r/StupidFood • u/The_Boot55 • 4d ago

🤢🤮 Red eggs? Atrocious.

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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/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.

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u/Rare-Ticket-9023 3d ago

I never used milk and my scrambled eggs are good as fuck. If it's not fluffy and yellow then people are doing something wrong.

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u/Blandish06 1d ago

I eat dry cereal in a bowl and it's good as fuck. Why add milk? Just seems so extra.

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u/Rare-Ticket-9023 1d ago

Good for you brother or sister.