— 2024-10-26 – Saturday – see here for the first mosktly successful use.
while i could easily purchase such rings for a few $, i want to reduce such purchases.:
tuna tins seem to bethe right size. but due to the bottom of the tins (at least the ones joan buys… maybe other brands are old-style with symetric top/bottom, and easy to remove the bottom), these ones are rounded at the bottom for more stable staxking. our can openeer can’t cut the bottom off. but i have the right tools to do the job!
i tried using the tins with the bottom still on, dropping the gg into the tins and letting the egg solidify. problem: took too long to cook (6 minutes vs 3) and were diffucult to remove the egg (and yes, i did lube the tins well with ghee…).
so cut the bottoms of the tins with snips. leaves some vicious sharp edges. took a while using files and emory cloth
3rd use of the precision oiler that Paul gave me. so much easier to use snips when they’re properly lubed! 
for reasons i don’t understand, the first one still has small sharp burrs, even after much emery cloth work. so marked it for caution… 
the 2nd one has no burrs. maybe i got better with practice?
TO-DO: needs pics of final results of tins, and their use in making eggs for sandwhiches…
