I've been having breakfast in our hotel each morning, usually cafe au lait , croissants, and yogurt. They are all set out buffet style similar to hotels in the U.S. Today there was a large bowl of brown eggs. I remember such bowls in Paris were filled with hard boiled eggs. Also, I often choose hard boiled eggs for my protein when we stay at La Quinta.
So....I took an egg, put it in one of those cute egg cups and placed the cup on the plate with my croissant. When at the table I tapped around the top of the egg just like I had seen in a movie once, and took off the top. However, instead of revealing a nicely cooked boiled egg, runny raw egg oozed all over my plate! The genial server came to my rescue, removed my plate and instructed me about the bowl of fresh raw eggs. Ther was a water bath that looked like a french fry vat and had nice little egg dippers hanging around the sides. You dipped your egg in, set the timer, and then removed it to the egg cup. I started over, took my egg cup to the table, tapped around the edge with my spoon.....just like the queen would do, and revealed a beautiful soft boiled egg. Another lesson learned.
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| Hot Water Bath for Eggs |
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| Soft boiled Eggs & Croissant |
Next it was off to the tobacco store to buy bus tickets, and then navigate the bus to the school. I did just fine in that department, even requesting the bus tickets in French!
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