Green Boiled Eggs: In our search for “surrealistic food” we also came across things you can do to an egg. The tips and tricks we found to handle eggs are mostly made to feed a child, but with a little imagination these molds (and what have you) can be a great start for a seriously beautiful and surreal meal.

Dr Seuss’ green eggs and ham

How to make a heart shaped egg

More serious matters: How to Boil an Egg Etc, is a collection of simple and unusual recipes for cooking eggs from Rose Bakery.

Egg and pasta lunchbox, known in japanese as kyaraben (“character bento”) (Egg in pig head shape is made with a mold, see next picture)

Once the egg is placed in the mold, carefully and slowly close the top. If you close it too fast, more egg may get stuck in the middle, and you may not get the egg to fill all of the corners of the mold. If you see the egg start to escape the mold, you can use a finger to carefully poke it inwards. When the mold is closed, use the tab to fasten it.

Boiled Egg Mold to make small egg sausages with yolks shaped in square, heart, star and flower shapes.

Earlier we posted a, somewhat more glamorous, recipe for Disco eggs

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