Re: [london.food] Scrambled eggs and allied trades

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On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 01:02:58PM +0000, Nigel Rantor said:
> 10/10 for the story, but quite frankly, so what to the recipe? apart 
> from the cream that's how you're bloody well supposed to make eggs! (or 
> at least the method I learnt from my mum)

See, I know of at least 3 different ways.

1. The way espoused above which, to my knowledge, is the least common. 
   Although that might be Northern Hemisphere bias.

2. Fried hard in a pan.
   This is most common in Merka as far as I know and is the easiest 
   because it's the hardest to mess up. Probably the best for things 
   like huevos rancheros etc etc

3. Tip whole lot into saucepan on low heat.
   I'd wager this is the most common in the northern hemispher (or at 
   least the UK). Tricky because it's easy to over cook and get watery 
   eggs. The trick seems to be to stireslowly and continuously and take 
   the eggs off before they're finally set.

• [london.food] Very lazy eggs benedict Nik Clayton 10:20 on 30 Jan 2006
  Saw a variation of this in a recent magazine, and it works so well that I
  • Re: [london.food] Very lazy eggs benedict Simon Batistoni 01:17 on 31 Jan 2006
    I actually went through a couple of dozen eggs last autumn
    • Marna Gilligan 01:33 on 31 Jan 2006
      I do this (and I add a touch of cheap balsamic vinegar to the water
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    • Rev Simon Rumble 10:17 on 31 Jan 2006
      Ewww. The last one on that page suggests boiling cling film around your
  • RE: [london.food] Very lazy eggs benedict Russell Joanne (ST) 08:40 on 31 Jan 2006
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    • Re: [london.food] Very lazy eggs benedict James Bywater 09:12 on 31 Jan 2006
      All you need to do is break eggs into a pan containing butter, on a
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  • Re: [london.food] Very lazy eggs benedict Simon Wistow 09:40 on 31 Jan 2006
    I was taught a similar trick - get a small coffee cup or a remekin and
    • Nigel Rantor 09:50 on 31 Jan 2006
      Yeah, I tried this but you have to be careful, egss *will* explode if in
      • too deep to show
  • Re: [london.food] Very lazy eggs benedict Rev Simon Rumble 10:06 on 31 Jan 2006
    Wow, I'm really quite amazed that poached eggs could cause such
    • Nigel Rantor 10:15 on 31 Jan 2006
      Don't you mean where we can all poach one another's methods?
  • Simon Wistow 13:09 on 31 Jan 2006
    See, I know of at least 3 different ways.
    • David Turner 13:17 on 31 Jan 2006
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    • James Bywater 13:21 on 31 Jan 2006
      I have to say, I do like my scrambled eggs very soft... some people =20
    • Peter Berlin 13:30 on 31 Jan 2006
      On 31/1/06 14:09, Simon Wistow mentioned:
• David Turner 10:19 on 31 Jan 2006
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• Nigel Rantor 10:35 on 31 Jan 2006
  My sister will be gratified to know that there are people less able in
  • [london.food] The cooking challenged (was: Very lazy eggs benedict) Rev Simon Rumble 10:42 on 31 Jan 2006
    Speaking of which, what's a good way to help someone learn how to cook?
    • Re: [london.food] The cooking challenged (was: Very lazy eggs benedict) David Turner 10:44 on 31 Jan 2006
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    • Simon Wistow 10:45 on 31 Jan 2006
      Delia's book isn't all that bad. I've got a book on student cookery that
    • James Bywater 10:46 on 31 Jan 2006
      Get Gordon Ramsay to come and shout at them while they try to cook.
    • Re: [london.food] The cooking challenged Nigel Rantor 10:53 on 31 Jan 2006
      Good question. I think a lot of it actually comes down to pride in what

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