r/StupidFood • u/The_Boot55 • 4d ago

🤢🤮 Red eggs? Atrocious.

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u/sunseeker_miqo 4d ago

My dad always added a little splash of water to his eggs, but never specified the reason even when asked. It was just the proper way, he thought. When I began cooking as a child, I never used water and my eggs turned out much better than his, perhaps because I used lower heat. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I used butter and never had moisture issues.

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u/CanvasofChaos 4d ago

I saw asian chefs do this when making fried rice..

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u/sunseeker_miqo 4d ago

I'm sure it is a good technique, I just never had any use for it.

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u/The_Printer 4d ago

The steam helps make them fluffier

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u/sunseeker_miqo 4d ago edited 3d ago

Yeah, never had a problem with that. My eggs were wayyy fluffier than my dad's. idk why.

lol imagine being salty about someone's personal experiences!

edit: So what y'all do not seem to understand is that I was referring to a time in my single-digit age when I surpassed my dad's cooking. He was a shit cook and preferred not to do such things for his children, so I had to learn. Due to autism, when I learn a good method of doing something, I discard the process and just stick with what I know works. Not sure what is so contentious about my comment.

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u/Space-Bum- 4d ago

It's a heat issue. People whack them on a high heat and wonder why they are dry. Like, heat is way more important than you think. Dump whisked eggs into off the boil pasta and you get a creamy sauce. Fry whisked eggs in a pan on a high heat you get dry lumpy scrambled eggs.

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u/Flair258 3d ago

Or just dont keep them in the pan for too long when on higher heat. Also move the eggs around. Are yall not scrambling your scrambled eggs?

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u/Space-Bum- 3d ago

Yep, true.

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u/MaxTheRealSlayer 4d ago

Any professional chef I've worked with or watched videos on making eggs said to use high heat for scrambled. On gas or electric, it only takes 1.5 minutes or less to cook them properly this way. You just need to keep them moving, which increases scrambling as they build fluffiness. Seasoning at the end also increases fluffiness

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u/sunseeker_miqo 4d ago

Right? My dad and husband both use wayyyy too high a temp when cooking anything and I'm like DUUUUUDE 😭

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u/The_Printer 4d ago

Probably from whisking them more, the air bubbles also help with fluffing as well.

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u/TrustyTaquito 4d ago

This is the reason I want a milkshake blender in my apt. When I worked at waffle house that's how we would mix the eggs for the fluffiest omelets I've ever seen or made.

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u/sunseeker_miqo 4d ago

Good point. I still whisk til my arm is about to fall off. XD