"James Silverton" > wrote in message
>
> Now, let's add another question: how do you remove the top of the egg? I
> use a quick slicing with a knife. I know some people carefully remove the
> top of the shell before cutting thro'. There used once to be an
> upper/lower class divide here but I can't remember how it went :-)
>
>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland
>
> E-mail, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

We don't take the top off. I like to give the center a couple of taps with
a knife and split it in half, then scoop the halves into a warmed custard
cup. If the egg is perfect, you can eat the white first, then the yolk in
one tasty spoonful.