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    Default Re: Perfect Scrambled Eggs

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    I assumed both comments were meant to be humorous.

    Let's give each other the benefit of the doubt before this egg-scalates.
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    Please, don't beat your self up over it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dneal View Post
    I don’t understand all this chives, sour cream, mushroom, etc... nonsense.

    Everybody knows you put ketchup on scrambled eggs.

    *ducking*
    I lived in Phoenix, AZ right out of secondary school and got in the habit of eating scrambled eggs with salsa and hot sauce. My wife still shakes her head when I ask for salsa at breakfast.
    Online arguments are a lot like the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
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    Default Re: Perfect Scrambled Eggs

    Quote Originally Posted by Dreck View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by dneal View Post
    I don’t understand all this chives, sour cream, mushroom, etc... nonsense.

    Everybody knows you put ketchup on scrambled eggs.

    *ducking*
    I lived in Phoenix, AZ right out of secondary school and got in the habit of eating scrambled eggs with salsa and hot sauce. My wife still shakes her head when I ask for salsa at breakfast.
    Salsa is a whole different story. I whisk salsa verde in when I make breakfast tacos.

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    Default Re: Perfect Scrambled Eggs

    Quote Originally Posted by dneal View Post
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    I don’t understand all this chives, sour cream, mushroom, etc... nonsense.

    Everybody knows you put ketchup on scrambled eggs.

    *ducking*
    I lived in Phoenix, AZ right out of secondary school and got in the habit of eating scrambled eggs with salsa and hot sauce. My wife still shakes her head when I ask for salsa at breakfast.
    Salsa is a whole different story. I whisk salsa verde in when I make breakfast tacos.
    Imagine this: You are in hospital. You look at the options for the next day's meals and see that one of the breakfast options is 'Breakfast Tacos'. 'Ooh', you think, 'That sounds nice.' Now imagine your surprise when your breakfast tray arrives and you discover that 'Breakfast Tacos' in this particular hospital's parlance means plain, hard cooked scrambled eggs with a wee bit of green capsicum mixed in. The tortilla and salsa had to be ordered separately if you really wanted a breakfast taco.

    Regrettably, this sad story was a recent experience.

    Small wonder that hospital food is held in such low esteem.

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    Default Re: Perfect Scrambled Eggs

    Quote Originally Posted by An old bloke View Post
    Imagine this: You are in hospital. You look at the options for the next day's meals and see that one of the breakfast options is 'Breakfast Tacos'. 'Ooh', you think, 'That sounds nice.' Now imagine your surprise when your breakfast tray arrives and you discover that 'Breakfast Tacos' in this particular hospital's parlance means plain, hard cooked scrambled eggs with a wee bit of green capsicum mixed in. The tortilla and salsa had to be ordered separately if you really wanted a breakfast taco.

    Regrettably, this sad story was a recent experience.

    Small wonder that hospital food is held in such low esteem.
    Online arguments are a lot like the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
    As soon as the audience begins to participate, any actual content is lost in the resulting chaos and cacophony.
    At that point, all you can do is laugh and enjoy the descent into debasement.

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    Default Re: Perfect Scrambled Eggs

    Quote Originally Posted by An old bloke View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by dneal View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Dreck View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by dneal View Post
    I don’t understand all this chives, sour cream, mushroom, etc... nonsense.

    Everybody knows you put ketchup on scrambled eggs.

    *ducking*
    I lived in Phoenix, AZ right out of secondary school and got in the habit of eating scrambled eggs with salsa and hot sauce. My wife still shakes her head when I ask for salsa at breakfast.
    Salsa is a whole different story. I whisk salsa verde in when I make breakfast tacos.
    Imagine this: You are in hospital. You look at the options for the next day's meals and see that one of the breakfast options is 'Breakfast Tacos'. 'Ooh', you think, 'That sounds nice.' Now imagine your surprise when your breakfast tray arrives and you discover that 'Breakfast Tacos' in this particular hospital's parlance means plain, hard cooked scrambled eggs with a wee bit of green capsicum mixed in. The tortilla and salsa had to be ordered separately if you really wanted a breakfast taco.

    Regrettably, this sad story was a recent experience.

    Small wonder that hospital food is held in such low esteem.
    They've been taking their cues from the Army then.

    30 years ago, Army cooks actually cooked. Sure we had various pre-packed field rations, but when the cooks did their thing it was fresh. Now we have "Unitized Group Rations" (UGR), which consists of some shelf-stable yellow liquid in a several gallon sack that when poured on a hot plancha turns into something that looks like scrambled eggs. An even greater sin is the coffee "concentrate", a sack of shelf-stable brown liquid that is poured into a pot of hot water to make something that is unconsumable.

    I miss San Antonio breakfast tacos. Brisket in a tortilla sold as a "brisket breakfast taco" is genius, and pure Texas.

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    Default Re: Perfect Scrambled Eggs

    Don't forget that hospital kitchens determine appropriate dietary restrictions for each patient.

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    Default Re: Perfect Scrambled Eggs

    Quote Originally Posted by FredRydr View Post
    Don't forget that hospital kitchens determine appropriate dietary restrictions for each patient.
    -Mr Jones requires gross eggs.

    -what about Mrs Janice? She seems like she can handle good eggs.

    -No.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FredRydr View Post
    Don't forget that hospital kitchens determine appropriate dietary restrictions for each patient.
    This true and a point not forgotten. I will add that the doctor overseeing one's care also specifies the type of diet one receives in his or her orders.

    Yet I find myself wondering why when the intent is for a patient to be on a high protein diet, he/she ends up getting 1.5 times the protein portion, but 2 times the carbohydrate portion, or why the food choices tend to be high fat and carbohydrate-centric.

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    I assumed both comments were meant to be humorous.

    Let's give each other the benefit of the doubt before this egg-scalates.
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    I really reggret opening this thread.
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    You have to admit, it's turned into a shelluva good thread.

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    I assumed both comments were meant to be humorous.

    Let's give each other the benefit of the doubt before this egg-scalates.
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    I really reggret opening this thread.
    Please, don't beat your self up over it.
    You have to admit, it's turned into a shelluva good thread.
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    I assumed both comments were meant to be humorous.

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    You have to admit, it's turned into a shelluva good thread.
    Never! It's ova and out from me!

    This has been all very egg-citing!

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    You have to admit, it's turned into a shelluva good thread.
    Never! It's ova and out from me!

    This has been all very egg-citing!
    Well, at least a lot of people have broken out of their shells.

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    Default Re: Perfect Scrambled Eggs

    First, I crack my eggs into a ramekin (helps for fishing out egg shells and if you are going to fry an egg, you can place the egg more gently into the pan). Then I put a sauce pan on the stove and get it to a medium-hot heat.

    Toss in a big slug of butter, probably two tablespoons. The pan is hot enough if the butter starts to melt, but not immediately sear and steam. It should be lightly bubbling. This is important because the butter will create a steam layer and prevent too much heat on the eggs.

    Now add the eggs and let them fry for about 15 seconds, just like you would a regular fried egg. The whites should just start setting. Now employ the "keep moving" technique with a spatula to mix everything together by folding the egg in on itself. Just before desired consistency, remove from heat and add sour cream (or creme fraiche, or whole cream, or whatever) and fold into the eggs.

    Plate the eggs and add a dash of chives over top.

    If this was done right, you should still get a nice creamy texture, but also have a few little browned bits of egg.

    I almost always have my eggs with some hot sauce. A straight habanero sauce is always nice, but I also tend to go a lot hotter and have sauces made with scorpion peppers because their flavor is amazing.

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    Default Re: Perfect Scrambled Eggs

    Quote Originally Posted by AzJon View Post
    ...Toss in a big slug of butter, probably two tablespoons....
    Any self-respecting Pennsylvania Dutchman will insist on unpurified lard!

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    Default Re: Perfect Scrambled Eggs

    Taking inspiration from this thread I had for breakfast three scrambled eggs with too much grated cheddar cheese on sour dough toast, also a dollop of HP sauce.

    Wasn't hungry for the rest of the day.

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    ...Toss in a big slug of butter, probably two tablespoons....
    Any self-respecting Pennsylvania Dutchman will insist on unpurified lard!
    That's only if/when I'm frying up scrapple.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FredRydr View Post
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    ...Toss in a big slug of butter, probably two tablespoons....
    Any self-respecting Pennsylvania Dutchman will insist on unpurified lard!
    This is true. After working in a PA Dutch tourist trap kitchen, I've seen unholy amounts of lard and sugar that mine eyes shall not unsee.

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    Default Re: Perfect Scrambled Eggs

    Came upon this today in the NYtimes. Enjoy!

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    Default Re: Perfect Scrambled Eggs

    Quote Originally Posted by CrayonAngelss View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by FredRydr View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by AzJon View Post
    ...Toss in a big slug of butter, probably two tablespoons....
    Any self-respecting Pennsylvania Dutchman will insist on unpurified lard!
    This is true. After working in a PA Dutch tourist trap kitchen, I've seen unholy amounts of lard and sugar that mine eyes shall not unsee.
    Except I am Pennsylvania Dutch from Lancaster County, PA, and I have long ago left behind that kind of cooking. Happily 😊.

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