Comments on: Dietribes: Eggs

By: Araxie

Araxie — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 12:04:35 +0000

My mom’s an excellent cook, and from about age 10 and up I’ve learned much of what I know from her. And the first thing I really excelled at were omelettes. I’m not a big fan of traditional omelettes, like the type they serve at restaurants- I like it all higgledy-piggledy, mixed together almost like a casserole, with about anything thrown in I could think of (tried banana once… wouldn’t recommend it, but carrot’s good. So’s tomater sauce, and ground flax). Other important details- fry until golden brown, use cheese slices and not grated cheese, and use oil and not butter.

I was vegan for ’round 3 years, but recently decided to go back to eating eggs (local only), because I just missed them too much, and they’re cheaper than tofu. I didn’t really miss cheese, but I dreamt of fried eggs (which, BTW, taste good with fresh sprouts on top).

If you need to get rid of an overripe banana, mash it together with an egg and fry like scrambled eggs in the pan- it’s surprisingly yummy.

By: Matty

Matty — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:42:38 +0000

So far I have heard “bird in the nest,” “toad in the hole,” and â€œBilly Eggs;â€ we used to call them “camel eyes.”

By: Scotter

Scotter — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:10:05 +0000

My favorite way to eat an egg is in chocolate chip cookies.

By: Niki Hildahl

Niki Hildahl — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:25:52 +0000

mmmyum… fav way 2 eat de eggs.

saute up sum garlic, onions, and bok choy w/ a small amount of olive oil and red wine vinegar. once golden brown, add 2 egg whites and scramble with sum soy sauce and cayenne pepper.mmmm…deliciouso!

By: Marco McClean

Marco McClean — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:23:03 +0000

Favorite: Three eggs SSU, salted and dusted with cayenne pepper. Two thick slices of sourdough bread toasted nearly but not quite black and then slathered with sweet butter. Using fork, eat all around the yolks, then eat the yolks, and sop up the mess with the crunchy toast and eat that. Manage the work so the last of the yolk goes with the last of the toast.

Next favorite: Fry vegetables (spinach, green onions, etc.) in bubbling butter. Pour in whipped eggs with a little milk. Flip, wait, fold over grated mozzarella cheese and half a soft avocado. Top with hot sauce.

Next favorite: Soak two slices of wheat bread in one or two whipped eggs. Fry on flatgrill next to a mound of thin-sliced ham with Muenster or Swiss cheese on top. Hot mustard. Sandwich.

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:53:43 +0000

Sid, here in Tokyo eggs aren’t refrigerated in the stores at all — they’re just stocked in aisles same as canned goods. It’s weird to see, but I’ve never gotten sick from eating them. You have to refrigerate them once you get them home, though. Also, they’re sold in packages of 10 instead of 12.

Tamago is the Japanese word for egg. Stew, you’re right about people here judging sushi joints by their tamago. But I 100 percent agree with tona b. — I love eggs, but I want fish in my sushi!

By: Stew

Stew — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:40:19 +0000

I like my eggs deviled, or fried on an english muffin with cheese, or veggie or cheese omlettes. As for Tamago, I understand that in Japan, people make their first impression of a new sushi restaurant by trying their tamago. That said, I’ve never tried tamago, although my daughter likes it.

By: Joanna

Joanna — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:23:10 +0000

I like my eggs with bread. I cut a hole in a slice of sandwitch bread and put butter around the hole (on both sides) then place the bread on a hot skilett and crack an egg into the hole. My family calls ‘em “Turtles”.

By: tona b.

tona b. — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:09:57 +0000

InternAllison: I think you mean tamago? Personally, I like the sweet flavor. However, given a choice, I’d rather have REAL sushi – the raw fish kind. Tamago seems more of a primer for sushi n00bs.

I like all the egg dishes mentioned above. Hafta try the egg-in-hole sometime. One of my favorites is a Korean dish -bi bim bap- it’s assorted Korean veggies and beef, with a cooked egg on top. Mmm!

By: InternAllison

InternAllison — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:08:27 +0000

Apparently chickens DO have earlobes … I didn’t go into it further, but I should have. Still, that’s what the article says!

Also, I’m a huge fan of eggs in any form … so I thought. I just came back from dinner at a sushi place where they did the most terrible thing to an egg that rendered it unrecognizable (and TERRIBLE) in taste. anyone familiar with this? I don’t know what it’s called.