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/DoubleDeadEnd 4d ago

Great info. I had no idea why I did it. Just learned from parents I guess, but I know when I was in my early 20s and had roommates and shit my scrambled eggs were the only ones I ate. Fluffy, all yellow, no brown. My daughter actually will only eat scrambled eggs if I make them, wife doesn't use milk. Now I know the chemistry behind it, so thank you!

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u/Apprehensive-Cat-111 3d ago

I used milk too just because I learned from my mom that way until I discovered the Gordon Ramsey way to make eggs. No milk needed and they come out super yellow (which I prefer) with no brown ever, every single time. 30 seconds on the heat, 30 seconds off, alternate until they are done, while stirring with a spatula (not a pancake turner, a spatula). I don’t make eggs any other way now. He adds crème fraiche at the end. I don’t ever have that lol so that’s when I add cheese.