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Post by Lexica on Jul 12, 2017 2:28:50 GMT
I was born in the states. My mother was born in Canada. Her mother was born in England. I am assuming that Grandma used them with her kids when they were growing up because Mom had some that she used in our house. I found mine at a thrift store years ago and used them with my son's breakfasts. Although, we never called the toast "soldiers" like they apparently do. For soft boiled eggs, my son liked his toast cut in triangles. When he was not feeling well, he always asked for "toast choices" for breakfast. And really, he preferred them poached so that he didn't have to deal with any shell. Poached eggs, runny yoke but no wiggly clear stuff, and toast choices. That was pretty much his standard breakfast order when he wasn't feeling well.
Toast choices just meant the toast was cut in strips like the soldiers, but I put something different on each strip. There might be a jelly, peanut butter, butter and honey, just plain butter, and once in a while I would make one strip buttered with cinnamon sugar on it. There had to be something different on each piece, hence "toast choices."
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Post by refugeepea on Jul 12, 2017 2:30:46 GMT
I've seen them, but they look like a PITA to store and easily breakable. I'm okay with a hard boiled egg rolling around on a plate. Plus, the only way I usually eat hard boiled eggs is in a salad or deviled eggs. ETA: Apparently they are for soft boiled eggs too? How does that even work?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2017 2:35:07 GMT
I grew up eating "Humpty Dumpty Eggs" in egg cups with toast "soldiers". We were talking about it just the other night, I was telling DSO how my brother couldn't talk properly when he was little and instead of Humpty Dumpty eggs he called them Arbi-Arbiers! Lol - I haven't thought about egg cups for many years, but as a child in the U.K. We used to eat boiled eggs and soldiers all the time. My eggcup was ceramic and shaped like Humpty Dumpty's legs. The boiled egg was his head and my mom used to draw a face on it!!! Also in the 70's at Easter a common gift was a decorated ceramic egg cup with a chocolate egg in it!! We had a whole collection!
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Post by AussieMeg on Jul 12, 2017 2:52:13 GMT
I've seen them, but they look like a PITA to store and easily breakable. I'm okay with a hard boiled egg rolling around on a plate. Plus, the only way I usually eat hard boiled eggs is in a salad or deviled eggs. ETA: Apparently they are for soft boiled eggs too? How does that even work? LOL, there's even a recipe for it on my favorite recipe site! Boiled eggs
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Post by refugeepea on Jul 12, 2017 2:59:23 GMT
I've seen them, but they look like a PITA to store and easily breakable. I'm okay with a hard boiled egg rolling around on a plate. Plus, the only way I usually eat hard boiled eggs is in a salad or deviled eggs. ETA: Apparently they are for soft boiled eggs too? How does that even work? LOL, there's even a recipe for it on my favorite recipe site! Boiled eggsI had to google toast soldier too. I was curious if there was some kind of recipe for those too. Just toast cut into strips right? They remind me of french toast sticks.
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Post by seikashaven on Jul 12, 2017 3:01:25 GMT
Daughter of British immigrants here - you bet your booty I have egg cups.
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Post by jayfab on Jul 12, 2017 3:02:00 GMT
In the US, I have a set and have only used them for decoration at Easter time.
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Post by katlady on Jul 12, 2017 3:05:41 GMT
I have seen them in stores but I don't eat soft boiled eggs so I have never owned any.
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Post by milocat on Jul 12, 2017 3:37:52 GMT
I don't own any but last week I was at my mom's and we were looking through some old things of my grandma's and we found some egg cups. I've never had a soft boiled egg and if I did I'd just put it on my plate.
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Post by Really Red on Jul 12, 2017 3:54:21 GMT
I love all eggs, but soft boiled are my favorite. I have a dozen egg cups. I think we bought them all in Switzerland over the years, though!
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Post by chendra on Jul 12, 2017 3:58:27 GMT
I'm American and grew up eating soft boiled eggs in egg cups. Ours looked like chickens. However, I don't own any egg cups now because I don't like runny yolks. Come to think of it, I don't like hard boiled eggs either, so no need for a special holder.
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Post by femalebusiness on Jul 12, 2017 4:06:19 GMT
I have several of them but I don't like soft boiled eggs so I have never used them. Everytime I start to toss them out I just think they are so cute that I end up keeping them.
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Jul 12, 2017 4:11:07 GMT
I know what they are, just have no use for them. Never been a fan of soft boiled (or over easy) eggs. Then DD came along and is allergic to eggs so I rarely cooked them in any form. There have been some cute ones recently at Williams Sonoma, but I just can't justify the cost (or storage space).
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Post by MsKnit on Jul 12, 2017 4:29:45 GMT
I knew what an egg cup was from old movies.
I like my soft eggs poached or over easy. Mostly, I don't need any help getting egg shell in my eggs. The egg cup method seems to me to be rife with possibility of eating shell.
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Post by jumperhop on Jul 12, 2017 4:53:23 GMT
When I was a kid they were illustrated in the book Little Bear. I use to covet them.
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Post by bc2ca on Jul 12, 2017 6:34:47 GMT
I was raised by Brits, so ate soft boiled eggs as a child, but was never a fan of runny yolks then.
I do have a couple of decorative egg cups but haven't used them to serve eggs. I'm sure my kids have never had a soft boiled egg and feel like I might introduce them this weekend.
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Post by hannahruth on Jul 12, 2017 8:10:01 GMT
Yes I have six egg cups not that they are used much any more - only DH and I at home now and we don't really eat eggs that way anymore.
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Post by gar on Jul 12, 2017 8:19:57 GMT
Isn't it fun to learn that something so commonplace is not commonplace elsewhere So question for those who eat soft boiled eggs without egg cups - doesn't all the yolk flow out if it's just rolling around on a plate?
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Post by digirlwiz on Jul 12, 2017 8:28:30 GMT
We used them growing up- Irish roots but all born in the USA for past few generations. My grandmother made one for each of us kids with our name on it-- in her ceramics class. I found my brother's many years ago and started a collection! I have them decorating my kitchen! I used to get them at yard sales and when I travelled. I don't use them but love the memories!
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Post by miominmio on Jul 12, 2017 8:36:49 GMT
Of course I use an egg cup. My egg would look silly with its cute little egg cosy otherwise.
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Post by wellway on Jul 12, 2017 8:43:03 GMT
Every time I think we have covered all the differences something else turns up.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2017 9:20:35 GMT
Yes I have quite a few and use them. We love soft boiled eggs in this house. I can't imagine how anyone could eat a soft boiled egg without putting it in an egg cup!
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Post by rhhdk on Jul 12, 2017 9:21:58 GMT
I own a true kettle, a real tea pot and an egg cup. I actively use 2 of the 3 the other us just st nostalgia from Childhood. So do I, I am in Denmark where egg cups is absolutely normal, the ones I use most is from Tupperware, and I never thought about this was not a thing in US the kettle is in our caravan, and it was really hard to find one, and it was 15 years ago
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Jul 12, 2017 9:22:54 GMT
Sorry but I'm finding this hilarious: "What's an egg cup?" This Brit loves her boiled eggs with Marmite toast, although I admit to going many years before buying a matching set. I got 4 matching white egg cups a few years ago and somehow my life became complete. ETA: Now I want boiled eggs and Marmite soldiers for lunch.
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Post by gillyp on Jul 12, 2017 10:15:45 GMT
ETA: Now I want boiled eggs and Marmite soldiers for lunch. That's exactly what I'm thinking! I currently have a set of ceramic ones, a set of stainless steel ones, some plastic ones that are like the bottom of Humpty Dumpty and I did have a plastic one like Top Cat's head (Boss Cat??). As a child I had my egg in a soldier cup with a bearskin cosy. I've found one similar online but IIRC mine was much nicer!
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Post by monklady123 on Jul 12, 2017 11:19:06 GMT
I had no idea what you meant by "egg cup" until I clicked the article and saw the photo. lol. However, once I saw it I recognized it...probably from a movie or something because I've never seen on in real life in my house or my parents' house.
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Post by monklady123 on Jul 12, 2017 11:22:25 GMT
Isn't it fun to learn that something so commonplace is not commonplace elsewhere So question for those who eat soft boiled eggs without egg cups - doesn't all the yolk flow out if it's just rolling around on a plate? My dh eats soft-boiled eggs and he just puts them in a small bowl. If you use an egg cup how do you get the top part of the shell off? Then while you're eating the egg doesn't the shell crack and get bits of shell in your egg?
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Jul 12, 2017 11:30:41 GMT
Isn't it fun to learn that something so commonplace is not commonplace elsewhere So question for those who eat soft boiled eggs without egg cups - doesn't all the yolk flow out if it's just rolling around on a plate? My dh eats soft-boiled eggs and he just puts them in a small bowl. If you use an egg cup how do you get the top part of the shell off? Then while you're eating the egg doesn't the shell crack and get bits of shell in your egg? You tap around the top of the egg with your spoon or a knife. That cracks the shell in a neat circle all round. Then you lift the top off with your spoon, and scoop the egg out of it. If there are any little bits of unattached shell around the rim then you just pull them off. The egg is then open and ready to be dipped into. The egg cup keeps the egg upright and whole, and no, bits don't fall in unless you're really rough. But that's why you have to have "soldiers" cut to the right size to fit the hole. I never realised what an art there is to eating a boiled egg, until I typed that lot out.
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Post by gillyp on Jul 12, 2017 11:33:08 GMT
I was taught the tap and lever way too, but now I just bash the top of the egg with my spoon and peel the cracked shell off.
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Post by Really Red on Jul 12, 2017 11:36:43 GMT
ETA: Now I want boiled eggs and Marmite soldiers for lunch. That's exactly what I'm thinking! I currently have a set of ceramic ones, a set of stainless steel ones, some plastic ones that are like the bottom of Humpty Dumpty and I did have a plastic one like Top Cat's head (Boss Cat??). As a child I had my egg in a soldier cup with a bearskin cosy. I've found one similar online but IIRC mine was much nicer! One, all I want now is soft boiled eggs (here in the US, we say "soft" before our boiled, although no one says boiled eggs!) and two, I totally MUST HAVE that soldier cup with the bearskin cosy. I want it quite badly!!!
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