Monday, December 14, 2009

1,000 Really Cool Things


So I found this really cool website called 1,000 Awesome things. It's a fun little blog where the guy posts something awesome every workday. He is slowly counting down from 1,000 and is currently on #614 (When you tune the radio station perfectly so there's absolutely no static). The items aren't profound, but they are usually funny and probably a good way to start out the day.
Lately I've felt that I haven't had a good direction for this blog. So I'm going to copy his idea. Blatantly. I'm ripping it off. Now I may never get to 1,000 and I definitely won't post every workday. But whenever I come across one of Life's really cool things, I'm going to post it.
So, to start it all off I'm starting with #1,000:
The perfect Egg Peal
I start off most mornings with a yogurt and a hard boiled egg. It's a good nutritious breakfast and my stomach seems to do better with a high protein meal to start off the day. So when my egg shell comes off in large-ish chunks, taking that tough, leathery membrane with it and leaving behind a smooth, alabaster ovoid of embryonic chickeny goodness, my day seems to go just a little bit better. And if the egg has been cooked correctly (raw eggs in cold water, bring it to a boil, cover, remove from heat, let rest for 15 min, run cold tap water into the pot to cool) then the white is tender and the yolk is moist. Add a little salt and you have a very delightful experience.
Contrast that with the times you have to pick the shell off in microscopic fragments. And then the white, which is pitted and cracked from your pealing efforts, is rubbery. I won't even mention the evil thoughts that go through my head when I get to the yolk and it is coppery green and tastes like sulphur. Yuck!
So, to sum it up. Good egg = good breakfast = good start to the day. (after that it's up to you)
If you have any suggestions for my 1,000 really cool things, let me know and maybe I'll ramble on about them too.

2 comments:

Jo said...

Good Idea! Love You!

Dad P said...

Your Mother could care less if the shell stayed on the egg or not. No good egg could be a boiled one is her moto. Me, I agree with you.