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.
So its unusual that I think scarfing down a dozen devilled eggs would be a bit much?
Sounds like a Seinfeld standup intro
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'm glad you didn't see me eat 136 deviled eggs
Not as glad as I am.
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.
Trying to change up what type of eggs you have 4 dozen of everyday, Gaston?
If someone eats 3 sandwiches, they were hungry.
If someone eats 6 slices of plain bread, they’re weird.
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!
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.
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.
Why would anyone do this apart from hating prunes and needing a constipation remedy?