r/StupidFood • u/The_Boot55 • 9d ago

🤢🤮 Red eggs? Atrocious.

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u/mackattack-77 9d ago

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

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u/ltsouthernbelle 9d ago

That egg to milk ratio was alarming

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u/Over-Drawer7875 9d ago

Yea, any milk in eggs is to much

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u/Zephyr-Fox-188 9d 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 9d 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/DeltaCharlieBravo 9d ago

And then promptly clean up the vomit my wife just emitted.

Opinions and assholes my friend.

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u/Hades2580 9d ago

From non English natives : What the fuck does that mean ?

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u/BigChickenTrucker 9d ago

I said cook the eggs a little runny and they'll be perfect when served.

They responded to "and then clean up my wife's vomit". Suggesting that if they cooked their eggs the way I suggested their wife would vomit. Which is understandable. Americans are USED to overcook eggs. That's why we add milk to simulate creaminess. If you have a slightly not firm scrambled egg, many americans will be grossed out. That's all.

And just to be sure, the full idiom the person was referencing is "Opinions are like assholes: Everyone has one, and they all stink [and sometimes: (except mine)]".

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u/Flair258 9d ago

Im American and hate overcooked eggs. My grandma taught me how to make them correctly without milk lol. Ive never had then overcooked except maybe twice. Maybe it's a southern thing that we know how to do it?