Special Segment: A Report on The Egg People!

Starbucks people may be alarmed to learn that there seems to be a small e-community of egg lovers forming. Elise at SimplyRecipes.com has ignited an egg frenzy over there. Check out some of these eggcelent quotes from the comments:

"Everyone has an opinion on boiling eggs! My two cents: " Nah, no thanks.

" Friends think I'm odd because I keep hard boiled eggs in the refrigerator, but each week when I grocery shop I get a dozen fresh eggs and boil up the remainder of the last carton. There's always 4-6 hard boiled eggs on-hand. Need a quick snack/meal-egg salad sandwich! Salad needs something-slice a hard boiled egg up. Dog is being a picky eater-slice a hard boiled egg over his food. How's that ad go? The incredible edible egg!" Your friends are trying to tell you something.


"I just adore hard boiled eggs too! When it's not a work day, my favorite way to eat them is to boil the eggs, then while they're still warm, mash with a bit of butter (or if I'm feeling very virtuous I use something like Smart Balance) and then season with sea salt and fresh ground black pepper. I never get tired of eating this!" - Kaylyn (Click her name to see her blog featuring... a photo of eggs at the top!) Now I would say this person should totally hook-up with the person above her for a love match, but then she confused me with that whole workday thing...why not eat an egg on the workday. Just how dedicated are you to the egg?

"Thank you, thank you for this! I have struggled for years on how to make the perfect hard-boiled egg (re: one with a lovely yellow yolk)." Unite our struggles! Solidarity with all oppressed peoples of the world!

"I have heard that adding vinegar to the boiling eggs is just a myth. My mother did it, I do it, and everyone I know does it. I'm going to write to the American Egg Board and find out once and for all." It's true, it's a total myth. No one else but you has done it. Yep, you're totally alone in this. All..... alone. It's a good thing you have the support of all of us here at the egg people's forum.

These are too amazing not to share....

"I spin the egg on the counter and if it spins perfectly and doesn't wobble like a weeble wobble, I know the eggs are cooked to perfection."

"I read about a similar method in the New York Times a couple of years ago, and I've had nothing but perfectly boiled eggs since."

I eat my morning hard boiled eggs with light soya sauce and white pepper -- been doing that ever since I was a little girl. Sooo good!

"What - no discussion on centering the yolks? Perfect deviled eggs must have the yolk centered."

"Bob,
I'm with you the best way is with hot sauce!"

local music doesn't sound as good at a local coffee shop

"I think it would be great if starbucks would deliver music on a local level -- by region, even inviting customers in a store community to upload and share their musical work, possibly for selection by starbucks to played in the store." Because it is just too far to walk an extra block to the really cool independently owned coffee shop down the street where they have open mic nights. Plus those kids smell, and I think some of them are... vegan.

be. to BE played in the store. just sayin.

*beside* = so excited, just a little pee.

"When I went to Hawaii, I was *beside* myself to find Maui-specific Starbucks gear! I bought a ton of it! When my girlfriend went to Scotland, she fully expected to find special Starbucks cards with tartans on 'em and whatnot, but there was nothing special offered. I wish you'd taken the $$$ you spent on toaster ovens and put it into this sort of thing instead. Even a silly "San Luis Obispo" Starbucks magnet would be cool! I would go to every Starbucks just to collect 'em! Thanks for listening to my idea." I know I, for one, would much rather have a Maui-specific Starbucks t-shirt than have my bagel perfectly toasted in the morning. Fuck the toasting, and the brewing, and the sappy music listening - all I need are lots of pretty locale-specific themed doo dads. Unless you want to put tartans on the bread and then toast 'em and whatnot... that would be adorable. Then you could sell the cookie cutter tarton thingies and i would snatch each and every one of them up like I did those beanie babies back int he 90s. I have every single beanie baby known to human kind, and they have a special room in our house. Or, you could open a starbucks in every country at Epcot so I can take a quick trip around the world and collect 'em all at once. Nah, too easy.

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It must be the "Beyond!"

"I have recently had customers who come in with their own rubber sleeves for their cups. They tell me they purchased them from Bed Bath and Beyond. They prefer to use them as the grip is more secure and they are helping preserve the trees. Starbucks should have these manufatured with the company logo and sell them for a really reasonable price point so we could also help save the trees etc." Please Starbucks. I need you. Help me save the trees! The trees are dying! I need you to make rubber sleeves before it's too late! And please, don't forget the ever so important etc. The etc. includes all of the beautiful birds that live in the trees you could be saving with your rubber sleeves.

I have some used rubber sleeves if you reeeeely want me to dig them out of the little trash can next to my bed.

shhh... starbucks..? is that you?...... i love u starbuckies. aw.

"I think that your iTune giveaway was sheer genius -- particularly the low key nature of the promotion. I found myself in your stores more often, trying new music as well as new products. It was great fun to share the existence of the promotion with others -- like sharing secrets among friends." Sharing scabies wasn't fun enough? Now we have to share secrets? Do you even have friends, or do you just need starbucks to make you feel like they are your friend? Get a facebook account douche bag!

wait, where am i?

"Bring back the Chocolate Glaze Donut!!" The second exclamation point indicates this is a lost cop. Dunkies is down the street honey.

South End Mommies are HOT!

"A lot of the times I stroll into Starbucks with my nine month old wishing i had some baby food to extend my visit. Maybe offering organic baby food such as crackers would be nice." Okay. This woman so lives in the South End of Boston with about 900 million other women just like her who can't seem to figure out why the gay male population is dwindling. She can barely fit her SUV stroller in the store. I'm surprised she hasn't just installed an espresso machine on the back of the stroller itself so she could continue her caffeine high to provide her with the energy it takes to run around the South End with her 9 month old all day looking like a hot mom. Why the urge to extend your visit? do you love Feist, excuse me, Sia that much!?

She's famous too! Here is an entire Boston Globe article all about her!!