Is there any way to make this work? Hard boiled eggs edition.

[Anonymous]

Have you tried using one of those little egg slice thingies? No idea what they are called, but my son loved to put the egg in it and press down and get all the little thin slices. Maybe something like that would get him interested in eating the yolk?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just let it go and toss them. Eggs are cheap unless you've been fooled into buying those ridiculously expensive eggs at Whole Foods. If that's the case, buy cheaper eggs and toss the hard boiled yolks.

The cage free / organic eggs do tend to taste better. I got regular Giant eggs once (ok, DH bought them) and they were watery and bland. Gross stringy bits when eggs were scrambled, kind of like the texture of the chicken veins you find when eating wings.

+1
Can some people really not taste the difference? Or not care how the chickens live?

Oh, brother.

[Anonymous]

Hard boiled egg yolk cookies http://kitchen-tested.com/2013/04/04/hard-boiled-egg-yolk-cookies/

Lots of salad dressings use egg yolks as an emulsifier

Potato Salad

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Which farmers market has $4 eggs? I think they've closer to $6 at Takoma park.

Out in the more rural areas. About once every two to three weeks, we are out toward Culpeper / Front Royal / etc for hiking or camping or winery tours. I try to stop at one of the little farm markets, which sell local free-range eggs and meat for much lower cost than the urban markets. Sometimes, just driving down a little country road we'll see a sign for eggs being sold directly from the farmhouse. Those are the best. I buy a few dozen to last until my next trip out there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hard boiled egg yolk cookies http://kitchen-tested.com/2013/04/04/hard-boiled-egg-yolk-cookies/

Lots of salad dressings use egg yolks as an emulsifier

Potato Salad

Egg yolk cookies? Genius! I'm definitely trying those.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just let it go and toss them. Eggs are cheap unless you've been fooled into buying those ridiculously expensive eggs at Whole Foods. If that's the case, buy cheaper eggs and toss the hard boiled yolks.

The cage free / organic eggs do tend to taste better. I got regular Giant eggs once (ok, DH bought them) and they were watery and bland. Gross stringy bits when eggs were scrambled, kind of like the texture of the chicken veins you find when eating wings.

+1
Can some people really not taste the difference? Or not care how the chickens live?

Oh, brother.

Oh, brother yourself. Listen, I'm scarcely a super taster or anything, but get one of your cheapo, hens in 12 inch cages and one fresh from the farm where it was able to go out and scratch in the dirt and eat bugs eggs at a farmers market and fry them up. To pretend there's no difference in flavor between these two things is to say, screw eating at Michel Richard, I'm going to Burger King cause there's no diff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which farmers market has $4 eggs? I think they've closer to $6 at Takoma park.

Out in the more rural areas. About once every two to three weeks, we are out toward Culpeper / Front Royal / etc for hiking or camping or winery tours. I try to stop at one of the little farm markets, which sell local free-range eggs and meat for much lower cost than the urban markets. Sometimes, just driving down a little country road we'll see a sign for eggs being sold directly from the farmhouse. Those are the best. I buy a few dozen to last until my next trip out there.

Thanks, good idea for our next hiking trip! Still wish the good eggs were cheaper in DC, but yes I care about how my food was treated so I cough it up.

[Anonymous]

Buy a carton of egg whites. Pour them into muffin tins and bake. You'll have plenty of egg whites for him without the egg yolks.

If he doesn't like the texture of the baked egg whites (they are a little drier than hard boiled), then you can boil a big pot of water and pour dollops into the water. Pour some, wait about 20-30 seconds for it to start to cook, then pour another dollop into another section. Cook to desired hardness (I usually cook about 3+ minutes). You'll essentially have poached egg whites which come out very similar to hard boiled egg whites, just without the regular egg shape.

You can cook up a whole carton of eggs (one carton makes around the equivalent of 10 eggs) and then store in the fridge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have you tried using one of those little egg slice thingies? No idea what they are called, but my son loved to put the egg in it and press down and get all the little thin slices. Maybe something like that would get him interested in eating the yolk?

My DS is like OP's so this device just led to an epic mess because instead of throwing out one ball of yolk, he picks out the flat "pancake" of yoke and it crumbles up...

At any rate, I keep a few hard boiled eggs to the side and make an egg salad that is heavier on the egg yokes. Because I add bacon and capers it seems to work out.

But for laughs and commiseration, just be very VERY happy you are not this poster: http://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/2372970/a-lot-of-hard-boiled-egg-yolks-need-ideas

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have you tried using one of those little egg slice thingies? No idea what they are called, but my son loved to put the egg in it and press down and get all the little thin slices. Maybe something like that would get him interested in eating the yolk?

My DS is like OP's so this device just led to an epic mess because instead of throwing out one ball of yolk, he picks out the flat "pancake" of yoke and it crumbles up...

At any rate, I keep a few hard boiled eggs to the side and make an egg salad that is heavier on the egg yokes. Because I add bacon and capers it seems to work out.

But for laughs and commiseration, just be very VERY happy you are not this poster: http://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/2372970/a-lot-of-hard-boiled-egg-yolks-need-ideas

If I had 60, I would put them on freecycle or a local FB group for people to feed their dogs or something. I see people asking for freeze burnt meat all the time, so maybe they use egg yolks too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just let it go and toss them. Eggs are cheap unless you've been fooled into buying those ridiculously expensive eggs at Whole Foods. If that's the case, buy cheaper eggs and toss the hard boiled yolks.

The cage free / organic eggs do tend to taste better. I got regular Giant eggs once (ok, DH bought them) and they were watery and bland. Gross stringy bits when eggs were scrambled, kind of like the texture of the chicken veins you find when eating wings.

+1
Can some people really not taste the difference? Or not care how the chickens live?

Oh, brother.

Oh, brother yourself. Listen, I'm scarcely a super taster or anything, but get one of your cheapo, hens in 12 inch cages and one fresh from the farm where it was able to go out and scratch in the dirt and eat bugs eggs at a farmers market and fry them up. To pretend there's no difference in flavor between these two things is to say, screw eating at Michel Richard, I'm going to Burger King cause there's no diff.

+1000000

[Anonymous]

Our dog gets ours too, but now goes crazy at the smell of cooking eggs as a result.