made soft-boiled eggs in most all of them and never once did we concern ourselves with whether we’d have the necessary “equipment”
As for fiddly steps? can you boil water? can you time to the nearest half-minute? can you lift an egg and put in on a plate? Can you tap a knife on the side of an egg to take the top off? (to be fair it did take my four-year-old a couple of times to perfect that part when he first started)
So that is the definitive info on soft-boiled eggs. Any concerns you have about fiddly techniques or specialist equipment are not relevant. Take it from something of a soft-boiled egg expert.
The standard larger-sized UK electric kettle is 1.7 litres in capacity - a smidge under 3 Imperial pints.
I very rarely boil that much at once, it’s usually just enough water to make a couple of mugs of tea. I do know a couple of people who always fill the kettle, regardless of the amount required. Hey, it’s their money…
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.)
I’ve got a french-press, a mokka pot, a filter and papers, a gaggia classic and a little nespresso machine that I take on holidays.
I call that a Keurig.
Ah, now this is what I’d call “specialized hardware”. 
That’s a really nice bit of crockery.
