The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-01-26
PAGE TWELVE
SHORT TALKS TO YOUNG MEN
CONCLUDED FROM PAGE NINE.
sided, and personal preferment political Office
would never be my happy lot.


soft-boed egg is the most slippery and elu-
sive article of diet that nature affords Provided
you get it safely into glass, in order to be nice
and lady like at the table, do you eat it with
fork with a spoon? I have noticed that which
ever of the two implements one might use, it has
exasperating habit of sliding off at the critical
moment-the very time that you want to keep
your self-respect.
1 should judge that spoon is the proper vehi-
Gle to convey the egg, soft-boled, from the glass
to the facial orifce, and yet-please give me your
opinion in early issue.
Atlanta Ga. Yours, O. R. S.
Now, can prove it by you, that I did not
say that the shell of we Soft boiled egg-one
minute and a half, mind you-was to be
"gently" struck with the edge of the spoon,
or knife Nor did [ say anything about
using the thumb and finger to sever the shell
into halves No, Sir: that was not the way
of it.
I distinctly said that Sir Egg was to be
held in one hand-the left-and hit smartly
"a vigorous tap-with the edge of spoon or
knife, starting a rift in the shell. Then the
knife or spoon is dropped, while Nth both
hands, you hold the egg close to the mouth
of the cup or glass. The ends of the egg will
be securely held against your fingers, while
the two thumbs will be brought to the sides
of the break in the egg-shell. TO use little
force qcith the Thumbs, widening the crack in
the shell is a very simple matter. The shell
gives way. breaks lIUO halves. duu OuU pOul0
the egg into the receiving vessel
When the cook has boiled it too long, some
of the egg-perhaps all of it-remains in the
she'll, even after it has been broken in two.
In such cases, use spoon or knife to remove
the egg from the shell.
Y on can't eat properly cooked soft-boiled
egg with fork.
(By the way, you can thicken the dish with
crumbled bread or crackers, since it is a side
dish which you are preparing to suit your
self.)
The spoon is a necessity, because you are
dealing with a liquid.
If, however, the egg is half-done, or hard
boiled, the fork can he used as on any other
edible which does not admit of ladling or
dipping. Generally, it is much better to use
the spoon, when partaking of the food served
in cups or tumbers.
Perhaps, I should add, that while spoons
are used with eggg-nog, they are not to be
thought of with wine.
A typographical error in last weeks
paper made me say "hold the fork tightly"
The word as written was, slightly"
Of course, / mean when you are conveying
food to the mouth.
When pinning meat, ETC., down while cut
ting it to bits with the knife, you hold the
fork tightly, with the back of it uppermost.
But when the morsel has been cut off, the
fork is reversed and is to be brought to the
mouth on the face of the fork and on the
tips of the tynes To make it clearer let
the same side of the fork which you have to
use to bring rice, mashed potatoes and squash
to your lips, be used in eating meat.
Now, we hop along to something else:
When you meet a lady on the street, give
her the right Of way. Unless that side Of the