h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Can't you just peel the egg? Or does the vinegar help hold the egg white together?

Ah, but if you peel the egg, people will say "You broke it"!

This way nothing gets cracked, smashed or broken

So you actually need to dissolve the eggshell while they watch? Sounds marginally less exciting than watching paint dry, you'll lose your audience long before match time

You could always adopt the Blue Peter approach.

Anyway, what's wrong with watching paint dry? The chromatic effects generated when a high-gloss polyurethane paint sets are fascinating.

Beats cricket any day

What approach would that be? (I'm not from the UK and don't own a TV )

As for this: >>The chromatic effects generated when a high-gloss polyurethane paint sets are fascinating.<<

Maybe you're just getting hihg off the fumes

Blue Peter is a children's show where they make things out of cereal boxes, toilet roll tubes and the like. Usually they show the initial construction bits then pull out the finished model with the cry "And here's one I made earlier". Except you just know they didn't, because you've just watched the presenter struggle with the concept of glueing two pieces of paper together. They've just managed to use half a litre of glue and got it on their hands, all over the desk, in their hair as well as on the paper. The Blue Peter dog is whining dolefully 'cos his backside is now stuck to the studio floor and the camera is shaking from the cameraman's laughter.

That's the Blue Peter approach

I see

It is impossible to be a fully rounded,creative member of society unless you have experienced Valerie Singleton demonstrating how to make a pencil holder from a washing up bottle.

As for the elephant...

And that poor tortoise....

Down, Shep, down!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/bluepeter/

Nice one, SWL!

zdt

Hmm, the Christmas lantern. Do they still do that? I dread to think how many homes have burnt down because of that.

don't forget to use white vinegar, brown will discolour the egg, plus if you do it with a fresh egg in vinegar, then put it in bottle before hand,but then rinse the bottle out with water a few times and the egg will regain its shape you can then say " how to get fresh egg in to bottle" when they don't believe you, prod it with something to break it

Is the vinegar still useable for chips and the like after being used? It would seem like a damnable waste of some prime vinegar - I doubt the egg essence would add a pleasurable nuance to the taste.

Well I used malt vinegar and it didn't discolour the egg. I didn't re-use the vinegar 'cos I was put off by the thought of the dissolved shell being in it.

That and the dead fly that was floating on top.

Are we going to get a Guide Entry on getting ships into bottles next?

After all, "egg & ships" is a very popular meal & definitely requires bottles of vinegar...



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