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Put all your eggs into one basket
Not wanting to do the job twice, I put all my eggs in a steaming basket this morning, then filled the pot with water to make sure none of them floated. I had only half-trusted the notion that eggs sold at room temperature should be kept at room temperature, but my experience with these week-old eggs lends some support to it. Anyway, I then removed the basket and put the pot on the hob. Before the water came to a boil, I replaced the basket and started slowly lowering the eggs, one by one, into the water.
I hate it when a hardboiled egg cracks prematurely. None did. I stood by for the 12 minutes of slow boiling I prefer for eggs to make sure the boil didn't become rapid or slow down to nothing. One can't just walk away in such situations, assuming everything will turn out all right. At the appropriate time, I filled the pot will cold water, letting the water run for a few minutes so the eggs would become good and cold.
The eggs turned out perfectly, leading me to believe it may be all right to put all your eggs into one basket after all, assuming due care is given.
To forestall time-consuming wisecracks from the readership, Coop needn't tell us again he can't cook, the women needn't describe the female problems chickens have, and the Evan and Donna myth-busting team needn't tell us that the misfortune avoided by following the advice 'Don't put all your eggs into one basket' is a well-known urban myth, since most of us already knew that.
Charles Riggs
There are no accented letters in my email address
I hate it when a hardboiled egg cracks prematurely. None did. I stood by for the 12 minutes of slow boiling I prefer for eggs to make sure the boil didn't become rapid or slow down to nothing. One can't just walk away in such situations, assuming everything will turn out all right. At the appropriate time, I filled the pot will cold water, letting the water run for a few minutes so the eggs would become good and cold.
The eggs turned out perfectly, leading me to believe it may be all right to put all your eggs into one basket after all, assuming due care is given.
To forestall time-consuming wisecracks from the readership, Coop needn't tell us again he can't cook, the women needn't describe the female problems chickens have, and the Evan and Donna myth-busting team needn't tell us that the misfortune avoided by following the advice 'Don't put all your eggs into one basket' is a well-known urban myth, since most of us already knew that.
Charles Riggs
There are no accented letters in my email address
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[nq:1]I hate it when a hardboiled egg cracks prematurely. None did. [/nq] Twelve minutes?
- [nq:1]I hate it when a hardboiled egg cracks prematurely.
- None did.
- [/nq] Twelve minutes?
- You like green yolks, don't you.
- Bye, FB > (Recensione di Antonio D'Orrico sul Corriere della Sera Magazine)
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[nq:1]I hate it when a hardboiled egg cracks prematurely. None did. I stood by for the 12 minutes of slow boiling I prefer for eggs to make sure the boil didn't become rapid or slow down to nothing.[/nq]
Twelve minutes? You like green yolks, don't you.
Bye, FB
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(Recensione di Antonio D'Orrico sul Corriere della Sera Magazine)
Twelve minutes? You like green yolks, don't you.
Bye, FB
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(Recensione di Antonio D'Orrico sul Corriere della Sera Magazine)
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[nq:1]The eggs turned out perfectly, leading me to believe it may be all right to put all your eggs into ... 'Don't put all your eggs into one basket' is a well-known urban myth, since most of us already knew that.[/nq]
But do you know of the story of the troupe of Spanish acrobats from Northern Spain who tried to cram into a revolving door together and were crushed? Hence "Don't put all your
But do you know of the story of the troupe of Spanish acrobats from Northern Spain who tried to cram into a revolving door together and were crushed? Hence "Don't put all your
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[nq:2]The eggs turned out perfectly, leading me to believe it ... a well-knownurban myth, since most of us already knew that.[/nq]
[nq:1]But do you know of the story of the troupe of Spanish acrobats from Northern Spain who tried to cram into a revolving door together andwere crushed? Hence "Don't put all your Basques into one exit".[/nq]
Was crushed, surely? Only one troupe mention
[nq:1]But do you know of the story of the troupe of Spanish acrobats from Northern Spain who tried to cram into a revolving door together andwere crushed? Hence "Don't put all your Basques into one exit".[/nq]
Was crushed, surely? Only one troupe mention
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[nq:2]But do you know of the story of the troupe ... crushed? Hence "Don't put all your Basques into one exit".[/nq]
[nq:1]Was crushed, surely? Only one troupe mentioned. Good joke though, and very apposite.[/nq]
"Who" clearly refers to the acrobats, not the troupe.
Likewise, United Way invites charities to put all their begs into one ask-it.
Joe Fineman joe (Email
[nq:1]Was crushed, surely? Only one troupe mentioned. Good joke though, and very apposite.[/nq]
"Who" clearly refers to the acrobats, not the troupe.
Likewise, United Way invites charities to put all their begs into one ask-it.
Joe Fineman joe (Email
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[nq:1]Not wanting to do the job twice, I put all my eggs in a steaming basket this morning, then filled ... or slow down to nothing. One can't just walk away in such situations, assuming everything will turn out all right.[/nq]
It is greatly to your credit that you instinctively followed the Sage of the Mississippi's advice to watch that basket. CDB
It is greatly to your credit that you instinctively followed the Sage of the Mississippi's advice to watch that basket. CDB
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[nq:1]To forestall time-consuming wisecracks from the readership, Coop needn't tell us again he can't cook, the women needn't describe the ... 'Don't put all your eggs into one basket' is a well-known urban myth, since most of us already knew that.[/nq]
You find Mondays tough, don't you?
You find Mondays tough, don't you?
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[nq:2]Was crushed, surely? Only one troupe mentioned. Good jokethough, and very apposite.[/nq]
[nq:1]"Who" clearly refers to the acrobats, not the troupe. Likewise, United Way invites charities to put all their begs intoone ask-it.[/nq]
It may not be entirely irrelevant to mention here the hard-learned lesson from the Zulu Wars that people who live in grass houses shouldn't stow thr
[nq:1]"Who" clearly refers to the acrobats, not the troupe. Likewise, United Way invites charities to put all their begs intoone ask-it.[/nq]
It may not be entirely irrelevant to mention here the hard-learned lesson from the Zulu Wars that people who live in grass houses shouldn't stow thr
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[nq:2]I hate it when a hardboiled egg cracks prematurely. None ... the boil didn't become rapid or slow down to nothing.[/nq]
[nq:1]Twelve minutes? You like green yolks, don't you.[/nq]
Assuming a gentle boil, not a rapid one, I find that eggs boiled for
12 minutes reach perfection. (Green better describes you, if you're acook, than it does my egg yolks, Signor Balducci.)
Charles
[nq:1]Twelve minutes? You like green yolks, don't you.[/nq]
Assuming a gentle boil, not a rapid one, I find that eggs boiled for
12 minutes reach perfection. (Green better describes you, if you're acook, than it does my egg yolks, Signor Balducci.)
Charles
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[nq:2] Twelve minutes? You like green yolks, don't you.[/nq]
[nq:1]Assuming a gentle boil, not a rapid one, I find that eggs boiled for 12 minutes reach perfection.[/nq]
Try nine minutes.
Bye, FB
"Gli americani sono ignoranti per loro stessa natura", that is "Americans are naturally ignorant"
(Paolo Bonardi's opinion - it.cultura.linguistica -
[nq:1]Assuming a gentle boil, not a rapid one, I find that eggs boiled for 12 minutes reach perfection.[/nq]
Try nine minutes.
Bye, FB
"Gli americani sono ignoranti per loro stessa natura", that is "Americans are naturally ignorant"
(Paolo Bonardi's opinion - it.cultura.linguistica -
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[nq:2]Assuming a gentle boil, not a rapid one, I find that eggs boiled for 12 minutes reach perfection.[/nq]
[nq:1]Try nine minutes.[/nq]
For those who like mushy chicken eggs, that'd be about right. For this man, hard means hard.
Charles Riggs
There are no accented letters in my email address
[nq:1]Try nine minutes.[/nq]
For those who like mushy chicken eggs, that'd be about right. For this man, hard means hard.
Charles Riggs
There are no accented letters in my email address
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