First try with the egg molds

April 5th, 2008

So I told you in the Bento 4 post that I had my first run in with egg molds. The rabbit egg mold was the whole reason I even started doing the bento thing because I thought it was so cute. Then the more I looked, the more I liked all of the elements I saw. So I hard boil my eggs and start peeling. I’m not a big hard boiled egger. I’m lazy which is what I’m trying to change. So I think I started peeling too early because 1) they were still pretty hot 2) chunks of the egg started peeling back on the first two and 3) the shell was in teeny pieces instead of the larger, easier to handle pieces of the ones that had cooled longer. But I didn’t know how warm these needed to be to mold correctly so I got to town right away.

I boiled 5 eggs because something told me at least one would be a total mess and I was right. The first one was pure disaster. So I labeled them here in the order I did them, each one that looks better is because they were a little more cooled before being peeled. As you can see, Mr. Fishy got beat up pretty bad. Pakelo Cottontail here had a pretty big gash on the chin. Mr. Bear looks pretty good and the car turned out perfect. The bear and car were used for my lunch the next day. So I will definitely continue to use them. They make your lunch a little more interesting and its a good way to get pure protein in.

Comments

4 Comments so far

MrBeachBum on April 5, 2008 12:41 pm
Wow, I never even knew such a thing was possible but that is pretty cool. Looks tasty!
Pele on April 5, 2008 12:55 pm
Thanks! I think I might sprinkle a wee bit of Hawaiian salt in the mold first since my salt shaker is on full blast no matter how many holes I cover!
skeet on April 5, 2008 2:26 pm
Ah! Now I get it. Mahalo - too, too cute!
HawaiiVacationGifts on July 8, 2008 9:05 am
Those are really cute. I never knew such a thing existed and I love Japanese food!