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Post by jimm on Oct 7, 2017 5:56:18 GMT -5
I was poking around in the interwebs the other month, maybe reading the newspaper on-line, maybe it was in Figjam (dont remember) - came across an article or post purporting to explain how to cook the perfect scrambled egg(s). I thought they were wrong. They mixed the eggs thoroughly, added milk or cream, then cooked until dry. I thought yuk. I was reminded of this when making scrambled egg on toast for lunch today.
My method:
- break eggs in a bowl (2 per person), break the yolks with a fork, add salt and pepper and stir it around a little,
- turn on the heat under your saucepan or frying pan and put in a good dob of butter,
- pour in the egg mixture, wait a few seconds, adjust heat to low-ish,
- then with a flat scraper or spatula, scrape the cooking mixture off the bottom of the pan, continue scraping without undue mixing until the mixture is just set, ie still soft with maybe some runny bits still visible.
- optional - just before it is done, stir in chopped parsley or a little grated cheese
- turn out onto buttered toast.
My scrambled eggs are not homogeneous - the yolky bits and whitey bits are just mixed around. Soft and moist.
Yum.
Am I the odd person out? How do you like yours done?
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Post by kraken on Oct 7, 2017 6:18:18 GMT -5
You've pretty much described how I like my scrambled eggs. There's just no need for milk or cream and cooking them until they squeak in your teeth is just plain wrong!
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Post by whothingie on Oct 7, 2017 14:13:25 GMT -5
I've always added milk or when we were on the farm, cream, but certainly don't like them cooked until 'dry' although maybe they just mean 'set' by that.
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Post by Bastet on Oct 7, 2017 15:43:56 GMT -5
Dry scrambled eggs. * gag *
For me the key is to remove from heat whilst still wet looking. The heat keeps cooking so it’s important to remove at that time imo.
I love making cheesy scrambled eggs.
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Post by Liiisa on Oct 7, 2017 16:12:33 GMT -5
Agreed that dry eggs are gross. I love them with cheese, and also put a bit of half-and-half cream in there.
Mmm, now I want cheesy eggs on buttered toast for dinner.
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Post by ozziegiraffe on Oct 7, 2017 19:39:46 GMT -5
My mother always added milk, so I did too, until I tasted some beautiful scrambled egg made by a young teacher, who is a brilliant cook. Now I don't add any.
But I do beat the eggs first, as I prefer that to a mix of yellow and white.
I cook them until they are just set.
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Post by sprite on Oct 12, 2017 3:18:58 GMT -5
i eat them however my partner makes them.
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Post by whothingie on Oct 12, 2017 12:42:58 GMT -5
When I think about it, milk was cheaper and more readily available in our childhood than eggs. Although we had hens etc egg production was much more seasonal and limited than it is now so each one had to go a bit further to feed larger families.
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Post by sprite on Oct 13, 2017 3:01:48 GMT -5
i remember learning that chicken used to be a luxury meat, i was shocked.
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Post by Liiisa on Oct 13, 2017 6:28:33 GMT -5
Conversely, lobsters and oysters were food for poor people.
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Post by sprite on Oct 13, 2017 7:05:27 GMT -5
yes! My grandfather never did learn to love lobster. His British wife and children certainly did.
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Post by whothingie on Oct 13, 2017 13:18:03 GMT -5
i remember learning that chicken used to be a luxury meat, i was shocked. It certainly was. In our house the chickens were really old boilers by the time they were ready for the pot and I had only had chicken in soup until I went to Australia in my 20's. I can remember being in awe of my rich relatives who served a roasted chicken. |
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Post by ozziegiraffe on Oct 13, 2017 18:03:15 GMT -5
We only ate chicken at Christmas. Lamb chops were eaten several nights a week, and roast lamb or beef on Sundays. I still avoid lamb chops!
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Post by Phar Lap on Oct 14, 2017 2:48:11 GMT -5
Like Ozzie, we only had chicken on Christmas Day because of the cost. Regarding scrambled eggs, mum always whisked/beat the eggs with a fork and added milk with a dash of salt and pepper. They were never runny (oh yuk gross!) but they were never dry either. Sometimes mum added a little chopped parsley. but that was very rare. Cooking was not an adventurous art back then.
I always added milk too. Scrambled eggs without milk was called buttered eggs by those who didn't add milk. The best tasting scrambled eggs ever was made for me at a motel (Best Western Olde Maritime) in Warrnambool.
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Post by sprite on Oct 14, 2017 6:35:10 GMT -5
there's a way to make them in a sort of double boiler method--you mix everything ina glass bowl, which is place over a pot with a bit of boiling water to heat the bowl. never tried, as it looks like extra dishes.
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Post by whothingie on Oct 14, 2017 12:23:48 GMT -5
We only ate chicken at Christmas. Lamb chops were eaten several nights a week, and roast lamb or beef on Sundays. I still avoid lamb chops! Our Christmas lunch was always lamb, the first of the season. Sounds as if we ate in a similar way to Ozzie although once the lambs ran out it was mutton. Beef had to be purchased and that wasn't always an option so it was either mince or nothing. We didn't have refrigeration and town was quite a distance away. |
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Post by Bastet on Oct 14, 2017 17:05:22 GMT -5
Conversely, lobsters and oysters were food for poor people. I remember reading about a prison riot in the south US that was a protest against being served lobster every day. |
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Post by Queen on Oct 15, 2017 11:59:37 GMT -5
I would mix it more than OP but otherwise same recipe...
Extra goodness = some smoked salmon on top. Yum.
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Post by snowwhite on Oct 16, 2017 5:06:34 GMT -5
I believe there were regulations in place in the Scottish Highlands at one time, to the effect that labourers should not be fed salmon too often.
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Post by ozziegiraffe on Oct 17, 2017 3:06:44 GMT -5
I've ordered scrambled eggs for breakfast tomorrow at the motel where I'm staying. Will report back in the morning.
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Post by Phar Lap on Oct 17, 2017 10:45:11 GMT -5
Extra goodness = some smoked salmon on top. Yum. See, that appals me, I couldn't think of anything more disgusting. When I have scrambled eggs I have scrambled eggs. On two pieces of toast. |
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Post by Queen on Oct 17, 2017 11:09:05 GMT -5
Odd thing to be appalled about but fine, I'll have your smoked salmon.
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Post by sprite on Oct 18, 2017 4:05:28 GMT -5
not if i get it first.
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Post by sprite on Oct 18, 2017 4:09:06 GMT -5
this morning, the dj was describing a fool-proof method for making scrambled eggs that appeared to involve 20 minutes of attention.
no.
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Post by ozziegiraffe on Oct 18, 2017 5:18:00 GMT -5
Well, that was the weirdest version of scrambled eggs ever. Two slices of toast on top of each other, surmounted by a fluffy mound, but flattened and browned, as though it had been cooked in a sandwich toaster. Tasted OK, if a bit bland.
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Post by Liiisa on Oct 18, 2017 7:25:27 GMT -5
That sounds pretty weird, ozzie!
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Post by ozziegiraffe on Oct 19, 2017 5:44:40 GMT -5
And I have no idea how it was made, or with what ingredients!
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Post by Phar Lap on Oct 19, 2017 10:25:35 GMT -5
Odd thing to be appalled about but fine, I'll have your smoked salmon. I don't like it because it's raw. But I do like cooked salmon and salmon out of a tin! |
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Post by Queen on Oct 19, 2017 10:44:54 GMT -5
Sushi salmon is raw, smoked salmon is cured by the smoke.
But I'll have your smoked salmon and your sushi salmon, no biggie.
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Post by Liiisa on Oct 19, 2017 12:33:46 GMT -5
My mom can’t stand smoked fish either & I find it incomprehensible. I just adore smoked fish. smoked salmon, lox, gravlax, sable, smoked trout, smoked whitefish, smoked oysters, smoked mussels.....
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