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Show BOILED EGGS BETRAY THEM Nationality of Diners It Shown In Their Varloua Method of Eating. Sherlock Holmes might have figured thin out. but he did not! The average Englishman will el-ways el-ways demand his egg boiled Just three mluutes, then he pluces It In nn egg cup, just lure enough to have he tsg fit It, tap the up of the shell, and removes the broken shell with his fingers. The egg is eaten a sooonful at a time. A Frenchman, much like the Englishman, Eng-lishman, likes his eggs of three mluutes, mlu-utes, exactly'. He then "peels" them, pluctv them In a gluts, ttlrs and mixes well together with suit, pepper and butter, He uiakes a practice of dipping bread into the mixture, and eating it along with the eggs. A Spaniard wouldn't think of letting his egg boll more than one minute. He then breaks It. and lets the contents con-tents run into a glass, and consumes It as If he were drinking a glass of wine. An egg is only tit In an Kalian's estimation when It has been placed In cold water, aud removed Just a the water being to boll. He then breaks it, pours It on a plate, aud proceeds to sop It up with bread. The (ierman, like the Italian, demands de-mands bis eggs aa near the liquid stale as possible. He breaks his eggs In an unsightly cup, and scoops the liquid out as If It were soup. Tbe American la about the only or.e who pr-'ers his eggs bulled hard. When they are served up to him, he knlfea them In half, removes the content con-tent Into a glass, after which he adds a plentiful supply of pepper, but-, ter and salt. He then minces the eggs fine, mixing them well with the spices, and cats them with bis toast. |