Just for Kids

Just for yolks and giggles

What did the eggs do when the light turned green?

They egg-celerated.

What kind of egg lives by the sea?

An egg shell.

Why couldn’t the egg get good reception on her

television?

Because the channels were scrambled.

Get Egg-centric

Are you sick of sunny side up? Think over-easy is over done? Bring some egg-citement to your morning with something new.

You’ll need:

Four colours of permanent marker

One or two eggs

Grated cheese, cold cooked noodles or sprouts

Toast

• Bring a small pot of cold water to a boil.

• When the water is bubbling, drop in the eggs with a long spoon or ladle.

• Cook them for 4 to 6 minutes for soft-boiled eggs with a runny yolk or 10 minutes for an all-over hard-boiled egg.

• Drain the water and let the eggs cool until they are comfortable to handle.

• Place them in egg cups.

• Doodle a landscape/an abstract painting/your enemy’s face on the egg with the permanent markers.

• Slice the tops of the eggs off; top them with cheese,

noodles or sprouts.

• Toast and slice your bread and serve with your favourite spread.

• Consume your work.

Some egg-cellent facts

If you take an egg from the fridge and suddenly can’t remember if it is fresh or hard-boiled, all you have to do is try to spin it – the raw one will wobble, while the hard-boiled one will spin.
A fresh egg will sink in water but a stale one will float.
Eggs contain all the essential proteins, minerals and vitamins you need, except vitamin C.
A hen can lay about 250 eggs a year.
One of the largest chicken eggs ever laid had five yolks.
The world’s largest omelette was made in Madrid with 5,000 eggs – it weighed 1,320 pounds!



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