Back when I learned to blow out eggs, there was no fancy stuff. I just used mom's darning needle. I would pick the bottom hole out a little bigger. Later I found a very small crochet hook that I used for the bottom end. I probably wouldn't have the wind to do that now. Marilyn On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Walter J Freeman <sffwjf@gmail.com> wrote: > Funny, I should read your post as I just finished a mid-afternoon snack of > two boiled eggs. I am still on Neysa's diet and boiled eggs are low carb. > > I too remember all the eggs and egg coloring at Easter. I liked boiled > eggs then and I do now. I used to enjoy taking an egg or two with me to > school to eat at lunch. I don't particularly care if they are colored or > not, however, even at this time of year. > > I am still trying to master one of those TV gadgets, I think I picked up > for $1 at Goodwill or some other thrift store, the eggstractor<http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1155653/eggstractor_egg_peeler_as_seen_on_tv_perfect_for_easter/http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1155653/eggstractor_egg_peeler_as_seen_on_tv_perfect_for_easter/>. > I just looked up this video (see link) and maybe I am doing it wrong. He > lightly cracks the egg and then lays it in sideways. I have been poking the > small hole in the end, and cracking the large end and then standing the egg > upright with the pointy end up. But when I looked at the instructions on the > eggstractor web page <http://www.eggstractor.net/>, I am doing it > eggsactly as they describe. Hmmm, maybe we are buying eggs (Eggland's Best, > usually when we have a coupon and they are on sale) that are too strong, ya > think? > > Anyway, salt and pepper and I am good to go. I also like to mix the egg > with mayo, Indian Lime pickle, and chopped veggies (I usually have a bowl in > the refrigerator for quick salads) to make an egg salad which I generally > eat without bread. > > Putting a pinhole in a raw egg and blowing out the contents is OK, but we > did not do that as a rule. Our eggs were first colored and then were meant > to be eaten! > > Funny, though Easter is not a favorite holiday of mine. It goes back to > when I was 6 years old and in Ms. Ola Garner's first grade in Lawrenceville, > GA in the spring of 1948. Ms. Ola was telling all of us about Easter and > what it meant. She said that Jesus had died and came back to life and that > he came back to get us all and to take us with him. Or words to that > effect. > > What I heard was that Jesus was coming to get me! Scarred the everlovin' > poo out of me. I was nervous all doing Easter that year and except for > maybe a little candy, I was scared that it was going to happen any minute. > For most of the rest of my life, I have never really looked forward to > Easter owing to that emotional baggage that lingered with me for many years, > and though I am not bothered by it now, I can still remember the dread of > Easter. > > New clothes not withstanding, I never really had much interest in clothes > or in getting fancied up. I liked jelly beans, especially the licorice > ones, Candy Easter eggs, and marshmallow anything, well enough though. > Shirley always made up an Easter basket for David and she gives the grands > stuff for Easter too. > > Me? > > Why I get another boiled egg. > > Again. > > Walter > > > > >