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| Since mom pretty much never gets a break during the week, I try to quietly round every one up early on Saturday mornings and get out of the house so that she can sleep in. It is a plan that seldom works, but I'm pretty sure I score points just for trying. Anyway, being the type of guy that likes schedules, I've kind of got us in this Bogie's Deli groove. Why? Well for starters, we are always the only people ever there. It's like we open the place up or something. If I was in charge of Bogie's Inc., I'd just throw me a set of keys and save a little on payroll. Far as I can tell, it's a complete waste of time for them to be open. Anyway, being on our own has it's advantages as it allows you the freedom to pretty much wear and do whatever you want free of embarrassment. Which leads us to this particular Testing 1,2,3. While Elaine still doesn't talk all that much yet, one of her key phrases is "cheese egg bagel". She loves them! Especially the egg part. In fact, you have to carve them up pretty good just to keep her from stuffing the whole thing in her mouth in one bite. Ava is equally a fan, but she has better table manners. (shocker) So, after watching how they devour these pre-fab frozen egg patties over the past year, I got to thinking about how much BETTER one of my eggs might taste inside one of these breakfast sandwiches. |
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| So rather than just head straight to Bogies on this particular Saturday morning, I decided to bang around in the kitchen a little first and put the girls up to a little cheese egg bagel taste test - Pepsi Challenge style. So after making my own sammich, I wrapped it up in some foil, put it in a cooler, and headed over to Bogie's... about 30 minutes later than usual. It was time for the taste test! |
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| Now let me start out by saying I'm biased. I've worked hard getting these eggs here and as a result, I'm pretty proud of each one of them. So, to better remove myself from the data, I decided to let only A&E participate in the taste test. Here are the rules. |
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Taster must be unable to see while testing |
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the taster for the sample to be considered valid. |
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In the event of a tie, my egg wins. |
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| First up was Ava, and after a brief set of issues related to being unable to eat while blindfolded, she settled in and took a sampling of both. Somewhat unclear on the whole "taste test" concept from the start, she spent much of her time just trying to determine which egg was mine. She did this because she "didn't want to hurt the chicken's feelings". So after a brief "if you had to eat one of these every day for the rest of your life, which one would you choose" explanation, she went with B... my egg. Well done first born! |
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| Next up was Elaine, and after a hugely unsuccessful attempt with a blindfold, we settled with a partially pulled down hat to keep her honest. After taking a bite of each, she quickly lifted up her hat and proceeded to stuff the Bogie's patty into her mouth. Not the result I was looking for. She even asked for another one while my egg just sat there on the wax paper and cooled off. It was pretty sad. |
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| How could she choose that microwaved yellow sponge of a patty over my home grown egg? I was very disappointed and insisted she try again... and again... but to no avail. She simply likes the Bogies patty better. There was no way around it. |
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| With the score tied 1-1, I was still able to declare victory for my egg (see rule #3). Still, a tie was not what I was looking for. Maybe next time I'll sprinkle on more brown sugar while poaching. That is sure to sway the voters. |
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| So there you have it. If you are over the age of two, my cheese egg bagel clearly taste better than the one |
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| you can buy at Bogies. If you'd like to try for yourself, just let me know and I'll save you a couple of eggs. Trust me, I've got plenty. |
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- 10/10/2008 2:48:20 PM
