"notbob" > wrote in message
news:x6asd.196074$R05.8824@attbi_s53...
> On 2004-12-04, Dave Smith > wrote:
>
> > Eggs bland? I don't think so. I find eggs quite tasty when they are
barely
> > cooked. Unfortunately, too many people are squeamish about undercooked
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>
> I'm with you, Dave. If cooked a certain way, they are incredibly
flavorful. So
> much so they hardly need any seasoning.
>
> I'm talking about the so-called French cooking method. It involves
cooking
> straight mixed eggs ...no water, no milk, no cream... at a very low
> temperature over a period of about 6-8 mins. The method is so slow, one
> technique is to cook the eggs in a glass bowl over a water bath, a
> double-boiler if you will. Eggs cooked by this method never really cook
up
> in the usual sense. It's more like they set up like a hollandaise sauce.
> They just keep getting thicker and thicker till they begin forming curds.
> The result is very moist scrambled eggs that taste more like straight
yolks
> than the dull flavorless hard scramble of your typical greasy spoon / home
> breakfast table. Give it a try. Yes, it's time consuming and labor
> intensive, but the result is astonishingly good and really brings out the
> true flavor of an egg.
>
> nb

I agree 100%. It's a pity when people cook eggs incorrectly and then have to
put hot sauce on them to get any flavor.


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