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tazzy ( tazzy@lemm.ee )  to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

Why do lots of people find it bizarre for someone to eat 6 boiled eggs in one sitting but not 12 devilled eggs and in one sitting?

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Why do lots of people find it bizarre for someone to eat 6 boiled eggs in one sitting but not 12 devilled eggs and in one sitting?

tazzy ( tazzy@lemm.ee )  to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago
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  • Dagwood222 ( Dagwood222@lemm.ee ) 
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    I think it’s weird to eat a dozen deviled eggs in one sitting.

    • Tolookah ( Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
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      Right, you don’t sit when you eat deviled eggs, you are at a party, mingling so no one notices when you grab that 12th one.

    • adarza ( adarza@lemmy.ca ) 
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      you can have (well, used to) eggs anytime… fried, boiled, scrambled, omelets, poached–whatever. but gram’s special deviled eggs were for ‘special occasions’ only. she always made enough, so yea. gonna eat far more eggs that way than i ever would in a normal breakfast or meal.

      • Dagwood222 ( Dagwood222@lemm.ee ) 
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        Also, deviled eggs are usually put out at a festival. Gunning down six eggs at a 6 am breakfast is gluttony. Noshing on a dozen deviled eggs over the course of an evening is not grotesque.

  • HootinNHollerin ( HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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    Sounds like a Seinfeld standup intro

  • deegeese ( deegeese@sopuli.xyz ) 
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    If someone eats 3 sandwiches, they were hungry.

    If someone eats 6 slices of plain bread, they’re weird.

    • I_am_10_squirrels ( I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org ) 
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      Sounds like Gaffigan

  • UltraGiGaGigantic ( UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml ) 
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    Eggs? In this economy?

  • Dr. Wesker ( wesker@lemmy.sdf.org ) 
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    What’s even weirder is how full you feel eating 6 hard boiled eggs, but not if you eat the equivalent 6 deviled eggs.

    • zagaberoo ( zagaberoo@beehaw.org ) 
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      Truly, I scramble six eggs in a go, but six boiled eggs feels like a whole feast somehow.

      • Dr. Wesker ( wesker@lemmy.sdf.org ) 
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        Yolk composition theory. Fullness depends entirely on the composition of the yolk.

  • HubertManne ( HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com ) 
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    So its unusual that I think scarfing down a dozen devilled eggs would be a bit much?

  • MajorMajormajormajor ( MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca ) 
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    Trying to change up what type of eggs you have 4 dozen of everyday, Gaston?

  • zephorah ( zephorah@lemm.ee ) 
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    Why would anyone do this apart from hating prunes and needing a constipation remedy?

    • I_am_10_squirrels ( I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org ) 
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      Going on a long road trip, gotta load up on Sulphur to delight the other passengers

  • Raymond Shannon ( chillBurner@lemmy.ml ) 
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    The same reason why you don’t simply eat boiled meat, but mainly eat it in a stew/soup.

    It’s not exactly a flavor town experience with boiled meat, innit?

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