Scramble 2, or 3, or 4

To me, one of the joys of life is a dish of perfectly cooked scrambled eggs. Breakfast, lunch or dinner they are great. To me that means not too firm and dried out. Add to the wonderful taste the fact that a dozen large eggs at $0.89 makes 4 or 5 meals @ about a quarter a meal. What could be better for a guy living alone.

The trick is how to cook the eggs to perfection. I never order them out because they are always served dry and tasteless. In the good old days----before many of you were born---- I could sit at the counter of a diner, where the grill was right there in the open, and watch the cook and holler "OK, that's enough", but those wonderful spots along the way are fast fading from sight.

My method----learned from years of experience is to break 2 or 3 eggs into a bowl and beat, but not too much. At the same time heating up a skillet over medium heat. To the eggs I add a spoonful of water, salt and pepper and a dash of tabasco. When the pan is hot I throw in a slab of butter and let it sizzle, then swirl it around and just before it begins to smoke I add the eggs. Stir them around with a wooden spoon until they are cooked but still moist. Serve them on a warm, but not hot dish, and add whatever you have to go along with the main course. Often just a slab of toast is enough. Oh yes, a cup of hot coffee if you don't mind.

I too love scrambled eggs, just prepared a bit diferent from the Ancient Mariner fashion. First off, cooking them in butter masks one of my favorite all time flavors: cooked egg. So I do mine in a hot teflon pan with no fat whatsoever. I scramble until just combined, add a litle salt and pepper and a tbsp of water. I then cook them until they're firm yet still somewhat moist.

I haven't seen 89 cents for a dozen eggs in years.

Dear Engine Captain--------

We have $0.89 eggs all the time. All you have to do is move to Florida. Large and delicious eggs---and I have personally checked with the hens---they have added no stuff to clog your blood vessels. My mother died at 96 after living a life started 3 or 4 days a week with boiled eggs, and she never was sick either.

Coming home late, after a long day I find it sooooooo easy to scramble a few and relax. Maybe some bacon or sausage and a cup of coffee to make the dinner even more enjoyable. Bon Apetit Mon Capitan !!!!!!!

Jack,
You've been to close to the SoCal Chickens that lay Stucco Eggs !! Here in Hoosier Country we get the Large eggs at most of the Markets for $1.00 or so for the 18 count pkg. XL's will go a bit more ($1.15 or so) but again thats for the 18 count carton. About once every two months or so Milk and Eggs hit the sale page at 2 doz for $1, and the milk for 99cents/half gallon (all Varieties & % types).

Regarding Scrambling... Bacon Fat is preferable over Butter, but Butter is preferable over 'fake grease' (the spray cans).
Stirring the eggs in the pan as they cook to scramble them is preferable to the premixing with a whip (for my tastes)...and finally having some diced onion and bacon bits in the grease when the eggs hit the pan makes them all the better. Season with Salt and Black Pepper (Tabasco is ok now and then, but not all the time!)

PS- Farmer Boys make Great Omelets!

When I make scrambled eggs I add milk, not water. For omelets I add water. If getting scrambled eggs that are not dry is your aim when eating out, just order soft-scrambled eggs. If you miss being able to sit at the counter and tell the person scrambling your eggs "OK, that's enough," just head for a Waffle House.

El Senor Alcalde: No stucco eggs for this old Captain! East on Slover from me, between Sierra and Cedar, there exists a small egg ranch. That's where I buy my ex-large brownies. No sitting in a coldbox for 4 months.

BTW, I just checked the circular. 18 large grade AA eggs from Stater Bros are $2.29. Reg price, not a sale.

Farmer Boys indeed makes great omlettes. I avail myself of them on a regular basis, seeing as how I'm 1 minute east of the South Fontana store.

Stucco eggs? Never mind... Not sure I really want to know...

But making my scrambled eggs, I fry up bacon, then drain the pan... I add a dash of milk to eggs and beat thouroughly.. Sometimes I'll chop up the bacon and add it to the scramble mix, othertimes I'll just have it on the side.. After I pour the mix in the heated pan, I'll add a dash or two of pepper, then scramble away...

Oh ya, When frying eggs, or over easy, I'll just have a couple.. But when I scramble them I use 4 eggs...

I use organic brown eggs mixed with a dab of organic cream, soft-scrambled in organic butter, with a dash of sea salt. These products are more expensive, but taste exactly as the eggs cooked by my mother when I was a kid.

CSD

3 teaspoons of water for 4 eggs beaten with a handheld until almost doubled (ala Waffel House) cooked in a hot teflon pan until just moist then plated.. I don't usually eat plain scrambled however, I like mine with cheese

If you gentle folks ever get the chance to purchase turkey eggs please do . .... use them as you would chicken eggs and I promise you you'll never look back at a chicken egg again.
Two turkey eggs will equal 4 XL large chicken eggs ............. when scrambled they will be much more yellow almost orange just like what chicken eggs used to be like in the good old days.
.... Bakeries will use them gladly instead of chicken eggs if they can get them......... and when you have them over easy or sunny side up you'll have your self a beautiful picture........ Turkey eggs are what art directors use when photographing eggs for cook books or commercials....

Creamed autumn mushrooms on toasted ciabatta with scrambled eggs:




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Geez, if I can find a dozen "medium" eggs for $1.49, it's a bargain. Worst price I've seen is $3.69 a dozen for organing free-roaming brown eggs. I buy jumbos and use only the whites. I fry 3 jumbo whites without scrambling them. Something happens when you scramble just the whites. They come out all mushy and unappealing. My breakfast 6 days a week for the past year at least:

3 jumbo egg whites fried with butter-flavored Pam
2 Morningstar Veggie Breakfast links
1 slice Whole Foods Whole Wheat bread, toasted
Whatever fresh fruit I have on hand

270 calories; negligible fat, sodium, cholesterol; lots of nutrients; very filling.

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Pigiron Posted - 01/21/2006 : 23:35:58
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My breakfast 6 days a week for the past year at least:

3 jumbo egg whites fried with butter-flavored Pam
2 Morningstar Veggie Breakfast links
1 slice Whole Foods Whole Wheat bread, toasted
Whatever fresh fruit I have on hand

270 calories; negligible fat, sodium, cholesterol; lots of nutrients; very filling.

and I suppose for lunch you have a 1/4 cup of bird seed

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Originally posted by fpczyz


and I suppose for lunch you have a 1/4 cup of bird seed

Well, it's not bird seed, but it also isn't a pile of wings and a cheeseburger either. Losing weight and getting healthy ain't exactly a ball of laughs, but it's rewarding (and was completely necessary as far as I was concerned).

Sorry Mr. Pigiorn
I took it you were one of those health nuts and even wondered what you were doing in a joint like this..... good luck with your weight loss, god knows I also need to shed more then just a few pounds..................

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Originally posted by fpczyz

Sorry Mr. Pigiorn
I took it you were one of those health nuts and even wondered what you were doing in a joint like this..... good luck with your weight loss, god knows I also need to shed more then just a few pounds..................

Well, I guess I am a bit of a health nut these days. Frankly, what I get out of this wonderful Website is an escape back to the day when I used to eat with abandon. While I do regret letting myself get so fat, I certainly did enjoy every meal. Now, I indulge in a great unhealthy meal only once in a great while, and ONLY if it's worthwhile.

I've dropped 67 pounds in the past 12 months and I'm in the best shape of my adult life. My wife thinks I'm absolutely crazy for reading this site all the time (not to mention watching cooking shows non-stop)- torturing myself. Maybe I am a bit nuts, but I really do love everything about food, even if I can't indulge the way I used to.

For some reason, appreciating food, either by looking at it in the supermarket or specialty stores, or cooking it, or discussing it with fellow enthusiasts, doesn't make me hungrier. Actually, I think it's an aid. This is educative. It's also good company.

It makes me more discerning and appreciative of the calories I do imbibe. Continued good luck on your diet to health, Pigiron.
The Bear

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Originally posted by Michael Hoffman

When I make scrambled eggs I add milk, not water. For omelets I add water. If getting scrambled eggs that are not dry is your aim when eating out, just order soft-scrambled eggs. If you miss being able to sit at the counter and tell the person scrambling your eggs "OK, that's enough," just head for a Waffle House.

You shouldn't eat at Waffle House-it's a chain.

WH may be a chain but it is a good chain. I sure do like their food.

In addition, they cook to order.

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

I know, and was just kidding.Actually i've become a Waffle House junkie when i'm in SC.I do think their waffles need a little work though.

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Originally posted by jeepguy

I know, and was just kidding.Actually i've become a Waffle House junkie when i'm in SC.I do think their waffles need a little work though.

I sorta like WH waffles. They are a little thin but I like them much better than what most of the Marriott chains offer for their "free breakfast". They are too thick.

I like them brown and crispy.

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

During the winter months I like to cook my scrambled eggs in a glass double boiler little butter in the pot add eggs and walk away from it if you need to do something else. They turn out nice and creamy. chow Jim

Hey Jimeats

that is a new method as far as I know. Why only in the winter though ?????
And where do the folks that pay so much for eggs live ???

Mr Adjudicator that picture is awesome--------------yummy!! as my Granddaughter would say !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have never seen a turkey egg on sale anywhere, but I have heard that an ostrich egg serves a whole crew !!!!

Here's another


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Originally posted by fpczyz

If you gentle folks ever get the chance to purchase turkey eggs please do . .... use them as you would chicken eggs and I promise you you'll never look back at a chicken egg again.
Two turkey eggs will equal 4 XL large chicken eggs ............. when scrambled they will be much more yellow almost orange just like what chicken eggs used to be like in the good old days.
.... Bakeries will use them gladly instead of chicken eggs if they can get them......... and when you have them over easy or sunny side up you'll have your self a beautiful picture........ Turkey eggs are what art directors use when photographing eggs for cook books or commercials....

I dont think I've ever seen turkey eggs for sale... But now I know I'll be looking a little harder for them! Might strike gold at the farmers market this spring...

-I just bought 18 medium eggs for $0.99 at Food City in Knoxville.

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

So that's about 2 to 1 for jumbos, right?

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Originally posted by Adjudicator

So that's about 2 to 1 for jumbos, right?

You are probably correct as they were not very large. It is not a issue with me as I very seldom fry eggs. I use them mostly for cooking and large volume eggs does not seem to be a issue.

Paul E. Smith
Knoxvillle, TN

There's a lot to be said for living off the beaten track. When I made my home in suburban Philadelphia (until two years ago), I paid $1.29-1.49 for a dozen large eggs. Now I live in northern Maine and never pay more than $0.99 for a dozen large eggs.

Once more off the norm.. eggs like hotdogs, hambuger and cheese are something we get at cost from the wifes sandwich shop. Eggs are 29.50 a case, which is 12 "flats"of 30 eggs each. So 2 and a half dzn for around $2.50 or a dollar a dzn for Xlg. They get deliveries mon, wens and fri and the wholesaler gets them fresh from the farm.