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Hard-Boiling Old Eggs

November 24th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Uncategorized

Even farmers advise letting eggs eggs grow old before trying to hard-boil them. The reason is, as eggs get old they deteriorate. The egg’s attachment to the inside of the shell grows weaker, making it easier to peel when hard-boiled. The membrane that holds the yolk in the center of the white also breaks down, […]

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Lunch

July 18th, 2008 · 9 Comments · Uncategorized

Fried eggs with sauteed beet greens. Preparation time: 15 minutes Shopping: none I can hardly think of a vegetable easier or more delectable then freshly harvested beet greens. I’d been eyeing one particular Franken-beet in our garden. It was unexpectedly huge, some kind of mutant, with greens towering over the rest of its mates. I […]

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Breakfast

June 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

Fried eggs with last night’s liver and onion scapes. Preparation time: 10 minutes Shopping: none Our onions lately have been sending up flower stalks, or scapes. You might read more about garlic scapes. But onion scapes are equally delicious, chopped fine as a garnish or as an ingredient. Pesto from scapes seems to be all […]

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