/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.18304828]

Left - keeping it on the heat
Right - taking it off and on

Taking it off the heat really helps produce a creamy scrambled egg, like the insides of a French omelette.

What does /ck/ think?

[Anonymous No.18304831]

>>18304828
Left looks more appetizing to me.

[Anonymous No.18304872]

>>18304831
I screwed up the lighting on the right batch and inhaled the eggs before I thought to check

The left method gets you separate clods or nuggets of scrambled egg, while the right gets a soft contiguous mass that you cut pieces off of.

I just wondered what you fellows prefer.

[Anonymous No.18304880]

>>18304828
Left is the correct way
Right is what gordon ramsey calls beautiful, which makes it automatically wrong. Creamy eggs? Fucking gross

[Anonymous No.18304902]

>>18304828
You don't want them rubbery or hard to chew obviously. But I've never once had that happen to eggs I scrambled and all I do is put the heat high and keep it on until they seem done. So I'm pretty sure someone would have to go out of their way to fuck up scrambled eggs badly enough that they become hard and rubbery.
On the other hand, I think people constantly underdo scrambled eggs because psychologically they probably worry about going too far and not being able to undo it afterwards, when in reality most people who stop short don't go back and fry it more a second time making it the same situation either way in terms of getting stuck with whatever you made.
And I hate undercooked scrambled eggs. Awful on the digestion, less flavor, just all around bad.

[Anonymous No.18304912]

>>18304872
Just giving you some feedback, m8. I tend to prefer my scrambled eggs in soft cooked pillowy bits rather than one liquidy or creamy almost mashed potato consistency but I'm not some fancypants high society dude, just a regular guy.

[Anonymous No.18304930]

>>18304828
I don't want a creamy scrambled egg unless there's cheese in it. I want all the eggs to be cooked until solid.

[Anonymous No.18304931]

>>18304828
Left is scrambled eggs. Right is failed custard.

[Anonymous No.18304936]

>>18304912
>soft cooked pillowy bits
>one liquidy or creamy almost mashed potato consistency
excellent description, thanks!

[Anonymous No.18305518]

Left is the way to go, right looks rancid

[Anonymous No.18305571]

Right looks like baby shit. That's not a slight against you- I just hate the method and French "people."
Left all the way.

[Anonymous No.18305575]

>>18304831
your opinion is wrong

[Anonymous No.18305606]

This would be a better debate, every single time I've made an omelet I wished I instead made scrambled eggs. I don't get why omelets are so popular, it must be that people think they're fancier.

[Anonymous No.18305612]

>>18304828
Try this next time you do the left since it takes forever
Get a small pan like a 8inch fry pan.
Beat 3 eggs add salt and pepper.
Turn heat to medium.
Melt a good chunk of butter into the pan.
Turn heat to maximum on the strongest burner you got.
Pour in the egg fast.
Stir and shake pan so everything is mixed extremely fast.
Once it looks a bit runnier than the one on the left (30-40 seconds most of the time) dump it into a bowl and cover it.
It's similar but you cook it fast and it's got a smiar custard texture.

[Anonymous No.18305614]

>>18304828
I like right on toast with some cheese and hot sauce

[Anonymous No.18305628]

>>18305612
Honestly, it goes so fast that I actually spent more time scrubbing the pan after

What I did was
>beat three eggs, salt
>burner on high
>keep scraping up the egg
for the purpose of this experiment, I did not take it off the heat, and very quickly the egg formed soft chunks, the instant it did I killed the heat and plated

I definitely spent more time washing up...

[Anonymous No.18305630]

>>18304828
left looks somewhat edible, right looks like semi-molten candle wax
cook your fucking eggs you ingenuine sycophant

[Anonymous No.18305636]

>>18305630
>perform experiments to determine the best way to achieve the level of doneness one desires
heaven forfend!

I suppose a poached egg is the same as raw for you?

[Anonymous No.18305641]

>>18305636
>I suppose a poached egg is the same as raw for you?
yes because i'm not insecure about my masculinity so i dont feel the need to boast about how raw i like to eat my food

[Anonymous No.18305655]

i suggest to eat it the vomelette version, look it up
better than that crap that you just posted

[Anonymous No.18305663]

>>18305628
You need to use butter and when its melted and foamy on medium you max the heat and add egg and it shouldn't shouldn't stick.

[Anonymous No.18305668]

>>18305641
methinks the lady doth project too much
nobody said anything about implied masculinity from eating raw food (dafuq?)

>>18305663
thanks, I'll try that
been cutting down on oil, to the point that I might indeed be under-using it for pan lubricating purposes

[Anonymous No.18305671]

>>18304831
I agree. I've done both. I don't like the creamy eggs as much.

[Anonymous No.18305677]

>>18305668
go back nigger

[Anonymous No.18305689]

I like my scrambled eggs a little overcooked. Not like burnt but I like them browned up a bit.

[Anonymous No.18306384]

>>18304828
>Right - taking it off and on
Or just whisk with the pot on low heat?

[Anonymous No.18306437]

>>18304828
The french style with a shitload of butter emulsified in is so fucking good.

[Anonymous No.18306777]

>>18305668
>methinks
Holy shit just go back to /r/cooking already you clam brain

[Anonymous No.18306783]

>>18304828
Do whatever you find more tasty. I personally would go with something closer to the left one if eating on itself with a fork and something closer to the right one if on a sandwich.

[Anonymous No.18306787]

>>18306777
Imagine being filtered by a high school tier Macbeth reference.

[Anonymous No.18306817]

>>18304828
i can legitimately only stomach the left. i can eat over-easy eggs with soft yolk and some white, but runny scrambled eggs make me want to vomit.

[Anonymous No.18306844]

wet scrambled eggs and the people who eat them are terrible

[Anonymous No.18306928]

This is the ultimate form of scrambled eggs:
https://youtu.be/dgBJZ6ejIJ0?t=238
Eggs garnished with eggs garnished with eggs and an egg garnished with eggs.

[Anonymous No.18307229]

>>18304828
I prefer left, especially with ketchup.

[Anonymous No.18307238]

>>18305606
Omelets are good because you put things inside.

[Anonymous No.18307530]

>>18306384
takes for-frigging-ever comparatively

>>18306783
interesting point. I have to agree, right side goes excellently on toast, left is more filling on its own

>>18306817
that doesn't quite make sense, because right side is more done than over easy

[Anonymous No.18307585]

>>18304828
I like both. I don't understand why everyone prefers them done just one way. Do you all always eat eggs with just bread? How I make my eggs depends on what I'm eating them with.

[Anonymous No.18307599]

>>18304828
Eggs should be moist but not dripping wet. Finish cooking your eggs.

[Anonymous No.18307604]

>>18307585
I always prefer eggs not to be undercooked so they don't screw with my digestion. Not complicated.
Variety in what you eat is a completely different topic from bare minimums in food prep.

[Anonymous No.18307617]

I just tried the slow cook method, I like it.
>combine six eggs, 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt, and a splash of milk. Then, you beat everything together with a fork, pour the eggs into an unheated nonstick skillet and add a 2-tablespoon chunk of cold, unsalted butter. You then set the pan over “moderately low-medium heat” and push the eggs around constantly with a silicone spatula until they’re almost done. After that, you remove the pan from the heat, where the carryover cooking will get them to the perfect doneness as you get your plates ready.
>>18307238
Why not just mix that shit in with the scrambled eggs? Unless you overcook the hell out of your eggs I struggle to see a difference.

[Anonymous No.18307621]

>>18307604
egg variety is the topic no one cares about your digestion

[Anonymous No.18307628]

>>18304828
>keep it on the heat
>it cooks
>keep taking it off the heat
>it doesn't cook fully
No shit

[Anonymous No.18307632]

You're a fucking moron. Your heat is too high if you have to take it off the burner. I make English scrambled eggs every morning un under ten minutes and my saucier does not come off the burner.

[Anonymous No.18307657]

>>18307632
scrambled eggs should never take you more than 2 minutes wtf are you doing

[Anonymous No.18307671]

>>18307632
>I make English scrambled eggs every morning un under ten minutes and my saucier does not come off the burner.
Nigga are you rubbing sticks together to make a fire? Ten minutes?

[Anonymous No.18307683]

i like left better because it has more body to it. not a fan of eggs that feel like porridge.

protip: if you whisk your eggs beforehand and move them constantly while they cook, you can get great scrambled eggs that look like left but are not overcooked in spots.

[Anonymous No.18307740]

>>18307621
The point is it's not a "variety" if you just screw it up and undercook it.
That's like saying slipping on a wet sidewalk and fracturing your skull is a form of breakdancing.

[Anonymous No.18307752]

>>18307740
its not screwed up because your bitch ass cant digest it

[Anonymous No.18307754]

>>18306928
I just came in my pants

[Anonymous No.18307757]

>>18307754
I just came in your pants too

[Anonymous No.18307763]

>>18307757

[Anonymous No.18307776]

>>18307632
>heat is too high
>ten minutes
That explains a lot

[Anonymous No.18307777]

Creamy scrambled eggs suck. Disgusting mushy mess. What are you a literal baby that your eggs can’t have a bit of bite? What a fucking meme Gordon Ramsay has ruined cooking for an entire generation

[Anonymous No.18307781]

>>18306928
They both seem so earnest. They apparently both died the past 2 years.

[Anonymous No.18307819]

>>18307752
Nobody digests as much when you undercook it you idiot. Just because you don't notice doesn't mean you aren't wasting perfectly good protein and letting it pass through undigested like some sort of Hatian mud cake enthusiast.

[Anonymous No.18307838]

>>18307819
CICO. You're not going to break the laws of thermodynamics by cooking it less.

[Anonymous No.18307855]

>>18307838
It doesn't break CICO you retard.
That's like saying if someone with an eating disorder abuses laxatives they're breaking CICO.

[Anonymous No.18307857]

>>18307819
How does the study define "cooked" and "raw"?

[Anonymous No.18307859]

>>18304828
Can get the same result if you keep a low medium heat overall and keep stirring.

[Anonymous No.18307875]

>>18307859
People here are too retarded to realize this
>LMAO DIS NIGGA COOKS HIS EGGS FOR TEN MINUTES?!

[Anonymous No.18307917]

>ctrl+f
>curd
>0 results
hahahahahahaaaa... pathetic.

[Anonymous No.18307925]

>>18307917
Weird, has one result on my machine. Yours must have a virus.

[Anonymous No.18307928]

>>18307925
Kek

[Anonymous No.18307948]

>>18304828
>What does /ck/ think?
I do both depending on my time or my taste.
Also, Heston Blumenthal...
>>https://www.sbs.com.au/food/recipes/heston-blumenthals-scrambled-eggs
>Using a fork, mix the eggs, milk, cream and butter together in a bowl. Season with salt and stir to combine.
>Place the bowl over a pan of simmering water and allow to cook really slowly using a spatula to continuously stir the mixture.
>Cook until the eggs begin to scramble – this should take approximately 15-20 MINUTES.
>To serve, season with a few drops of sherry vinegar and brown butter.

[Anonymous No.18307964]

>>18304828
I prefer a firmer scramble like the left.

[Anonymous No.18308130]

>>18304828
i think you are having trouble with heat management.

[Anonymous No.18308212]

>>18307964
the left approves

[Anonymous No.18308298]

I like to do right but also add a fair bit of cornstarch and a splash of milk. You get a creamier mouthfeel without it being wet and loose.

[Anonymous No.18308692]

>>18304828
chinese make the best scrambled eggs. fight me.

[Anonymous No.18308711]

>>18308692
The scrambled eggs egg fried rice would be perfect if Chinese restaurants could ever just stop at eggs, rice, and soy sauce instead of mixing in a bunch of retarded sprouts, seeds, carrots, onions, water chetnuts etc.

[Anonymous No.18308722]

>>18308711
Cantonese scrambled eggs are great

[Anonymous No.18309277]

>>18307819
I live in the 1st world and have the luxury of choosing to "waste" 10% of the protein to get a better eating experience. There's also parts that degrade on heat btw.

[Anonymous No.18309280]

>>18304828
I microwave my scrambled eggs

[Anonymous No.18309298]

I like both fine, right needs to be on some toast or something otherwise its just too gooey, needs the added texture.

[Anonymous No.18309308]

>>18304828
now do i not break my french omelette when i fold it i use a wood spatula and haven't gotten it right once

[Anonymous No.18309358]

>>18308711
Haha I'm with you there

>>18308722
And this YouTube channel is the best Chinese cooking channel on the site

Unfortunately most modern chinese simply do American diner style scrambled eggs and tend to overcook

[Anonymous No.18309360]

>>18309308
You're probably either not giving it long enough to set or are overfilling it.

[Anonymous No.18309366]

>>18309280
>microwave
How

[Anonymous No.18309381]

Whenever I see someone cook eggs the left way, I assume they're a shit lazy cook in every other respect.
Haven't been wrong yet.

[Anonymous No.18310884]

>>18304828
The heat doesnt fucking matter, the only thing that matters is how much time is spent putting heat into the eggs. Just manage the heat in the pan however you want to, fast if you can manage, low if youre a cooklet. Eggs are not complicated but everyone acts like theyre a mystery. Anyone telling you the 'proper' way to make scrambled eggs is a fucking retard. Do whatever method you understand best and youll get the same shit

[Anonymous No.18310892]

>>18304828
Left - an appetizing, properly cooked scrambled egg
Right - yellow baby barf

Taking it off the heat really helps produce a slimy sloppy scrambled egg, like the insides of a mama bird's mouth.

What does /ck/ think?

[Anonymous No.18310905]

>>18305606
I love omelettes because I like to put bacon and cheese inside and I really like all the browning on the outside for added flavor and a slight crisp texture in the mix. Scrambled eggs are okay, but omelettes are the best.

[Anonymous No.18310944]

>>18307838
Retard, if you can't digest it, it won't go in. The "in" in CICO doesn't refer to your mouth holy shit

[Anonymous No.18310983]

i can never get scrambled eggs right :(

[Anonymous No.18311013]

>>18310944
t. "I can't help my genetics"

[Anonymous No.18311706]

>>18309381
Left takes more finesse and timing to get the curds sized correctly. Right is pretty much slush so all that matters is you don't let it cook properly.

[Anonymous No.18311731]

>>18311013
Fix your life. This bait is awful.

[Anonymous No.18311745]

>>18304828
as a foodlet i just add 150% butter and they come out somewhere inbetween the op images

[Anonymous No.18311747]

>>18310983
you forgot to add the yolks

[Anonymous No.18312051]

>>18311731
Go back to high school. You missed your physics lessons.