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Show BOILED EGGS BETRAY THEM ; Nationality of Diners Is Shown in Their Various Method of Eating. Sherlock Holmes might have figured this out, but he did not! The average Englishman will always al-ways demand his egg boiled just three minutes, theu he places it in an ?gg cup, just large enough to have '.he egg fit it, taps the top of the shell, and removes the broken shell with his fingers. The egg is eaten a spoonful at a time. A Frenchman, much like the Englishman, Eng-lishman, likes his eggs of three minutes, min-utes, exactly. He then "peels" them, places them in a glass, stirs and mixes well together with salt, pepper and butter. He uakes a practice of dipping bread into the mixture, and eating it along with the eggs. A Spaniard wouldn't think of letting his egg 'boil more than one minute. He then breaks it, and lets the contents con-tents run into a glass, and consumes it as if he wore drinking a glass of wine. An egg is only fit in an Italian's estimation when it has been placed in cold water, and removed just as the water beings to boil. He then breaks it, pours it on a plate, and proceeds to sop it up with bread. The German, like the Italian, demands de-mands his eggs as near the liquid state as possible. He breaks his eggs in an unsightly cup, and scoops the liquid out as if it were soup. The American is about the only one who prefers his eggs boiled hard. When they are served up to him, he knifes them in half, removes the contents con-tents into a glass, after which he adds a plentiful supply of pepper, butter but-ter and salt. He then minces the eggs fine, mixing them well with the spices, and eats them with his toast. |