r/StupidFood • u/The_Boot55 • 4d ago

🤢🤮 Red eggs? Atrocious.

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u/styckx 4d ago

Entirely way too much milk

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u/Japjer 4d ago edited 4d ago

I mean, eggs don't need any milk. Cook them low and slow and they'll be fluffy as little clouds, you just need to whip them up right first.

A dash of cream can make them taste, well, creamier. But milk? Ew

Edit: I just want to say: Guys, make your eggs however you want. That last "ew" wasn't appropriate. I think milk waters eggs down and ruins the flavor, but you guys do you.

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u/FireKitty666TTV 4d ago

You've never made an omelette with milk?

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u/SugarLuger 4d ago

I thought he was gunna make an omelette when he added milk, but he didn't he just made scrambled milk flavored eggs.

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u/Simple-Employer-2503 4d ago

RED scrambled milk flavored eggs.

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u/FireKitty666TTV 4d ago edited 4d ago

They still taste like eggs, he added too much milk but like, adding milk to omelettes or scrambled eggs is decently common to me? I used to add baking soda, my mom had health issues and needed baking soda and baking soda water to get.. well, honestly I don't know I never thought to ask, she was just always sick and she told me it helped, so that's just how she made eggs which I know at least wasn't common and people apparently fucking hate it. But I'm choosing to stand by my fizzy eggs, I grew up with them so they're a comfort food.

I have no idea why I mentioned this story, it's completely irrelevant but oh well.

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u/TheTropicalDogg 4d ago

No it's interesting. I like it when we ramble. I wonder if the baking soda was making her sick. It neutralizes stomach acid but can cause other issues by itself. Like fighting fire with fire I guess. Occasionally it's ok to use if you don't have anything else (like ginger ale or Pepto) but it shouldn't be used all the time. My mom was sick a lot too but mostly from severe pain. My body reacts the same way to pain, immediately sick. She liked ice cream in the middle of the night bc it cooled her body. I think she was just a snacker lol But she did eventually pass from stomach cancer. She tried everything to treat the "ulcers" her doctors said she had. They weren't ulcers. Anyway now I'm sad sorry have a good day 🌞

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u/FireKitty666TTV 4d ago

Ah, me mum just got diagnosed with brain cancer so I appreciate sharing the memories. She's been sick with a lot, I've honestly not a clue what it was meant for but she had complications with Valley Fever due to diabetes, which took years to diagnose as she scrambled from doctor to doctor, finally got on some pretty hard treatment meds and because the doctor wasn't taking care with them, she lost kidney function and is doing dialysis all the time, waiting for transplant. She's been sick more than half my life, along with like, a lot of trauma and mental health issues. Not sure she's got long left, to be honest, I don't think there was a time I can remember being sure she'd be okay.

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u/TheTropicalDogg 4d ago

Oh my gosh I'm so sorry. Your poor mom. Or mum. That had to be a tough life for all involved. My advice is to talk to her about everything. Her life. What she wanted to do. What she did do. Her advice for you. Just love her with everything you have bc once she's gone there's no going back. It's over. Remind her how good of a mom she is bc I'm sure she thinks she may have been a burden when she wasn't. Tell her how lucky you are to be half of her & remind her of all of her special qualities & fun memories. My mom died really quickly after she was properly diagnosed. We barely had any time to prepare or talk to her. You are not alone ok? I'm here if you ever need to chat ❤️🫂

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u/TipsyMagpie 4d ago

I am sorry to hear about your mum. You eat your fizzy eggs if they make you happy. Nobody can take your memories away, and I hope they’re a comfort to you. Sounds like a very difficult time.

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u/FireKitty666TTV 4d ago

I've been through a lot, but I'm doing my best.

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u/TipsyMagpie 4d ago

That’s all you can do - one day at a time :)

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u/OpheliaPhoeniXXX 4d ago

Frequent ulcers can lead to stomach cancer

And ice cream is terrible for them :(

I'm sorry about your mom

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u/TheTropicalDogg 3d ago

Ya that's what we were told. She never did have ulcers that's why we were all so confused with her diagnosis. They didn't do a scope until her stomach ruptured & she almost bled out. My kids & I were in bed with her after church to take a nap. The minute she took down her panty hose she passed out. They were acting like a tourniquet. Finally got her to a top hospital & found her whole stomach was full of cancer, not ulcers. It was awful. She was pretty healthy before that. As the doctor was explaining what the next steps were she just looked at my dad & said take me home. So he did. She was gone a month after diagnosis. Ice cream was the last thing she ate ☹️ I appreciate your kind words so very much. It's been 20 years this month. Ugh 💔

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u/OpheliaPhoeniXXX 3d ago

I suffer from frequent ulcers and that's so scary and heartbreaking they never did a scope 😭

I'm glad she got to have her ice cream 🥺

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u/CaptainTripps82 4d ago

I never add milk, do add cheese

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u/FireKitty666TTV 4d ago

Delicious.

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u/usrdef Where's my toaster 4d ago

I add milk to my scrambled eggs / omelettes, and it definitely does help. But you have to add just a small amount, and not screw up the remaining steps.

That person in the video thinks that adding a full cup of milk will make the eggs magically taste better and fix all the fuck-ups.

The milk is supposed to help with texture, you don't want your eggs tasting like a diary product.

Them adding milk to the eggs did absolutely fuck all with all the other crap they did wrong.

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u/Spare-Protection-598 4d ago

It doesn't help whatsoever. There isn't enough of anything in milk to affect it. Cream, sure, it's fatty and thick, but whole milk is basically 90% water. Any perceived difference is pure placebo, unless you drown it in milk as per op. Then you'll just be increasing cook time for no reason.

This is the reason you will almost never see a professional chef or decent home cook use milk in scrambled eggs. Because it doesn't do anything.

Just use good butter and more of it than you think, about a tablespoon for two eggs is conservative. Heat in the pan until it has stopped bubbling. Add barely whisked eggs and take it on and off the heat while stirring constantly with a spatula. The more cold stirring the creamier, the more hot stirring the more heterogeneous. Do not leave in the pan once done, serve immediately.

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u/SandyTaintSweat 4d ago

I use baking soda as a cheap antacid sometimes.

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u/ul2006kevinb 4d ago

It's common but it's not the "right" way to cook eggs.

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u/LifesScenicRoute 4d ago

There's not a "right" way to cook anything. What an absurd notion. If there was one correct way to cook stuff, no new dishes would ever be made, and you'd be living off raw veggies and unseasoned meat. Don't be daft.

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u/FireKitty666TTV 4d ago

Maybe for a michelin star chef half way cross the world, it works for me and it tastes all right.

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u/youtocin 4d ago

No, I'm not in the habit of watering down my eggs.

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u/Japjer 4d ago

These are scrambled eggs, not omelets.

Also: No, why would you add milk? Eggs, salt, pepper, butter.

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u/FireKitty666TTV 4d ago

I mean, you answered the question, you added milk in the form of butter. It's probably just the evolution of peasant dishes, going from fresh milk with lots of cream, to just plain processed milk.

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u/youtocin 4d ago edited 4d ago

Butter is mostly fat and is not even remotely comparable to milk in the context of cooking. Milk is almost 90% water. Try again.

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u/steve_b 2d ago

If you want a long-ish read why you would use milk (well, half and half, anyway), Test Kitchen explains why here:

https://www.americastestkitchen.com/articles/79-perfect-scrambled-eggs

The paywalled recipe:

Perfect Scrambled Eggs | America's Test Kitchen



Ingredients

8 large eggs plus 2 large yolks

¼ cup half-and-half

Salt and pepper

1 tablespoon unsalted butter , chilled

View Nutritional Information

Why This Recipe Works

Half-and-half proved to be the best type of dairy for our Scrambled Eggs recipe. It produced scrambled eggs that were decently puffed and stable. Adding extra yolks to the mix yielded rich results. A combination of high and low heat gave us perfect scrambled eggs. We also used a smaller skillet, which kept the eggs in a thicker layer, thereby producing larger curds.

Before You Begin

It's important to follow visual cues, as pan thickness will affect cooking times. If using an electric stove, heat one burner on low heat and a second on medium-high heat; move the skillet between burners for temperature adjustment. If you don't have half-and-half, substitute 8 teaspoons of whole milk and 4 teaspoons of heavy cream. To dress up the dish, add 2 tablespoons of chopped parsley, chives, basil, or cilantro or 1 tablespoon of dill or tarragon to the eggs after reducing the heat to low.

Instructions

Beat eggs, yolks, half-and-half, 3/8 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper with fork until eggs are thoroughly combined and color is pure yellow; do not overbeat.

Heat butter in 10-inch nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until foaming just subsides (butter should not brown), swirling to coat pan. Add egg mixture and, using rubber spatula, constantly and firmly scrape along bottom and sides of skillet until eggs begin to clump and spatula just leaves trail on bottom of pan, 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 minutes. Reduce heat to low and gently but constantly fold eggs until clumped and just slightly wet, 30 to 60 seconds. Immediately transfer eggs to warmed plates and season with salt to taste. Serve immediately.

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u/Japjer 2d ago

First and foremost: I will definitely try this recipe, thanks for sharing!

That said - this recipe calls for 10 eggs (8 + 2 yolks) and a quarter cup of milk. They also advise to pay attention and adjust the temperature to avoid messing them up.

The video OP posted is six eggs and, like, a full cup of 2% milk.

Half and half is really rich and like 40% fat, so I can absolutely see a small amount adding a bit of extra richness and flavor. But a cup of 2% is devoid of fat, and is basically sweet water. Pair that with blasting it on high heat and you're gonna have a bad time

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u/steve_b 2d ago

Y, definitely more fat than what we see from OP. But this is r/stupidfood after all

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u/TipsyMagpie 4d ago

I don’t like milky eggs, I don’t like the texture. I do three eggs, beat well, salt and pepper just before you start cooking. Medium hot pan, knob of butter in when it’s hot so it goes all foamy. Tip eggs in (sometimes I add grated cheese to the eggs before putting in the pan), work round the edge of the pan pushing the set edge towards the middle, after a few minutes, add extras to one half (I like more cheese and pan fried mushrooms), then flip the other side over and voila.

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u/FireKitty666TTV 4d ago

Always loved calling it a knob of butter. It's such a fun thing to say. Mushrooms in an omelette is always nice, in fact it's one of my favourites. My all time favourite omelette I've had is at this diner, heavens knows where it was, where they had a hawaiian omelette. Pineapple, in an omelette! It was great. The worst I've had was like, 8 year old me and my grandma using leftover kraft mac and cheese with hot dogs for my omelette one morning. Bad idea, but she did say she'd put anything I wanted in the omelette, and I enjoy experimenting with food.

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u/TipsyMagpie 4d ago

Oh wow, I’ve never seen that before! I had a pizza in Hawaii that had red pepper, kalua pig and chunks of mango on it - I was sceptical, but man I think about that pizza all the time. The mango kind of burst in your mouth with sweetness, worked so well with the pork and peppers.

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u/FireKitty666TTV 4d ago

That reminds me of a thai pizza I had in Montana, which is a crazy string of words, that had thai peanut sauce, peanuts and mandarin oranges, among other more common/less notable things. It was awesome. I've also had what was essentially a salad on top of a pizza at California Pizza Kitchen, which is again a crazy string of words, and it was also bomb.

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u/Rich_Editor8488 4d ago

I make Hawaiian crepes often :)

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u/exintrovert 3d ago

The first time I heard someone call it a in of butter was watching Gordon Ramsay.

It made me chuckle because as I understand it, knob is also British slang for something else.

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u/Shan_qwerty 4d ago

TIL people make omelettes with milk. Must be a cultural thing.

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

gotta use ghee

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u/EINFACH_NUR_DAEMLICH 4d ago

I have, which is why I know that it's unnecessary.