Poached or Scrambled – How Do You Like Your Egg (Building)?

Here is an article from Atlantic Magazine that I had to transcribe from the library archives because there is no electronic version: http://1drv.ms/1udPKpM

Are you talking about properly made "Scrambled eggs", or the version sold often in the USA and Germany (and probably other places too!).

I have never ever seen "proper" scrambled eggs on offer outside of the UK (or my kitchen!)!! They MUST be out there, but very thin on the ground.....

If its the German/American version, that I won't eat, even when offered as a gift (German word for poison by the way!!) and which I call "Eggs F*****d UP!" Sorry.....

If anyone needs to have the simple recipe of REAL/PROPER Scrambled eggs, just ask me and I will post it!

It tastes about 10,000 times better that the other "F-U" one!!

Hi Andy

Well I would not eat scrambled eggs anywhere apart from making it myself! I once had a horrible experience when someone added milk to the 'dish'. I also like to add cheese and like the eggs just cooked, not like rubber.

Send me your recipe in any case and I will try it out!

"...even when offered as a gift (German word for poison by the way!!)"

If memory serves, the word 'gift' entered the Dutch/German languages before they split, and it was used as a euphomism for 'poison,' as in certain political circles it would be 'undiplomatic' to say that this or that noble died from 'poison.' Poison means assassination, an assassination usually means a war to determine who the successor will be.

We all know about all the dreck and sheiss that got thrown into the stewpot from that one assassination, you kill one Archduke Ferdinand and suddenly EVERYONE is fighting everyone else. Now if the assassin had been more discrete and made it look like a plausible accident or natural causes, then we wouldn't have had the War to End All War, and without that, we wouldn't have needed the Second World War as followup.

Wow, I just realized how much history there was that turned on that single bullet. To borrow a line or two from a pair who also saw the turning of history: "Great Scott!" "Yeah, Doc, this is heavy."

It is your duty to humanity to publish your recipe for proper scrambled eggs!

LOL!!

Sadly, CR4 updates are not being sent, so I did not know of your and several others too, requests.

I just found out that I have many posts to read, some into last year!!!

Do you still want it?

Regards

Andy

Sure!

I haven't been getting any daily updates, either. In fact, the only thing I've been getting lately are the occasional notice of New Members of the Groups I am in.

I've been too busy to investigate the reason for the lapse, though.

Scrambled Eggs

Ingredients

2 medium or large eggs per person

Large teaspoon of Butter

A good splash of milk, preferably full cream for the best taste

Salt & Pepper to taste

Some also like a hot sauce like Tabasco, added after serving

Put all Ingredients into a non stick saucepan

Put on fairly high heat, stirring constantly (use something that will not scratch the saucepan coating) and keeping the base of the saucepan clean to prevent burning

If you have to go away for even a second, take the saucepan off the heat - important!!

As soon as the mixture starts to set, switch off the heat, as most heat sources will remain hot enough to finish the scrambled eggs.

Only induction stoves may need to be witched on at a low power.

I like mine "wet", some prefer it to be "Dryer", which will involve a little more cooking on a very low heat, still constantly stirring

Serve onto two slices of hot buttered toast.

Eat and enjoy!

Andy

I shall definitely try your recipe although unsure of the milk content...

On another note I will no longer be blogging (haven't for a while actually) - not got the sack but for other reasons!

Cygnet (actually Sheila but there you go!)

Its important, it makes it really creamy......

Thanks!

Will try this soon. Being from Texas, I prefer salsa, a concoction made from fresh onion, tomato, and jalapeño. None of that vinegary tobasco sauce for me, thank you very much.

Haven't tried it myself, but I like/love Salsa, that could be a good combination. Let us know how it goes.....

Some likes hard boiled but could you scramble mine?

My post #7 is also directed at you.....

I know the post is somewhat old but can I use Extra Large eggs instead? I have a big appetite !!

Dear The Wizard

I give you permission to use Extra Large eggs... so long as they are free range!

Cygnet

What was that? Use the extra large eggs, as long as they are down range?

Okay, you're the boss.

Fire!

Down is from ducks

The answer is in the name: free.

I'll watch out for the canons (or eggs).

I suppose I should define the meaning of XL.

Talking of eggs, let me ask the classic question;

What came first, the Chicken or the Egg?

In my opinion, the Egg came first, based on the following Logic. Two different kinds of birds mated and the mutated result was an egg containing a Chicken.

"What came first, the Chicken or the Egg?

In my opinion, the Egg came first, based on the following Logic. Two different kinds of birds mated and the mutated result was an egg containing a Chicken."

Right answer, wrong logic. Reptiles predate birds, fish predate reptiles. Reptiles and fish both lay eggs, therefore the egg predates chickens?

Although to be fare to the intent, the question should be reworded as "Which came first, the Chicken or the Chicken Egg?" The answer becomes much more nebulous, because you are looking at speciesation to determine when the chicken became a distinct species from its closest relative. and it leads to a bit of a mental quandary: Can a chicken hatch from a non-chicken egg? Can a non-chicken lay a chicken egg? Where do you draw the line that marks the change from pre-chicken to chicken?

Your comment " Can a chicken hatch from a non-chicken egg"?

What happens when a Zebra cross mates with a Horse? you get a mix of both.

What happens when a Lion mates with a Tiger? you get a mix of both.

What happens when a Crocodile mates with a Alligator? you get a mix of both.

So if a Parrot mated with a Pidgeon what would you get? OK! you guessed, a talking Pidgeon.

So I stay by my logic; cross 2 different birds and you will get a mix, therefore the chicken is a mix of 2 other birds.

As chickens cannot talk, we can rule out the Parrot as one of the parents!

What happens when a zebra mates with a lion? Nothing (aside from the lion possibly having lunch)

Species are not like modeling clay, you don't just mix blue and yellow to get green.

If two species are able to interbreed, it's a sign that speciesation is not 100% complete. In most cases the hybrid is sterile, in some cases the hybrid is fertile, which hints that the two species may not be as distinct from each other as once thought, and the reason they have not crossbred into a single species is geographic separation. Other times a single species that has undergone a 'dimorphic split' while not actually undergoing speciesation, the two groups look and act different, but they are the same species. Dogs are a prime example, you would not expect a Great Dane and a Chuhuahua to be the same species, but they can easily produce pups together, as long as the Dane is the mama. (Not explaining further, we're all grownups, we can all figure out the reason individually.)