A Certain man had been wicked all his life long. When he was about to die, his family said to him: “Why do you refuse to eat?” “If you give me a boiled egg,” said he, “I shall eat it.” But before he could eat it, a poor man came to his door and cried: “Give me charity!” Then the sick man said to his kinsfolk: “Give him the egg!” So they gave the egg to the poor man. Now this egg was the only act of charity he had ever performed.
Three days later the sick man died, and his sons buried him. In due course the dead man met his son, who asked him: “Father, how are you in the world to which you have gone?” His father told him: “Make it your practice to perform charity and you shall gain the life of the world to come! For all my life long the only act of charity I performed was the egg that I gave to the poor man. Yet when I departed from your world, that egg outweighed all my transgressions, and I was admitted to Paradise.”
Of him it is said: Never refrain from doing good!
Chibbur Ma’assiyos 6-7
HUEVOS HAMINADOS
(Sephardic Eggs)
INGREDIENTS
1 dozen eggs |
1 -2 garlic clove, chopped (optional) |
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1 teaspoon pepper |
1 teaspoon vegetable oil |
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1 tablespoon kosher salt |
1 teaspoon vinegar |
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5-6 yellow onion skins, the outer layers (the more, the better!) |
Sliced onions (from the skinned ones) |
DIRECTIONS
Place all ingredients into a pot or crock pot and cover well with lukewarm water.
Bring water to a boil, cover and reduce the heat to very low. Cook for at least 5 hours or (preferably) overnight. As water evaporates, more can be added.
After the eggs have been cooking for several hours, you can gently tap the shells with a spoon to crack them, and continue to cook. This will cause a beautiful, marbled color to form on the egg whites.
Drain the eggs, rinse the shells and refrigerate until ready to use.
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