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Lol! I am an obvious extrovert and this also annoys me. And I have a cat as well (:

Love the sound of this Madeleine!

Don’t forget about Pharrell’s Freedom too! Equally danceable.

We call this *night dance* with our toddler (worked better when it was dark by dinnertime!) ❤️

My only post on Instagram is of the March 2022 New York Times crossword calendar showing I did all but four puzzles without help.

Thank you so much for recommending this. It was truly beautiful and heartbreaking.

We’re halfway through Severance and lordy am I glad I’m a freelancer! I completely agree about the cast.

Can we also talk about Everything Everywhere All at Once? My husband called it an “emotionally resonant Matrix,” and Michelle Yeoh is just spectacular. I don’t want to spoil anything, but I laughed, I cried, it was almost as good as cats (the animals, not the musical)!

Severance fan here! 👋 My sister and I are loving this. The cast, the blue/green hues, that amazing intro, the music, the atmosphere – all so good!

Yes, Severance! No one else I know is watching it either, but I’m happy to see it getting love in the CoJ comments! It is so good/weird/compelling/thought-provoking. I can’t wait for the next episode. It was only when the last episode cut to black that I realised that I had literally crept forward to the edge of my seat during the last few minutes!

My husband and I have been really enjoying Severance too!! So different and intriguing…. And perfectly cast!

@Lauren O I caught an early screening of Everything Everywhere All at Once and it may have already found a place in my top five movies of all time, it’s that good. (I’ve been having intrusive thoughts about paper cuts ever since then, though, yikes!)

I’m watching it too! The acting is terrific- love how original it is.

So good to know! I started Severance and Life & Beth and thought they were too slow but will definitely circle back after this! Also, even though we know what happens, The Dropout and WeCrashed are SO good.

This comment brought me great joy. I need it on a poster in my kitchen!

I will definitely buy that poster.

Maria won the internet today! :)

Ah ah that made my week!

Best comment. You Win!

I came here to crush on Jon but after a deep dive I might be in love with Suleika. The two of them are pure energy.

I read that book and loved it, never made the connection!!!!

This is 100% off topic but the memoir title reminded me…. book rec for Micaiah Johnson’s The Space Between Worlds. It’s sci-fi but not as we know it. And it’s brilliant! Loved it.

I want to wear them all myself! I want my husband to wear them all! I’m strangely OK with a Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum situation where we both do!

scrambled eggs with parmesan cheese cooked in butter… sooo tasty.

also, it was mentioned in the article, to use teriyaki sauce on a hard boiled egg. My aunt taught me to sprinkle a bit of soy sauce and cracked pepper on it when I was a kid, I’m 51 now, and pretty much only eat hardboiled eggs this way.

I know for me I hated the smell of eggs because my family always overcooked scrambled eggs. Those smell terrible! I like *soft* scrambled eggs. My hubs, who doesn’t like scrambled eggs, really likes poached eggs on top of something like farrotto or a side fried egg on top of fried rice. The runny yolk is everything!

Oops, *soft not side!

I ate eggs as a kid but then at some point in maybe high school decided I couldn’t stand them. That lasted until my mid-30s when I decided to try again. I now really like soft scrambled eggs (dry ones still make me gag), and poached eggs are ok. But my favorite is a crispy sunnyside up egg. But overeasy or overmedium is icky to me. And I can’t stand omelettes! So maybe try some different methods and states of done-ness. I think sometimes people who don’t like eggs have have had eggs that are overdone and kind of rubbery. Good luck on your egg journey!

My daughter is a picky vegetarian who dislikes eggs but will eat them when I scramble them with fried rice or hash browns. She also likes a cheesy quiche. I guess the trick is to pair it with a favourite food.

Hildy, I hated eggs until my mid-twenties, now I’m convert but still can get grossed out pretty easily by them. I think scrambled are like, the MOST eggy way to eat eggs. Breakfast sandwiches were my gateway. Try frying in olive oil til the edges are crispy, then eating on a roll or toast with bacon and cheese. For your initiation you need those other components like bread and bacon and cheese (and maybe a little sriracha mayo! some spicy arugula?) so you’re not just getting bites of nothing but eggy egg.

In cookies, lol

We love to put Trader Joe’s Everything But the Bagel seasoning on hard boiled eggs. With enough of that sprinkled on, you’d never know it was an egg.

I’m with you Hildy. I can do scrambled and deviled, but have a major aversion to anything even slightly runny.

This might be the most eggy way to eat eggs, but I highly recommend poached eggs on everything – maybe you will have a Julie & Julia experience, where Julie decides poached eggs taste like cheese sauce! Poaching an egg sounds so scary, but actually it’s pretty easy – I mostly make poached eggs because I tend to end up making a mess of my pans by over frying eggs – oops! Much easier clean up.

Also, ultimate tip on how NOT to eat an egg – I once had a major space out and put a hard boiled egg in the microwave. I think I was thinking about “onsen tamago”/“hot spring eggs” – which, I mean, how cute is the idea of eggs hanging out in a hot spring – but in any case, if you microwave a boiled egg it WILL explode – LOUDLY! I thought the sky was falling

I’m in your camp – eggs gross me out big time sooooo ewwwww. I just can’t. Ironically, when I was pregnant I craved eggs! So I ate those Trader Joe’s mini quiches for breakfast in the morning 😂. Now, I am back in the non egg eating camp again – but! I have discovered tofu scrambles. There are lots of fun and delish ways to prepare tofu scrambles. And that is my tip the the least eggy way to eat eggs.

Try a seven minute boiled egg on buttered toast with a little sprinkle of Everything Bagel seasoning – yum! I might have that for breakfast tomorrow!

Ooooh or egg fried rice!

Buying organic eggs fresh from a farm is a game changer. Also, as others have suggested, cheese, butter, herbs, really good toast, bacon, etc.

Smashy eggs!
Place eggs in cold water. Bring to boil, reduce heat and cook low heat 9 mins with lid on pan. Remove eggs and run under cold water or place in ice bath for a few minutes.
Peel warm eggs. Using a fork, smash the eggs in a bowl with soft butter and salt until smooth. (You can do this ahead and warm the eggs in a microwave later, but do so very carefully or theyll get tough, or make a mess!).
Devour the warm, soft, buttery eggs.

chop green onion, put in buttered frying pan in a close pile then make a hole in the center big enough for a cracked egg, cook on low til the egg is set: green onion egg nest! put on top of toast and eat with knife and fork – voila!

I also used to be sketched out by eggs, and definitely used cheese as a gateway to begin liking them. I’m currently eating an omelette with feta and an unabashed amount of dill and it’s sooooooo goooooood

oh dang i started reading thinking we were going to commiserate on loving eggs but being allergic lol. scrambled are not my fave. try fried! i love a runny yolk and maybe they smell less than fully cooked.

Bless Sue for the BEST suggestion on how to eat eggs. “In cookies.” I’m dying. YES. Thank you.