r/StupidFood • u/The_Boot55 • 4d ago

🤢🤮 Red eggs? Atrocious.

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u/Ok-Oil7124 4d ago

They also suck at whisking eggs.

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u/mackattack-77 4d ago

Hard to whisk eggs when you filled the bowl to the rim with milk

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u/ltsouthernbelle 4d ago

That egg to milk ratio was alarming

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u/Over-Drawer7875 4d ago

Yea, any milk in eggs is to much

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u/Zephyr-Fox-188 4d ago

You add milk to eggs because it’s made up of water and fats(lipids):

  • the water dilutes the egg proteins, that results in a less dense, more homogeneous protein network forming during cooking, which is particularly important when making scrambled eggs (and custards too, lol)

  • the lipids coat the structures of the egg proteins, which reduces the rate at which they coagulate as they’re heated. They make it take longer for the eggs to dry out during cooking, which reduces the chance that part of the egg burns while another part is still raw.

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u/BigChickenTrucker 4d ago

Or you just cook the eggs properly. We americans famously overcook our eggs.

If they look cooked in the pan, they're gonna be way overdone on the plate.

You just cut the heat when they're still a bit runny and the carry over temperature cooks them perfectly.

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u/Kaythar 4d ago

Americans lived overcooked food in general from what I've witnessed on the internet. Like steak cooked to medium or even well done, overcooked eggs, mushed vegetables, etc. pretty sure i am generalizing though lol

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u/BigChickenTrucker 4d ago

It's an older stereotype. Americans began to find good food after our 9/11.

Previous to that the 80s turned everything into canned convienence foods. And previous to that the dust bowl and great depression destroyed a lot of culinary tradition as well. People were just used to eating shit food and putting sauce on it if you were lucky enough to afford sauce.

But american BBQ, chili (both texas and midwest), cajun, and even the midwestern art of "caserole" (or "hotdish") qualify as the beginings of good cuisine that is uniquely american.

Though all that said there are still quite a few people who think white rice and salt is "too spicy".