My "Japanese for dummies" book did not help much.

[cerealjoe]

Calling anyone who understands a bit of Japanese and/or can interpret pictograms well. Yesterday I got this as a Christmas present for my lunchboxes (yes, everyone and everything needs Christmas presents, even my lunches)... and even though it was imported, everything is still in Japanese. I'd rather not sacrifice too many eggs in the name of my lunchboxes so can anyone help? Here is what I figure it says: 1. Cook an egg and peel it. Put inside one of the little forms (I got the bear and the bunny kit). 2. Put it into (hot? To make the egg softer I would say that the water needs to be hot) water (for 10 minutes? I see a 10 written there so I suppose it's 10 minutes). 3. Take out the egg and tada! bear!egg or bunny!egg. It seems to make sense but should the egg be cold or hot when first put into the shape? Of course it would make sense for it to be hot but how does one peel a hot egg? Should it be fully cooked or is it best to have an undercooked egg and then put it into boiling water for those 10 (?) minutes? So many questions? Any input on this delicate matter? Oh, and I also got myself some rice shaping thingies. The mechanical engineer in me absolutely geeked out when opening the package, they're amazingly wittily done. Yep, after putting food on stuff, now I'm putting stuff on food. It's art dammit!

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[cerealjoe.livejournal.com]

Ah, thanks for the info! That makes sense too! (the peel while hot and then let the cold water harden it thing) Now I have to learn to peel hot eggs... I fail peeling things, eggs, carrots, potatoes, but it will be a challenge to overcome for 2011.