What The Hell Are Egg Cups?
I’d never heard of egg cups until I had a two year stint of many trips to Germany, the Netherlands, once to France, plus personal visits to England. Because I was usually traveling with European companions, we stayed at traditional hotels rather than Americanized ones. As part of a complementary breakfast these hotels provided soft-boiled (or soft-cooked to be correct) eggs with egg cups. I grew to look forward to these treats. A few months ago something brought them to mind and I began looking for some. Since most Americans have never seen an egg cup I wasn’t surprised they were a little hard to find. I located many ornate, baroque, super expensive and antique egg cups, but I was surprised to discover, simple cups like the ones found in abundance in Europe are very hard to find here. After spending hours searching the internet, I could only find some that are similar. Strange that common egg cups don’t seem to be available at all in this country. Cooking The Eggs These instructions ar
