# Need an egg **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 4, 2019, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-egg/828917 "2019-02-04T00:49:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-egg/828917/1 "2019-02-04T00:49:48Z")
I was about to make a lemon pound cake when I discovered mr. singular had boiled the last two eggs in the fridge. Is there any way to use a boiled egg in a recipe requiring an egg? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-egg/828917/2 "2019-02-04T00:57:11Z")
Use a tablespoon of mayo. Not miracle whip. My MIL taught me that. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-egg/828917/3 "2019-02-04T02:20:48Z")
Thanks, trying it now. The batter tastes good! ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-egg/828917/4 "2019-02-04T03:31:10Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Use a tablespoon of mayo. Not miracle whip. My MIL taught me that. Yep! Mayonnaise ( **real** mayonnaise) is the perfect substitute for egg. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-egg/828917/5 "2019-02-04T03:38:33Z")
Big success! Thank you so much! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-egg/828917/6 "2019-02-04T04:12:30Z")
Oh, good. Now send me a piece.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-egg/828917/7 "2019-02-04T13:09:16Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Yep! Mayonnaise ( **real** mayonnaise) is the perfect substitute for egg. Heh, ok, figured this out. To me, “real” mayonnaise is something made fresh, from scratch, using eggs. ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-egg/828917/8 "2019-02-04T15:09:13Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Heh, ok, figured this out. To me, “real” mayonnaise is something made fresh, from scratch, using eggs. I think they’re comparing Hellmann’s or Duke’s (“real mayo” made with eggs) to vegan “mayo” or vegetable oil-based Miracle Whip. ---
**Author:** ![Hapax\_Legomenon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8c91f0/32.png) [@Hapax\_Legomenon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hapax_Legomenon)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-egg/828917/9 "2019-02-04T15:18:50Z")
You can also replace egg with a teaspoon of flax meal mixed in a third of a cup of boiling water, for future reference. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2019, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-egg/828917/10 "2019-02-04T15:27:00Z")
> [@Hapax\_Legomenon](#): > > You can also replace egg with a teaspoon of flax meal mixed in a third of a cup of boiling water, for future reference. Some people also do 1/4 cup of applesauce per egg. I’ve done cake without an egg substitute, and you still end up with cake. The crumb will be a little different and more crumbly, but it’ll still come out even if you leave the eggs and egg substitutes out. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-egg/828917/11 "2019-02-04T15:33:37Z")
> [@DrCube](#): > > I think they’re comparing Hellmann’s or Duke’s (“real mayo” made with eggs) to vegan “mayo” or vegetable oil-based Miracle Whip. Yes, I figured that out.🙂 One evening I was waiting for an egg to be laid so I could finish cooking dinner. There was a hen in a nest-box, and I kept running down and checking under her. When my gf got home, she had a dozen eggs from the store. She asked which hen I’d been waiting on and I described the chicken. “Oh, that’s Priscilla, she hasn’t laid in years”.