How do you take your eggs?
The incredible, edible egg
The egg is a simple, yet delicious, nutritious, and versatile food. It's good for anything from deviled egg appetizers to simply fired eggs for breakfast, to quiches and sandwiches, and of course as a main ingredient in many baked goods. There are many ways to cook and/or utilize eggs in cooking. So what are some of your egg preferences? Sharing egg recipes is encouraged.
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For breakfast, I like a soft boiled egg if I'm in the mood for something simple. Other times, I like to sauté onions, green peppers, and maybe a tomato sprinkled with ground pepper and mix it with my eggs. Sometimes I try to make an omelette out of it, but it usually turns into scrambled eggs by the time I am done. My omelette flipping skills is abysmal. A homemade bacon, egg, and cheese on a bagel or roll is a hearty and savory breakfast dish, even if it's a calorie bomb.
I just like the fact that we mammals are eating dinosaur eggs.
A dinosaur egg must make quite a large omelette.
I guess you could ask Wilma, Betty or, even Tarzan's Jane about that, they all come closest to using dinosaur eggs.
If you're dining on Ostrich, I think that would be enough for two.
I never tried ostrich. But I would be open to the experience.
you'd take your life in your hands trying to collect an ostrich egg, those fuckers are aggressive.
Yep,
I guess I'm stuck with chicken eggs. I wonder if turkey eggs are any good?
I highly recommend you try ostrich just once. It has a great flavor to it.
If I can find one, I'll try it. I'm game to try anything once.
3 scrambled together with a big dollop of sour cream and a tablespoon of water. I'm allergic to eggs and by themselves they make me nauseous, but I still eat them. If I have them over easy, it's with biscuits, country gravy, and bacon.
My favorite restaurant for breakfast was called the Aristocrat in Boulder Colorado, now closed. The kitchen was diner style on the other side of the counter in the dining room. It was staffed by hungover and sleep deprived college students that yelled profanities at each other during breakfast service when they were running behind. The portions were very generous and the floor staff weren't hard to look at. You waited in a long line to get in on the weekends.
Over medium or blended.
If I throw them in the blender, I add a shot of heavy cream... Makes them fluffy and moist. Sometimes i'll add some chives.
That sounds delicious! And that would be a great way to make them when I make English Scramble.
English Scramble is really just scrambled eggs over toasted English muffins with a cheese sauce. I like to saute shrooms in butter then add the egg mixture after the shrooms are sauteed to a nice golden brown.
I make my own cheese sauce, too.
I think I've mentioned this breakfast before and, that is why I was reluctant to bring it up but, in Colorado there's a restaurant that is open for breakfast and, lunch and, serves something they call the "Grump", it's a bed of hash brown's with your choice of meat mixed in, I prefer sausage, on top of the hash browns you have your eggs, made the way you want, up to three of them, on top of that you have your choice of either sausage gravy or, green chili and, on top of that you have cheese. It comes in three sizes, full Grump, half Grump or, quarter Grump. When I got this the first time I didn't know how big the full Grump was and, I ordered it, I had it for breakfast, lunch and, dinner that day, it was that much.
Here's the menu,
That sounds delicious.
It is crazy good.
I like that. Done something very similar many times. I would include potato chunks.
I like old fashioned ham and eggs (over easy) with a piece of Texas Toast.
I usually eat two to three eggs a day, and I prepare them in many ways. This morning they were fried sunny side up. I make cheese omelettes (I'm okay with flipping them), eggs and onions (a real deli dish), scrambled, soft-boiled (6-minute), egg salad sandwiches, a fried over easy egg between buttered toast with mayo and a slice of cheese (sort of like a McDonald's egg mcmuffin). I also make simple French Toast (recipe is on the "6 Ingredients" group), and sometimes just eat a hard-boiled egg as a snack. I put about 6 or 7 boiled bird's eggs in my oatmeal, and use only one or two eggs when I make banana-blueberry pancakes depending on how many pancakes (recipe also on "6 Ingredients"). I make tuna fish sandwiches with tuna mixed with eggs....nothing fancy like eggs Benedict and I don't have the implement to poach eggs, but would do poached eggs on toast if I had it.
Actually, I really love eggs. We get duck eggs and big goose eggs now and then.
I always poach eggs in boiling water, 1" of boiling water in a frying pan (just barely boiling). The only trick is the eggs will sink when you first drop them in so after about 20-30 seconds (I drop three eggs then grab the spatula) you need to slide your spatula under them to get them floating, then just keep moving them around and swirling the water to keep the heat even.
Thanks, zuksam. I'll try that.
You can spray the pan first before you add water.
Fried on a ham, egg, and cheese sandwich. Over easy with bacon, home fries, and toast. Scrambled if I have leftover Ham to throw in. My favorite is Poached Eggs on Toast (with soft yokes). My mom used to put the poached eggs on the toast and then I'd have to chop them up and spread them around before cutting the toast into bite sized pieces but I just put the poached eggs into a bowl and chop them up then pour them on the toast. It's easier to get an even mix of yoke and white this way plus it's faster which is important since both the toast and eggs cool quickly so the faster you can get it in your mouth the better. I also like omelette's but I can't make them either, I always screw them up. I never make hard boiled eggs because I only like the whites so I feel wasteful throwing the yoke out, I used to have a dog that liked them but now I only have a cat and he won't touch them.
Easy fix on eggs, "Gashouse eggs", two slices of bread, put a whole in the center of the bread, butter the bread, put the bread in the skillet and, put the egg in the center of the hole, put butter on the up side of the bread and, flip when the whites are half done, cook until the other side is toasty and, serve.
These are also known by another name, "Eggy's in a basket",
I like that way of serving eggs too. Although, I might use olive oil instead of butter.
I never tried that, I like the butter because of the way it browns the bread and, doesn't let the eggs get too hard, I like a soft yolk.
Butter is always good for frying. But olive oil is a healthier alternative. A light coating of olive oil in a pan is enough. But then, theres something about frying something, drowning in butter. A heart attack never tasted so good, lol
Eggsactly, who wants a healthy breakfast give me fried eggs, bacon, hash browns, toast all that good fatty goodness, pancakes smothered in butter and, maple syrup. I feel my artery's hardening already.
Take it easy, Galen, we don't want to lose you.
If your frying bacon why use butter when you can fry your eggs in Bacon Fat.
For the toast and, the pancakes of course. Now, if you have a skillet like mine you fry your bacon and, then you have to wash the skillet because, the bacon stuck a little, so you don't break the yolks on your eggs when you put them in the skillet then you put the bacon grease back in the skillet...…...I need a new skillet.
Growing up the residual bacon fat was always saved in a mason jar for frying potatoes or other foods. My arteries clog at the thought of the amount of fat that I ate as a child.
I still save some.
About half of the family recipes from my Mom's side start with "render bacon, fry onions in rendered bacon fat."
The food is good but you feel like you ate a brick for about 3 hours afterward.
I don't fry in bacon grease often, but my grandma sure did. Mom used to, until Dad's cholesterol started creeping up.
My dad set a new record for cholesterol when he was in the hospital because had cancer. It was actually above 500. The strange thing is there is no record of heart disease or diabetes in the family.
Bad for you, but sooooo yummy.
It's delightful breakfasty decadence.
Frying bacon in Speedos seems a bit...unwise.
Well, the Simpson's weren't known for being too smart.
True.
Except for Lisa, of course.
Welll, that is open for debate, I mean Lisa does go out in the middle of the night with some strange guy to play her sax on a bridge.
Giggity
Bacon fat is the ultimate grease for french toast.
I prepare an egg the same way, but it is referred to a one eyed sandwich here. Once I flip the egg to finish cooking, I add a little shredded cheese and sometimes lay a slice of cooked bacon across the yolk.
My ex' loved those. I had never heard of such a thing until we were married and I was making breakfast.
My eggs are according to my mood for eggs. Most common is a plain old Bacon, Eggs, and Homefries well done with onion and two slices of buttered toast.
This morning was no different except for the onions and biscuits instead of toast.
I make really good omelettes and casseroles.
There is no shortage of eggs at this house. When I retired we tried several things to fill in the time. Maria hit and we started working on each others' homes and such. My neighbor put their chickens in the garage but lost their small coop/run cage. I built a new coop/run cage for them at 3 times the original size...after we were all fixed I started getting requests for cages. I thought I was done when I get home and my wife just thinks it would be ducky if we had chickens...we collect a dozen a day on average.
I built a second cage for my experiments....bwaaaahhaahhaahhaaaaa....I'm breeding Brahma Chickens
Sometimes, you can't beat the classics.
They are gorgeous birds. I had plans to raise Frizzles and polish, but after I contracted avian pneumonia from my parakeets, I can't ever have birds of any kind.
I kind of have a Noah's Arc.
My rooster is a buff polish and I have 2 each of rhode island, dominiques, Australorpes, wyandotts, and amerucaunas.
I wanted especially to breed the polish with the amerucaunas for the headress and mustache.
In the other pen are 2 Jersey Giants and the brahmas with a brahma rooster the largest and 2nd largest chickins in the world.
I'm going to breed my own army of giant chickens and take over bwaaaaahahaha!
My hens are just now 6 months old and the size of a full grown goose.
I would kill to tour your Arc. Most people don't realize just how gorgeous some breeds of chickens really are.
Scrambled in butter, maybe with some cheese melted on top. Hard-boiled. Fried, over hard (I hate runny yolks). In a sandwich with some cheese. Omelet, stuffed with whatever I have in the fridge that seems like it would make a good omelet. Deviled.
Easy and I do mean 3 eggs easy over laid on top of:
3 pieces of plain white toast,
Covered with a thick layer of creamed chipped beef,
With a heavy layer of black pepper on the CCB.
Then over the eggs and the rest of the exposed CCB drown in tabasco.
Cup of fresh black coffee or maybe 2, or 3...
Then of course good deviled eggs and also pickled spicy eggs for snacks.
My grandmother used to make me eggs/chipped beef when I was little. No pepper though because my sister convinced me that if I saw pepper on my food, someone had sprinkled dirt on it. I would watch grown ups put it on their food and thought that they just didn't mind eating dirt. I am now a confirmed pepper lover. I make a great SOS and lots of pepper is a given.
The taste of black pepper is delicious.
At a restaurant I remove the cap from the shaker to pour it on my food. Same with cayenne. The pepper becomes a blanket over the food.
Have you tried white pepper? The heat is also low like black pepper but the flavour is wonderfully pungent.
Some time ago I read it is better when experiencing body pain when compared to black pepper.
They are both delicious but the white pepper is kind of expensive.
Goes very good on the SOS or creamed chipped beef with eggs and toast.
I have tried white pepper but prefer black.
Over easy and lightly salted. Best with turkey bacon, English muffin and grits.
Sometimes I prefer a mushroom & spinach omelet. No cheese.
Over easy, with firm whites and runny yolks. Cheese grits, crispy bacon and heavily buttered toast. Or scrambled with sausage gravy and biscuits.
Just the way I like them. Runny whites...yuk...like eating snot.
At home, over easy, or scrambled. At a restaurant in an omelet.
Eggs are a secret at my house .. my (not so) lil man, when he was lil hated eggs .. but loved French toast .. caught me using eggs to make the toast and the world about started spinning out of control..
He is now 18 and still does not want to know what I am putting eggs in : )
Myself, I am an omelet maker .. a taco omelet is one of my favorites .. requires seasoned meat, cheese and tomato (onion, peppers, beans etc if one wants to) .. then I eat my omelet like a half sandwich .. on toast mainly.. Omelets are a great way to use up leftover meats .. pork chops, roast beef .. be creative!
Okay, so now I am hungry - there is an omelet waiting to be made...
My son was sure as a toddler that he hated potatoes. But he loved French fries. So we had to order "French fries made without potatoes" with a wink to the bewildered server when we ate out. He got over that, though. He recently discovered that he does like mashed potatoes, after all, and when I make them, I have to get some first, if I want any at all.
Ooo to funny .. thank you for the smile and giggle .. mashed tatos are yummy, he is developing good taste : )
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If anyone is wondering, my omelet was delish - decided on bacon tomato cucumber lightly cheesed omelet on sour dough...
Try a fried egg on top of mashed potatoes. a runny yolk enhances the flavor.
Runny yolks are a taste I haven't acquired.
You sop it up with toast. Yummy.
In theory, I understand the appeal, but in practice, ugh.
I like a runny yolk. Tasty. The yolk, when mixed with whatever the egg is served with, might make it more palatable for you.
Or just lick it off the plate, table manners be damned!
Taco omelette sounds good. I think I'm getting a craving now. :p
Ya gotta try it .. when I make tacos .. I save out meat just for my omelets .. I went to the freezer .. alas, I am out : (……………
Next time I make tacos, I'm trying this. But taco meat is like mashed potatoes - if I want any to be left over for omelets, I'll have to hide it well from my son.
Do you try eggs in a taco shell? I sometimes use a soft shell and make a breakfast egg burrito.
That sounds really good.
it is. Add in some ham or steak, topped with cheddar cheese, and it becomes quite hearty.
Yes, I make what I call a campfire breakfast burrito .. bacon, onions, cubed potatoes, ham, sausage (what ever meats one wants to add, season to flavor) .. cook those ingredients up over the fire - then add the eggs .. lightly scramble .. add cheese (if desired) then bring on the flour tortillas .. or corn.. (freedom of choice is a beautiful thing : )
I know what I'm making for breakfast now :P
I miss making it .. tell me how you like it : )
OOOOOoooooooo I forgot to add the salsa .. I have added some to the ingredients mix before adding eggs .. but most individuals like the salsa on the side to add as desired...
Whoa, hey now...
HA! : ) …
Food can be an erotic desire .. : )
Some foods can be aphrodisiacs too.
Hehe .. so very true... best to leave those secrets hidden : )
Unless you're with that special somebody.
Fair enough .. whatever that is .. I am a member of 'The Church of the Never Married' that happens to be a good cook : ) ……………. the special of the day is ……………..
LOL...
Here is one to try...
Take a cupcake pan, grease/oil/butter the pan.
Heat the oven to 350.
Take some bread and break it into small pieces, (1/4" or so) and put a couple pieces into each cup of the pan.
Add cheese, onions, ham, chives, etc.. whatever you want.
Blend a few eggs and pour them in the cups until just about full.
Bake at 350 for ~10 mins or until the eggs are cooked.
This works best if the bread is dry, so it breaks easier and doesn't turn into goo.
I am not much of a cook, but this one is so easy even I can't muck it up.
I haven't fixed it since my wife died but, Eggs Benedict was her favorite.
One of my personal favorites!
I'm tempted to experiment and make an egg and sausage (or bacon) pizza. Try 1 or 2 hot dogs, sliced in half lengthwise, on buttered toast, and topped with a fried egg in a breakfast sandwich.
Pizza sounds good, but I'd be worried the eggs would overcook before the rest is done.
The eggs would probably need to be added towards the end of the cooking time. Or perhaps fried separately and added after. I'm not sure. Hense, it's experimental. The bacon or sausage should be lightly cooked beforehand and added as a topping where it can finish cooking through so it's not underdone. Sautéed onions would also be a good topping too.
This is sounding good. I'm thinking it also needs mushrooms.
Sautéed portabella slices, perhaps with the onion. Mmmm, egg pizza [Homer Simpson drool here].
Sauteed in butter, of course.
Of course.
I've had left over pizza re-toasted in a toaster oven, cut up into bite sized pieces, then two over easy eggs on top in a bowl. It's a version of a soft boiled egg dish with chopped up buttered toast w/ soft boiled eggs scooped into a bowl.
I'll have to try that the next time I have pizza.
Here's a thought, and a sandwich...
I ran a small restaurant for a time when I retired, I had a large area around me with mostly Mexican folks. I got good business from them as I could change up things to suit tastes but then...
I had a customer that was a runner and we experimented with higher protein with a kick.
I grilled a chicken breast with fajita seasoning and a splash of hot sauce, I laid four serrano peppers 2 in the front, two in the back, covered it with a round provalone slice and topped it with a hard cooked fried egg. and then a bun...I used Ciabotta.
He came back and raved!
In two weeks it was our most popular sandwich, I would sell minimum 200 a day (Let me break that to you in paycheck terms, it was $400/day pure in the pocket profit) along with my other menu items. He named it "Tortuga la flamenta" (Flaming Turtle) and it stuck....soon we had steak and pork chop versions.
He later told me, "Put a hard fried egg on any sandwich and Mexican guys will buy the crap out of it"....I went around the corner to the local Tex-Mex and sure enough..."With cooked egg, add $ .75"
Popeye Omelette.....crumbled bacon, mushrooms, fresh spinach and white american cheese....Oh hell yeah!
I just finished eating, and this article is making me hungry again.
As an eggnostic, I'm not even sure if eggs exist...
Oh but, they do Lenny, they do!!
Heat skillet on high until HOT
pour eggs unscrambled with butter into skillet.
start scrambling in the skillet . 30 seconds or so on heat. 30 seconds off.
Repeat until cooked and eggs not dried out
someone told me this way to make scrambled eggs and I laughed at them. Scrambled eggs are scrambled eggs right? He made them one day and I had to admit it made a huge difference. Especially with a little garlic salt on them. Very light
Two eggs over easy, with a bit of salt and pepper and wheat toast. Sometimes I add some chopped cilantro.
Mmmm, cilantro.
Yes, the cilantro got my mouth watering right there.
I also love cilantro. I just wish that my plants would last more than a month before they go to seed.
This year has been a crazy growing season. The spring was cool and wet but the summer has been abnormally hot. It's 85° in northern Ohio in mid-Septemberbut I want 65°. AC is nice but I want to be able to open the windows and enjoy the quiet.
We just went to the orchard to get some apples, a gallon of cider and other fruits but it feels strange buying apples when it's still hot. We stopped by a roadside market and got some of the last summer veggies and now I'm going to start making dinner.
When I had my own garden I would stagger planting the cilantro so that it would not all come ripe at the same time. Some I would dry for later, some I used fresh, some for salsa, and some in making dishes for the freezer. Then the last bit I let go to seed for the next year.
Here is So Calif our growing season for veggies and such is along period, so I could plan what to plant for the spring, mid-year and the hotter summer months. But, as our winters are also fairly mild, I could grow well into Nov and Dec.
I'm on my 3rd planting this year and I can see it starting to go to seed. I've picked those buds off and use them but it won't be long until the plants dies. I'll let it go to seed in a few weeks so I can replenish my cilantro jar for the winter.
Where I am live now there is no room for a garden, but, I have a small herb stand on my front patio so I can have a few fresh goodies most all year round. Cilantro is my biggest 'crop'. Much of the stuff at the stores is already old and does not taste as good as what I can pick from my own little 'garden'.
Have a good dinner.
It was good. I made a rice pilaf, green beans with bacon and onions and he lit the grill. I used some of the apples to make an apple crisp.
I like eating cilantro with a lot of my different foods, even the non-Mexican dishes, as it is a good detox for the body, and for me it really adds a good flavor to foods. I often eat it just by itself.
I make my own green tomatillo salsa, with lots of various hot peppers and plenty of cilantro.
I make a scrambled egg hash occasionally. I cook the sausage first and then fry chopped mushrooms, diced onion and either hash browns or home fries in the rendered fat from the sausage. I return the sausage to the skillet and break two eggs in it. I shut off the heat and let the scrambled eggs cook with the residual heat for 2--3 minutes so they don't overcook. Finish with salt, pepper, parsley, and a dash of hot sauce
I know how to make a french omlette with lots of butter, but I'm usually too lazy to take the time, except for company or my BF.
Lol mixed with anything that covers the taste and smell of them (ie pancakes, waffles, French toast etc)
One of the bravest men ever was the First guy to see what part of the bird the egg came out of and ate it anyway.
LMAO. Yep.
Kind of like, how did they figure out the name of poison ivy? Ooooh, maybe not so funny.
Come on. Who eats the shell?
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The shell makes a good compost for plants. So do used coffee grounds. Crush the eggshell into small pieces and sprinkle them at the base of a plant.
Where do I get one of those shirts?
dave, goggle Native American T Shirts there are a number of companies that have various versions of this one.. I saw this one on FB.
Great.
Thank you Kavika.
Nothing can take the place of Indian Fry Bread. It really is one of the most versatile foods around, as it goes with just about every kind of cuisine. It has always been a staple in our house for as long as I can remember. Dredging it in powdered sugar while still warm makes a great sweet treat as well, as does topping it with melted butter and then sprinkle on some cinnamon sugar.
Indeed......Indian Fry Bread is a Happy Food.
I saw them make Indian fry bread tacos on FoodTV and they looked amazing. I hate the mess of deep frying but I might make the effort because they looked so good.
LOL epistte there is a rule that when a non indigenous person makes fry bread that it must be inspected and authorized by a native person...Those are the rules per my nookomis (grandma) and NO ONE argues with nookomis. NO ONE.
When you finished please call me via smoke signals and I'll be there a knockin on your door to do the inspection.
You're welcome to come and eat too, if I pass Nookomis' test. I want her to teach me how to make hominy salsa.
There is a farm a few miles away that raises buffalo, so I'll make buffalo fry bread tacos.
You've got a deal epistte.
I generally go for over easy, in a little bacon fat, but there's times I like poached on toast. I like making omelettes, mostly with cheese and bacon. I do make a suasage and egg and cheese scramble with salsa in a tortilla........depends on the mood.
Decadence: Grilled cheese sandwich with an over easy egg in the middle of it......eat over the plate though.......
When i want eggs a little different i sometimes make what mom used to make us. Egg in a basket. That's an egg fried in a hole in a piece of bread. I like a nice Rye but any hardy bread will do.
That way, your toast is already with your egg.
It's a nice, simple breakfast.
Okay... so I love eggs. I just happen to eat them in many different ways. My favorite is what I call Happy Eggs. Because I know no egg was ever unhappy about having a cow or a pig next to them and when you throw in spinach, mushrooms, sweet onions, sweet peppers, tomato and a wee smattering of chili powder, you're in for a happy face.
For instance... I had a perfectly scrumptious breakfast burrito this morning. It had machaca, onions, mushrooms, spinach and four cheese blend in it. All wrapped in a nice flour tortilla with Pico Pica taco sauce. Yes... it was really amazing. I'll change the meat to bacon, sausage or ham. Sometimes, chicken or pork. It keeps me satisfied until later in the day and I can make it ahead of time and throw it in the toaster over for 40 minutes and viola! breakfast.
Scrambled if it's the entire egg, but....OMG....try "Runny Yokes only " between two buttered pieces of toast if you get a chance.
It's cholesterol "HEAVEN" !
My wife gets pissed when I waste the white part.....but I really don't care !
It's sooooooooo Gooooooood !
Toast saturated with runny yolks is awesome. I use the toast to wipe the plate clean of any trace of breakfast, yolk included. Not a crumb is wasted. :P
I've never met a yolk I'd actually waste.
A yolk is a terrible thing to waste. Try runny egg yolks over fried mashed potatoes. it's better than having butter on the potatoes.
OMG !
Saturday I'm having yolks on the mash.
Question:
How do you get your partner to stop bitching that your wasting the white part ?
I suggest saving the egg whites aand making your partner an egg white omelet with cheese, sprinkled with a dash of cilantro or paprika. keep the yolks for yourself. That way, you both get the egg parts you like and nothing is wasted. And cooking for your partner also enhances the relationship and reduces the chance for an argument. It's a win-win.
I'll give it a shot. If she turns it down ……. I got her.
"Honey.....you're gonna waste this beautiful egg white omelet ? "
Nice. Turn the tables on her. You can't lose.
My question is, how do you separate the egg white from the yolk? I never tried it. I use the entire egg.
Crack the raw egg around the middle to make two halves. toss the yolk back and forth between the two halves. As your doing it, the whites keep wanting to drip out of the shell, until your down to just the yolk in one shell half. Gotta be careful though, as the yolk wants to follow the whites out the shell.
I do have this tendency to take that white string (chord) off the yolk also. It just yucks me out.
This may make some people squeamish but I have always cracked the egg in my hand and let the yolk run through my fingers. It's a technique that I learned from my grandmother and mother. You can use 1/2 of the egg shell to hold the yolk while the white runs into a bowl below your hand but I tend to break the yolk on the sharp edge of the shell that way.
Thanks for the tips, to both you and epistte.
How about runny yolk eggs on top of buttermilk pancakes?