Quick Egg, Mushroom & Ham Cup Recipe with Variations (2024)

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What else can you use an egg cup for? ›

Ornamental Flower Holders

We love using our egg cups as charming, and unusual, flower holders. Fill them with delicate ornamental flowers and place them in the middle of your dinner table as casual and elegant centrepieces.

Yes, you can absolutely eat eggs and mushrooms together. Eggs and mushrooms can be combined in various delicious dishes, such as omelets, scrambled eggs, frittatas, quiches, and more. They complement each other well in terms of flavor and texture, making for a tasty and nutritious meal.

Egg cups are the little dishes that soft-boiled eggs are served in. They keep the egg upright to maintain its form. When you cut the top of the egg off while it's positioned in an egg cup, you end up with the perfect yolky dipping bowl for toast.

This cup is the only known polychrome example of its type from the Chantilly manufactory north of Paris. It was likely used to hold a soft-boiled egg to be consumed at the end of a dessert course.

Short lengths of ordinary 1 1/2-inch-diameter copper pipe make charming egg cups when polished to a high sheen. Back home, I searched my kitchen cabinets for other egg cup candidates; a 50's co*cktail glass, a teeny French ramekin and a miniature laboratory beaker work wonderfully.

Never salt the mushrooms before cooking. Salt draws out moisture and will therefore make them extremely mushy.

Spicy dishes: While mushrooms can add depth and richness to a spicy dish, they may not hold up well against very intense spice levels. Citrus-heavy dishes: Mushrooms may not work well with very acidic or citrus-heavy dishes, as the acidity can overpower the mushrooms' delicate flavor.

You can either spray a 12-capacity NON-STICK muffin tray with a light coating of non-stick oil spray, or line each cup with paper liners. Personally I prefer spraying them because I'm, not a huge fan to paper sticking to my frittatas.

How do you eat an egg from an egg cup? ›

Holding the egg cup steady with your left hand, you may use either spoon or knife to open it up*. Tap the top of your egg with your teaspoon to crack it, and then the tip of your spoon to open it wide enough to get the spoon inside. Or, use the knife to lop off the top á la Louis XV, with a quick stroke.

Egg cups can be made from a variety of materials, including bakelite, glass, plastic, porcelain, pottery, various metals, wood, or a combination of two materials, such as ceramic and wood.

The Montessori Egg Cup is a simple and sophisticated Montessori wooden toy for infants that enhances fine motor skills and gross motor skills. As simple as placing a smooth wooden egg into a wooden egg holder, the Montessori Egg Cup provides your child with an optimum play experience.

Johnny Green with two of his egg cups. Photo: Givealittle. At the Easter of 1939, on the cusp of WW2 and when Aucklander Johnny Green was just nine years old, his mother gifted him an egg cup. It featured three ceramic chicks, contained a single chocolate egg, and it meant the absolute world to him.

This spirited and somewhat bizarre piece livens up any boiled egg. If you're feeling really peculiar you can even use it as a shot glass.

Organization: Egg storage containers typically have designated slots or compartments for individual eggs. This can help people keep their eggs organized and prevent them from rolling around in the refrigerator, reducing the risk of breakage.

Your early to mid 20th century ceramic Duck egg cups have a fair market value of $20 EACH. Fair market value or FMV refers to the going rate of the item(s) in question, or simply..