Egg Prep (was RE: Full English Breakfast with **Brown Sauce**

[Lee Storm(God Is The Healing Force)]

[montims]:
| > As to fried eggs, I had never known anyone, in England, 
| Italy, or Germany,
| > turn frying eggs over. When I came to the States I was 
| totally dumbfounded
| > to be asked how I wanted my fried eggs (uh - fried?)... I 
| have learned now,
| > but still do them "my" way at home... By the way, another 
| shock to my
| > system was discovering that Americans scramble eggs in a 
| frying pan - we do
| > it in a saucepan. I find American scrambled eggs much drier 
| in texture -
| > like chopped up omelette, whereas I prefer the creamier 
| texture of eggs
| > scrambled in a saucepan, but as ever it's what you've grown 
| up with, and
| > what you're used to...
| 
[Ali]:
It is a little weird to have so many ways to have your fried eggs
| (coming from a person who didn't grow up with that herself), but you
| can get sunny side up eggs at diners/restaurants/whatever - that's why
| they ask you how you like your eggs.  A little anecdote: once when I
| was little, I was told to make the fried eggs for dinner.  Not knowing
| what to do, I flipped them as I've seen on TV, not thinking how the
| eggs I ate never looked flipped.  Everyone at the table was a little
| confused as to why the eggs were so very cooked, and the decision was
| silently made that I wouldn't be allowed to do the fried eggs again -
| I have long since figured out the problem but am still not making the
| fried eggs when I go home.
| 
| As for the scrambled eggs, I don't know that I'd called them American
| simply because they're dry; I'd probably just call them dry.  I've had
| many homemade scrambles, and none have been as dry as the
| diner/restaurant versions (or even dry), but then, we're not in as big
| a hurry as those places.  (It's also that there are people who, like
| some of my friends, prefer their eggs "dead," as in dry and as in
| there is no such thing as a sunny side up/over easy egg.)

[Lee]
Personally, I do like my eggs "Rubber-Fried." :-)  As far as scrambled eggs,
another interesting factor is whether they are scrambled just neat or have
the addition of milk or water.  When I was growing up, my Mom always added
milk and then did the scrambling; then I met some who used water instead of
milk.  My husband adds just a touch of water as the eggs go into the pan.

The funniest for me was when my friend came over from Germany for a visit.
We were in our local breakfast place and she wanted a "hard coked" egg.
Well, we were all at a loss to understand what she wanted, so the good
people presented her with well-cooked fried eggs.  She sorta stared at them
and finally managed to eat some of it.  I later found out that "hard cooked"
eggs were what we call "hard boiled" eggs.

Cheers,

Lee :-)

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