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How to eat a soft boiled egg. (a tutorial)

Baffled on how to properly eat a soft boiled egg? Fear not, I can show you how!  With this handy snarktastic guide you’ll be able to expertly tackle these eggs in no time!

This post was inspired by a group of Chinese tourists in Austria who spoke no English or German and had absolutely no clue about Western food. And then to top it all off, they had the gall to loudly complain in Mandarin that the food is not like back home.

egg tutorial part 1

egg tutorial part 2

egg tutorial part 3

 

A couple more tips:
1. If you’re trying an unfamiliar food for the first time and don’t like the taste of it, discreetly and quietly spit it into a napkin. There’s no need to make a yuck face and chuck the food onto the next placemat.

2. Don’t hock a loogie on the side of your plate. That’s just nasty.

spinatknödel

6aug2011

One of the few noteworthy meals on my European tour simply because you don’t see too many spinach dumplings in restaurants where I’m from.

I was having Südtiroler Spinatknödel (South Tyrolean spinach dumplings) for lunch in Austria. It’s made from bread mixed with milk, cheese, eggs, flour, and spinach. Knödel is a good way to use up old bread.