Why do lots of people find it bizarre for someone to eat 6 boiled eggs in one sitting but not 12 devilled eggs and in one sitting?
I'm firmly in the both are a bit much camp.
Well, that amount of deviled eggs is weird.
That being said, there's some differences involved.
Moisture, size, seasoning, and chewability.
Deviled eggs have the dryest part removed and moistened. This makes eating two of them easier than the whole egg would be.
With the addition of moisture comes the ability to chew the result easier, so you don't look like an idiot while eating. You don't have to take a bite and roll it around your mouth while trying to get it into small enough pieces, mixed with saliva so you can swallow.
The seasoning comes in by making it taste like something you want to savor, to keep in your mouth longer.
And, since they're half an egg, they can be popped in all at once, or in two clean bites, without spilling fragments. In either case, you aren't sitting/standing/dancing/masturbating holding a partly eaten egg in your hand as long. This means that it looks like you're eating less than you are, even when having the equivalent of a half dozen eggs. So it doesn't register as someone eating six eggs, it registers as someone snacking casually.
I love your unneccessarily long explaination, and agree fullheartedly!
Sounds like a Seinfeld standup intro
Eggs? In this economy?
So its unusual that I think scarfing down a dozen devilled eggs would be a bit much?
What's even weirder is how full you feel eating 6 hard boiled eggs, but not if you eat the equivalent 6 deviled eggs.
Truly, I scramble six eggs in a go, but six boiled eggs feels like a whole feast somehow.
Yolk composition theory. Fullness depends entirely on the composition of the yolk.
6 deviled eggs are made from 3 hard boiled eggs, so it's half the amount of food.
What I meant by equivalent was the equivalent of 6 eggs.
Trying to change up what type of eggs you have 4 dozen of everyday, Gaston?
I literally had boiled eggs notarized at $10 each. You think people can afford eggs these days?
That's nothing, I had all my eggs fabergéd to make them less valuable to thieves.
Look at this guy eating chicken caviar.
The same reason why you don't simply eat boiled meat, but mainly eat it in a stew/soup.
It's not exactly a flavor town experience with boiled meat, innit?
Why would anyone do this apart from hating prunes and needing a constipation remedy?
Going on a long road trip, gotta load up on Sulphur to delight the other passengers
I think it's weird to eat a dozen deviled eggs in one sitting.
Right, you don't sit when you eat deviled eggs, you are at a party, mingling so no one notices when you grab that 12th one.
I'd go so far as to say I think it's weird when people eat any amount of deviled eggs.
You live in an open society where everyone's views and opinions can be expressed without judgement.
Except for this one, you filthy animal!!
@tophneal@sh.itjust.works I was going to say more than 2 deviled eggs but you also make a good point haha
you can have (well, used to) eggs anytime.. fried, boiled, scrambled, omelets, poached--whatever. but gram's special deviled eggs were for 'special occasions' only. she always made enough, so yea. gonna eat far more eggs that way than i ever would in a normal breakfast or meal.
Also, deviled eggs are usually put out at a festival. Gunning down six eggs at a 6 am breakfast is gluttony. Noshing on a dozen deviled eggs over the course of an evening is not grotesque.
I'm glad you didn't see me eat 136 deviled eggs
Not as glad as I am.