Eggs, what they mean to us
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Eggs might seem like a simple food and they are. They are a perfect package of fat and protein that most of us know how to prepare in a way that is delicious and is often a comfort food as well.
Eggs are also a complex food. I can tell you as a reproductive cell biologist, when it comes to reproductive organs and cells, nature has been extremely creative and solved difficult problems with excellent designs.
The egg shell itself is beautifully shaped to take quite a lot of abuse. The shell and membranes beneath are permeable to allow certain gasses in and other gasses out.
The yolk and white are there for a reason, to make cute baby chicks. We take advantage of these two things in ways that leverage the unique chemical properties of albumin (whites) and fats (yolks).
I think its possible to write whole novels about eggs, but I wont, not today.
Today, as a member of the Blogher reviewing community, I have an opportunity to offer the following contest where you can win a $100 Visa gift card and 6 months of free Eggland’s Best eggs!
To enter, you have to submit a comment on this page with your favorite egg recipe that doesnt just use eggs but also showcases eggs!
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To kick this off, I am going to post three of my own egg recipes for your entertainment purposes.
The first is a childhood favorite of my husband’s, who’s father is British.
Dippy eggs and soldiers.
Its VERY simple.
Make toast sticks.
You put your cold eggs into warm water for 10 minutes.
Bring some water up to a boil.
Put eggs into boiling water for EXACTLY 5 minutes and then remove immediately to cold water.
Serve while still warm.
The second one is one I ate as a kid, growing up with a mom from the mid-west.
Toad in a hole
I made mine with homemade bread that I had carved a hole in. I toasted it a bit and then put it into a medium pan with melted butter.
I then cracked an egg into the hole and let it cook until firm on one side and then I flipped it to cook the other side.
The last recipe is completely different!
We had an excess of eggs two summers ago so I pickled them!
Pickled Eggs
Hard boil enough eggs to fit in a quart jar.
Make your brine:
- 1 1/2 C vinegar (partly fig infused)
- 1/2 C water
- 2 tablespoons salt
- crushed white pepper
- crushed allspice seeds
- turmeric
Boil and reduce enough to fit into quart jar with eggs. Cool it and pour over cool hard boiled eggs.
Put it in the refrigerator and allow to infuse a couple of weeks. DO NOT leave this out at room temperature.
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Moonstruck Eggs! If you’ve ever seen the movie “Moonstruck”, you might remember the mom (played by Olympia Dukakis) made the eggs this way.
Recipe:
Take some good Italian bread, make a hole in the middle.
Pour a little olive oil in a pan and brown one side of bread, flip it over when browned, crack your eggs in it, and cook them sunnyside up. In the movie they had red peppers on the side.
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We LOVE eggs at our house
My favorite recipe is from Williams Sonoma and here is the link:
http://www.williams-sonoma.com/recipe/cherry-tomato-frittata-with-corn-basil-and-goat-cheese.html
My favorite thing to do with eggs is scrambled with real butter and shredded cheese…served with salsa and whole wheat toast with orange marmalade.
How does one do a recipe for scrambled eggs? You melt the butter, break the eggs into the pan, stir gently to move the cooking egg from the bottom, add the cheese so it melts. A little browning is very tasty.
One of my favorite egg recipes (as a GFCF experimenter) is to cook wheat-free pasta in a large pot, usually Tinkyada brand, and if I have it, their spinach pasta/spaghetti.
When the pasta is nearly done, I slide a couple of Eggland’s Best (my usual/favorite brand of eggs) into the water and poach the eggs while the pasta finishes cooking. Then I remove the eggs to a paper towel on a plate, while I drain the pasta in a colander, sometimes with some frozen peas in the bottom of the colander waiting for the simmering water.
I pour the pasta and peas back into the pot, add a little olive oil, a dash of Herbamare (sea salt w/ herbs) and the put the poached eggs back on top of the pasta. The runny yolks make a creamy sauce, something that’s not easy to find for those of us who eat dairy-free. It’s even better, if I also add some tomato sauce to the pasta and peas before I break the egg yolks.
A little crumbled bacon on top is pretty good, too!
My favorite egg dish is Colombian Changua. I was taught to make it by my Colombian mother-in-law who made it for me every morning while I was recuperating after giving birth. It is now one of my favorite comfort foods. There is an online recipe for it here
http://www.recipezaar.com/Changua-a-Colombian-Breakfast-Dish-133905
In addition to one which you posted in your Colombian breakfast post.
Thank you.
You love eggs? I LOVE EGGS!
There are too many great ways to eat them: scrambled, hard-boiled, deviled. Benedict are especially nice, too. But I recently made this recipe from the Silver Spoon Phaidon cookbook. It’s simple and easy to make, but it looks impressive and tastes incredible. Lots of bang for your buck on this one:
Eggs in Tomatoes
2 tsp olive oil, plus extra for brushing
4 large tomatoes
pinch of dried oregano
4 eggs
1 fresh flat-leaf parsley spring, chopped
salt and pepper
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and brush an ovenproof dish with olive oil. Cut the tops off the tomatoes and scoop out the seeds and some of the flesh. Sprinkle the insides with a little salt and place upside down on paper towels for 10 minutes to drain. Season the insides of the tomatoes with oregano and pepper and divide the olive oil among them. Place the tomatoes in the prepared dish and bake for 20 minutes. Remove the dish from the oven, break an egg into each tomato, return the dish to the oven and bake for a further 5 minutes. Garnish with parsley and serve,
I love eggs, and I love, love, love omelettes. I am not sure where this recipe came from but it has never failed me in the past 20 something years that I have been using it. (I was very, very young when I started cooking.)
3 large eggs
2 tsp. half and half
salt and pepper
1/2 cup shredded cheese of your choice
1/4 to 1/2 cup any vegetable or meat or both (I like it loaded)
Melt 2 tbsp butter in pan. (NON-STICK)
Mix eggs, half & half, salt and pepper. Wait until pan is HOT and add the eggs.
When the eggs start to set, lift an edges of the eggs and tilt the pan so that the runny, uncooked eggs can run onto pan and start to cook. (This happens fairly quickly so you will not want to walk away.) When just about done, add veggies and/or meat and sprinkle cheese on half of the eggs and flip other half over on top. OH YUM!!!
Now this recipe is suppose to feed two people but I eat the whole thing myself and I am not ashamed.
This may sound strange…but it is delicious! I just LOVE an Egg Salad Melt. It is actually very simple. It’s the same idea as a tuna melt. You simply make a grilled cheese sandwich with an egg salad filling. Thanks!
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I love LOVE veggie omelets and here is a link to a yummy one! http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Yummy-Veggie-Omelet/Detail.aspx
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I love frittatas. My fav is bacon & cheese. It is so easy because I just whip it together and let it cook while I get the kids ready and then when the table is set, kids ready the frittata is ready.
Good recipe here:
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Bacon-Cheese-Frittata/Detail.aspx
I make something my mom called Breakfast on a bun. You scrambled eggs & cook them like you would an omelet. A slice of cheese & a slice of ham & the eggs on a toasted hamburger bun. It’s simple, yet delicious.
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I love brownies but they don’t really showcase eggs, so I’m going to go with my mom’s delicious egg salad!
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I have either an omlette or homemade sausage egg and cheese biscuit everyday.I wish it were legal to keep chickens where I live,but until that day it’s EB for me.
I loveee using eggs!…
My new favorite thing to do with eggs is to make Fried Rice with eggs.
I cook about 3 eggs on a very high skillet heat with a little bit of oil in the pan, and scramble them up. Then I add in the cooked onions, rice, soy sauce, scallions etc. Yum quick and delicious dinner!
My grandkids love this Banana Fritata recipe. I make it for breakfast when they sleep over. Here is the link to one they love. http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Banana-Frittata/Detail.aspx
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