The other day at a Village Pantry convenience store, I saw packages of two hard-boiled eggs wrapped in plastic, called “Eggs ASAP.” This is the first time I’ve ever seen such a thing. I had no idea that hard-boiled eggs were sold as a convenience food in the US. Has anyone else seen these? Has anyone tried them? How are they?
Never seen that. I do occasionally partake of the hardboiled eggs at the local salad bar, though. They have a big tub of 'em.
I’ve seen hard boiled eggs packaged and sitting in the grab and run cases of grocery and convenience stores for the last couple of decades.
Yep, they’ve always been available for as long as I can remember, as well. I’m 27, if that means anything. I remember wanting my mother to buy them for me when I was a toddler, because they were eggs! In a plastic container! (She never did. She said we had perfectly good eggs at home. Which was true, and I obeyed. But I still wanted those two little eggs, nested side by side in a plastic container.)
I’ve never tried them.
Here in Gotham City, cooked eggs are found in some delis, though I haven’t seen packaged ones in grocery stores. Not that I’ve been looking…aren’t they easy enough to make at home?
This probably is a result of the low-carb craze. I was on the South Beach Diet for a while, and it could be hard to find food on the go for the earlier, more restrictive phase. Ready-made HB eggs are perfect for that, though it seems the low-carb thing has been fading out over the last year or so.
Are these things refrigerated? Do they reheat at all? Is this like pickled hens’ eggs or quail’s eggs or what?
Yes, they are refrigerated, not pickled. (Although pickled hardboiled eggs are also available in bottles in grocery stores, usually near the bottled olives and arthichokes.)
Huh. Never heard of such a thing. It’s a great idea . . . I’d totally buy them if I was grabbing a quick lunch. I always mean to take boiled for lunch, but I’m just not organized enough.
How expensive are they?