which is better? fried or scrambled eggs?

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Ooh - I like the onion idea.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 10:09 (nineteen years ago) link

scrambled eggs > poached eggs > fried eggs. although possible this is because i've never been much good at frying eggs. and obviously the scrambled eggs have to be v moist, anything else is disgusting.

Tonight I'm making a copy of the salad with poached egg that I had at St. John last week. Mmmm.

details?

― toby (tsg20), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 10:12 (nineteen years ago) link

i used to eat scrambled eggs like 4 times a week. now i can't. because i started thinking like trayce upthread. ewwwwwww.

― colette (a2lette), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 10:14 (nineteen years ago) link

haha wow i thought all omlettes have onions.. there's also the chinese omlette (egg foo yung) which has no cheese in it and there's possibly things like spring onions in it.

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 10:14 (nineteen years ago) link

eggs benedicte is the only way to have poached eggs

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 10:16 (nineteen years ago) link

okay well not the only way, but certainly a good way.

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 10:17 (nineteen years ago) link

for me. though others may disagree

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 10:17 (nineteen years ago) link

I miss fried eggs. But I don't trust any of the frying pans in my house. So I've been eating nothing but boiled or soup-dropped eggs.

― Super-Masonic Black Hole (kate), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 10:19 (nineteen years ago) link

poached eggs on good tasty bread, with good butter, a little drizzle of truffle oil, and decent seasoning. perfect.

― Vicky (Vicky), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 10:20 (nineteen years ago) link

Ponce.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 10:24 (nineteen years ago) link

Over easy, between slices of bread, so that when you bite into it, yolk sprays all over the kitchen table.

― Vermont Girl (Vermont Girl), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 10:42 (nineteen years ago) link

poached eggs with sorrel are good, too.

― toby (tsg20), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 10:46 (nineteen years ago) link

Fried, over easy, with hash browns and toast for sopping up the beautiful runny yolks, and a shit ton of GRITS. Too much black pepper on everything. Me drool now.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 12:28 (nineteen years ago) link

Oh holy shit, you know what I almost forgot all about?:
http://www.kidsregen.org/recipes/0302/images/quiche.jpg

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 12:29 (nineteen years ago) link

fried, on crunchy brown toast, with sweet chilli sauce and chopped coriander if I'm feeling poncey

Other wise Fried, runny yolked, crispy bottomed on pappy white with loads of butter and salt.

or, dream egg buttie (as I've said before) - sandwich toaster which doesn't cut the bread in half but does seal the bread, push first slice into receptacle and break in egg, put lid on and close toaster for 3 minutes and 12 seconds. Result = crispy bread surrounding a perfectly runny yolked egg - absolutely gorgeous.

Can I find such a toaster? can I hell (probably a good thing)

― Porkpie (porkpie), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 12:34 (nineteen years ago) link

It depends. Fried over easy with bacon and toast, but scrambled with biscuits and sausage. Last night was an omelette with cheddar and smoked turkey, mwah. I love 'em every way except overcooked.

xpost: Nickalicious OTM on the grits. They go great either with fried or scrambled (with cheese).

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 12:36 (nineteen years ago) link

Scrambled or omelette is the only way for me and they have to be drier than an arabs sandal.

― Velveteen Bingo (Chris V), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 12:40 (nineteen years ago) link

My dad used to do this thing where he would cut a hole in the middle of a slice of bread and fry an egg in that whole (while also frying the bread), he called it (creatively enough) egg-in-a-hole. God them things were good.

xpost ha ha

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 12:40 (nineteen years ago) link

Toad-in-a-Hole! They're great, and you can fry the discs of bread on the side for extra sopping power. Kids love 'em and grownups don't get over 'em. They're a bit of a mess though, because you have to butter both sides of the bread before they go in the skillet.

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 12:48 (nineteen years ago) link

woah woah woah, don't call that Toad in the hole, it's a poor poor representation of TitH. ooh I need to sit down, I'm palpitating

― Porkpie (porkpie), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 12:53 (nineteen years ago) link

???

When you're through palpating, explain?

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 12:55 (nineteen years ago) link

Mmm, sorrel.

The salad was baby radishes, their leaves, French beans, various dark salad leaves, tiny whole cherry tomatoes and big chunks of poached egg in a warm but unobtrusive dressing which had red wine vinegar in, I think.

We also rocked a choice of langoustines/aïoli or foie gras/sourdough toast then baked turbot/roast beef then summer pudding/extreme sneeze factor chocolate tart* with 'normal' cream or Jersey clotted cream. All served in a family-style lunch for eight in that special room up the front. Ed had a crap day at work that day and really sulked if I tried to tell him about the lunch for three days or so as he's never been there.

Ma bouche was amused to say the least.

― suzy (suzy), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 13:03 (nineteen years ago) link

Fried for a quick breakfast of just the egg(s), with pepper. It seems more filling than the same quantity of eggs scrambled for some reason.

Omelette with lots of yummy cheese and herbs if it's a weekend.

Great eggs I have known: the HUGE, thick, baked omelettes at the Original House of Pancakes here in Madison. I swear they must combine the forces of two omelettes all Transformer-stylee. Also, the frittatas at Trocadero in Milwaukee with avocado, creme fraiche and possibly little slices of bacon.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 13:20 (nineteen years ago) link

I almost got toad-in-the-hole at Enid's the other day for brunch, but changed my mind and got biscuits and veggie gravy instead (with 2 eggs, over medium).

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 13:31 (nineteen years ago) link

toad in the hole is sausage in batter (yorkshire pud style batter, not fish style)

― Vicky (Vicky), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 13:33 (nineteen years ago) link

over easy or sunny side up.

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 13:35 (nineteen years ago) link

over impossible

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 13:36 (nineteen years ago) link

Mmmm, the Eggs Benedict at the Dipsea Cafe in Mill Valley, with their own gravlax instead of bacon. OHMYGODITSGOOD. On a later visit they added a grilled portobello mushroom in there but that ruined it -- the mushroom flavor overpowered the rest. I seem to recall they had very good home fries too.

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 13:38 (nineteen years ago) link

I think going out to breakfast is better than sex or music.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 13:39 (nineteen years ago) link

My favorite is scrambled eggs cooked really hard, so that they start to get a little brown even. But a lot of times I'll order eggs over hard when we eat out, because of PHEER that the restaurant won't scramble my eggs hard enough.

― eat fudge banana swirl (Nick A.), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 13:40 (nineteen years ago) link

I think going out to breakfast is better than sex or music.

I'd say it's a very close second, edging out music.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 13:40 (nineteen years ago) link

going out to breakfast after sex is the most classic thing ever

― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 13:41 (nineteen years ago) link

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 13:42 (nineteen years ago) link

OMG I feel so corny in retrospect though. We used to feed each other. Not gross regurgitating-like-birds style, but, you know, off each other's plates and stuff.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 13:43 (nineteen years ago) link

scrambled eggs rulez - esp with some thyme and cottage cheese mixed in.

― dyson (dyson), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 13:44 (nineteen years ago) link

yes, what Vicky said, TitH is a fantastic concoction, batter (nice with some mustard in it)- crispy and browned on top, gooey and fuul of sausage goodness on the bbottom, and gorgeous fat plum sausages nestling around it. Loads of onion gravy to pour all over too.

definitely not an egg and a piece of bread.

― Porkpie (porkpie), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 13:45 (nineteen years ago) link

A poached egg on spinach may be my favorite tapas ever.

― j.lu (j.lu), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 14:09 (nineteen years ago) link

eggs are wonderful. i love them scrambled, but only if done right (ie how i do it, because i make the best scrambled eggs in the world). i usually order omelettes out because most places don't scramble properly.

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 14:39 (nineteen years ago) link

fried for sure, but eggs in general are ace

― Ste (Fuzzy), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 14:44 (nineteen years ago) link

How do you do it, Lauren?

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 14:45 (nineteen years ago) link

No one knows.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 14:47 (nineteen years ago) link

Mmm, herby omelette.

― Madchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 14:48 (nineteen years ago) link

my secret scrmbled egg ingrdnt: CUMIN!!

yes.

I agree w/most of the things on this thread. (altho isn't a non-French omelette a "Western" omelette, or is that something else?) (and aren't scrambled eggs still FRIED, technically i.e. whack them in a pan w/butter. that means fried to me.)

I'm interested to know if lauren's technique can be described in words.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 14:51 (nineteen years ago) link

May also register my displeasure at the buggering of 'Toad in the Hole'. Eggs indeed...

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 14:54 (nineteen years ago) link

it's really simple, but you need time and patience (both usually in short supply in restaurants). beat the eggs really well with a bit of cream or whole milk and add salt & pepper to taste. melt some butter over low heat (a gas range works much better than an electric one) until it's gently sizzling, then pour in the eggs. drop some small pieces of soft cheese (brie, taleggio, farmer's, queso blanco, etc). let them set a bit, then stir well but not briskly. keep stirring slowly and frequently until the eggs are cooked but not hard - they should be soft and creamy. it usually takes me about 20 -30 minutes to make a batch for 3-4 people.

xpost - cumin is yum. a pinch of tumeric is a good addition, too, but not with this recipe.

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 15:00 (nineteen years ago) link

scrambled eggs should take 4 minutes and no more. 20 minutes??!?!?!?!?

― Porkpie (porkpie), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 15:07 (nineteen years ago) link

Freshly grated nutmeg in your scrambled eggs, not cumin (nor cum in.)

― Mooro (Mooro), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 15:08 (nineteen years ago) link

Ponce

― allba (Mooro), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 15:09 (nineteen years ago) link

it's worth it. trust me.

xpost

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 15:09 (nineteen years ago) link

nowt but maldon salt, freash black pepper and plenty of good butter for me, ta

― Porkpie (porkpie), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 15:09 (nineteen years ago) link

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