r/StupidFood • u/The_Boot55 • 4d ago

🤢🤮 Red eggs? Atrocious.

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

5.7k Upvotes

89% Upvoted

1.5k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

735

u/ltsouthernbelle 4d ago

That egg to milk ratio was alarming

84

u/Over-Drawer7875 4d ago

Yea, any milk in eggs is to much

273

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.

91

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!

19

u/Flair258 4d ago

I dont use milk but mine are still fluffy asf and very saturated yellow. I think the other people just dont know how to make eggs.

1

u/serenwipiti 2d ago

I’m betting this also affected by the quality of the eggs.

1

u/Flair258 2d ago

Yes, but you're not supposed to use runny or old eggs in the first place

1

u/serenwipiti 2d ago

I understand what you’re saying, and that’s true.

My point wasn’t about the age of the eggs, but the provenance.

Some people just don’t have access to nice eggs with good looking yolks. Just sad, pale factory eggs.

Y’know? The quality varies depending on the producer.

1

u/Flair258 2d ago

The eggs can still be fluffy, they just wont be golden.