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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: franksolich on September 06, 2012, 08:37:33 PM
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/115714004
Oh my.
For those who want a little R&R from the boring event taking place down in North Carolina, I went to the cooking and baking forum to bring back some light amusement.
Tab (8,782 posts)
How would you introduce a person who hates eggs to eating eggs?
I hate eggs. I can tolerate some hardboiled eggs, but that's it. The smell, particularly, and the taste texture have been a turnoff. This may be a result of exposure to poorly cooked eggs growing up.
I did used to cook a fair variety when working in restaurants, but that was a while ago, but personally didn't care for them.
I suspect that with fresh eggs and proper flavoring/seasoning and the right cooking style I might like one. But I'm so indoctrinated into not having them.
Knowing all that, if you were going to suggest an egg dish - poached, scrambled, omelet, etc. - what would you suggest that might be a "really good experience" that might get me to like them, or at least that particular dish?
after which a stupid picture of eggs
grasswire (34,849 posts)
1. cream cheese and strawberry jam omelet?
That's pretty tasty.
WTF?
A strawberry jam omelet?
It sounds about as appealing as pancakes with vinegar instead of syrup poured on them.
Some foods just don't go well together.
Warpy (64,509 posts)
2. I, too, got turned off to them when I was a kid living with a bad cook. The only way I can get them down is in egg foo yung, heavy on the onions and gravy.
Were I to start cooking them for myself, I'd probably do omelets stuffed with all sorts of goodies or scrambled eggs, again studded with all sorts of goodies.
By themselves, though? No way, Jose.
^^the defrocked warped primitive, who's as mean and ugly as a rattlesnake.
<<still considering she with the face like Hindenburg's for promotion in the Top DUmmies of 2012.
Phentex (6,864 posts)
3. I second the omelets...
because that's what I was going to say.
These days I make egg white omelets with lots of stuff in them. Haven't really noticed an egg smell with these.
Warpy (64,509 posts)
4. All the sulfur compounds are in the yolk
My aversion is so strong I can't even get custard past my nose.
blaze (2,252 posts)
5. Hope you find a way you like them!
There isn't a single way I don't like them!!
My favorite intro to them (as I can recall) was scrambled... and years later I discovered they were scrambled with a boatload of butter. Not sure they're my fav today, but I always remember Mrs. Kelly's scrambled eggs were the best ever!!
I had a scrambled egg/chorizo burrito today. That wasn't too shabby.
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Tab (8,782 posts)
How would you introduce a person who hates eggs to eating eggs?
I hate eggs. I can tolerate some hardboiled eggs, but that's it. The smell, particularly, and the taste texture have been a turnoff. This may be a result of exposure to poorly cooked eggs growing up.
I did used to cook a fair variety when working in restaurants, but that was a while ago, but personally didn't care for them.
I suspect that with fresh eggs and proper flavoring/seasoning and the right cooking style I might like one. But I'm so indoctrinated into not having them.
Knowing all that, if you were going to suggest an egg dish - poached, scrambled, omelet, etc. - what would you suggest that might be a "really good experience" that might get me to like them, or at least that particular dish?
Let me guess... you haven't had a job since. :loser:
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Let me guess... you haven't had a job since. :loser:
I think it's the Diet Cola primitive--but am only 99% sure, not 100% sure--who was for many years a chef at a greasy spoon up over in New England, but had to quit and jump aboard the social security disability gravy train, a first-class ticket paid for by the taxpayers, because he hit the sauce too much.
And I'm not talking about food sauce here.
I think that's him.
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I love eggs. I have a buddy that lives on a farm, and they give me fresh eggs. It took a while to get used to them, they are a bit stronger than the ones you get at a store.
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This may be a result of exposure to poorly cooked eggs growing up.
What is a poorly cooked egg?
Short of burning them down to carbon, anything you do to an egg is proper for one egg dish or another.
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(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CCgJ-SWHFjY/TxyRpDBz0VI/AAAAAAAAJO4/nErj87BkMxc/s1600/1+bunnirabid.jpg)
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Well now, Big Dog, sir, that's what I'd call a good breakfast, excepting I'd have the egg scrambled, so as to dilute the yuckiness of the egg whites with the sheer goodness of the egg yolk.
<<yolk man.
The amount of bacon might seem overmuch, but I bet I could eat that much with no ill effects.
<<has body apparently resistant to cholesterol, or so it seems.
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frank,
Eggs to order!
(http://img.chan4chan.com/img/2010-04-08/1270693317945.jpg)
I like this breakfast better.
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What about eggs as French Toast? DUmmies are always going on toast and eggs, one would think they are French toast addicts.
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What about eggs as French Toast? DUmmies are always going on toast and eggs, one would think they are French toast addicts.
Whats french toast? the only types of toast I eat are Texas toast and freedom toast.
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Whats french toast? the only types of toast I eat are Texas toast and freedom toast.
Well, there is Amercanized French toast which is bread dipped in egg batter and fried on the griddle.
Then there is French French toast which I only ever had once in the Army, where I was stationed we would get rotating cooks from infantry units that would rotate through and man, that was some of the best French toast I've ever had. Kind of like a deep fried jelly sandwich. Oh man!
Anyway, because the French had one successful military campaign against Green Peace, I am willing to let them have French toast.
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Tab (8,782 posts)
How would you introduce a person who hates eggs to eating eggs?
I hate eggs.
I'd say "Tab, meet eggs. Eggs, meet Tab; he hates you, by the way." Now Tab, STFU and get out of here, more eggs for me.
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My Uncle used to call low lifes egg suckers. Applies to libs.
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My Uncle used to call low lifes egg suckers. Applies to libs.
Johnny Cash and egg sucking dog.... :-)
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My favorite egg dish is poached egg on toast, with very runny yolks :-) I actually don't like scrambled eggs, unless they are smothered with things like onions, cheese, and salsa.
I'm not sure why a fully grown adult would be looking for methods to be "introduced" to a food he despises. I've accepted the foods I don't like and I simply don't eat them. One is unlikely to become nutritionally deficient by avoiding eggs after all.
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Tab (8,782 posts)
How would you introduce a person who hates eggs to eating eggs?
This is too easy.
(http://storytimeforme.com/topics/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/green-eggs-and-ham.jpg)
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I'd say "Tab, meet eggs. Eggs, meet Tab; he hates you, by the way." Now Tab, STFU and get out of here, more eggs for me.
:lmao:
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My favorite egg dish is poached egg on toast, with very runny yolks :-) I actually don't like scrambled eggs, unless they are smothered with things like onions, cheese, and salsa.
I'm not sure why a fully grown adult would be looking for methods to be "introduced" to a food he despises. I've accepted the foods I don't like and I simply don't eat them. One is unlikely to become nutritionally deficient by avoiding eggs after all.
Okay, you know this stuff, given your profession.
I've heard that the yolk is the "most dangerous" part of an egg, and that the whites are fairly innocuous.
The problem being that the yolks have flavor, while the whites if taken alone have a tendency to encourage upchucking (the sensation as it slips down the throat is not a good one), at least to me.
There are days when I'll eat as many as four eggs in one setting; maybe about five or six such days a month.
I let my body, rather than my taste buds, dictate what I eat; I look at food as merely a fuel, like gasoline is to an automobile. Years ago I got Demonic Underwear all upset about this attitude, but really, it's imperative that I look at food this way, given what happened to other members of my family who enjoyed food, liked fine cuisine.....and as a consequence ate far too much of it.
I'm assuming those days--and they are random--that I overindulge in eggs are those times the body's silently screaming for protein. Does this sound reasonable?
The blood's checked every six months; for about twenty different things. The blood cholesterol nearly all my adult life has ranged from the exact middle of the "healthy" range down to a little lower than that. It's been consistent that way all my adult life, from about the age of twenty.
I point this out because I occasionally get preached at.
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My favorite egg dish is poached egg on toast, with very runny yolks :-) I actually don't like scrambled eggs, unless they are smothered with things like onions, cheese, and salsa.
Mmmmmmm..... :drool:
The eggs sound pretty good, too. :-)
I'm not sure why a fully grown adult would be looking for methods to be "introduced" to a food he despises. I've accepted the foods I don't like and I simply don't eat them. One is unlikely to become nutritionally deficient by avoiding eggs after all.
To you and me, it's simple. Eat an egg if you want to; don't eat an egg if you don't want to. It's the DUmmy mind that begs to be guided, cajoled, or forced by the hive. "I'm a helpless child, Tell me how to eat an egg. Tell me how to think. Tell me who to hate. Tell me how to vote."
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I'd rather introduce them to some goose-eggs.
They wouldn't like those, either. :hammer:
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Oh, I'm 1 of those people who can't eat egg whites, they're so gross, so if we go out for breakfast I get eggs over but just dip the toast in the yolk.
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I can't eat omelets or scrambled eggs.
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I think it's the Diet Cola primitive--but am only 99% sure, not 100% sure--who was for many years a chef at a greasy spoon up over in New England, but had to quit and jump aboard the social security disability gravy train, a first-class ticket paid for by the taxpayers, because he hit the sauce too much.
And I'm not talking about food sauce here.
I think that's him.
I looked it up.
Oh my, there's a lot of material here in the DUmpster.
It appears the Diet Cola primitive, the "Tab" primitive, in fact goes away from Skins's island periodically to undertake the Keeley cure once yet again.....
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I can't eat omelets or scrambled eggs.
You can't? One of my favorites is a mushroom omelet with cheese. Side of bacon, toast;; I'm a happy happy camper. I'm with you on the egg whites, though. YUCK. People that eat egg white omelets and crow, "oh but they're so healthy!!! To that, I say who gives a shit?
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(http://images.wikia.com/breakingbad/images/b/bc/5x1_bacon_52.png)
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:cheersmate:
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I like my eggs runny... fried, boiled, scrambled. It's all the same.
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(http://images.wikia.com/breakingbad/images/b/bc/5x1_bacon_52.png)
So it's your birthday ?
This thread is making me so hungry.
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Okay, you know this stuff, given your profession.
I've heard that the yolk is the "most dangerous" part of an egg, and that the whites are fairly innocuous.
The problem being that the yolks have flavor, while the whites if taken alone have a tendency to encourage upchucking (the sensation as it slips down the throat is not a good one), at least to me.
There are days when I'll eat as many as four eggs in one setting; maybe about five or six such days a month.
I let my body, rather than my taste buds, dictate what I eat; I look at food as merely a fuel, like gasoline is to an automobile. Years ago I got Demonic Underwear all upset about this attitude, but really, it's imperative that I look at food this way, given what happened to other members of my family who enjoyed food, liked fine cuisine.....and as a consequence ate far too much of it.
I'm assuming those days--and they are random--that I overindulge in eggs are those times the body's silently screaming for protein. Does this sound reasonable?
The blood's checked every six months; for about twenty different things. The blood cholesterol nearly all my adult life has ranged from the exact middle of the "healthy" range down to a little lower than that. It's been consistent that way all my adult life, from about the age of twenty.
I point this out because I occasionally get preached at.
My Great Grandmother lived to 90 years old, she was born in 1865, as a child she had 1 lung removed for what reason I don't know, she used to eat pork fat all the time, she had an occasional beer and she smoked.
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You can't? One of my favorites is a mushroom omelet with cheese. Side of bacon, toast;; I'm a happy happy camper. I'm with you on the egg whites, though. YUCK. People that eat egg white omelets and crow, "oh but they're so healthy!!! To that, I say who gives a shit?
I can't eat it because I gag, just looking at the mushy pile of omelets or scrambled eggs does that to me, no way can I can't it down my throat.
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So it's your birthday ?
This thread is making me so hungry.
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No, that's a screen-shot from the tv show Breaking Bad.
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I can't eat it because I gag, just looking at the mushy pile of omelets or scrambled eggs does that to me, no way can I can't it down my throat.
Don't be bashful about admitting it, dear.
Whenever I just look at untrimmed fat on uncooked beef or pork, the "gag reflex" gets to me.
That's just "looking at;" if I actually smell it while it's cooking, well, the stomach's empty again.
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Don't be bashful about admitting it, dear.
Whenever I just look at untrimmed fat on uncooked beef or pork, the "gag reflex" gets to me.
That's just "looking at;" if I actually smell it while it's cooking, well, the stomach's empty again.
I don't like looking at fat on cooked meat or pork.
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For any DUmmies reading this these eggs would be great for you. They are completely organic. They are healthy. They are from free-range spirit chickens. Plus, since they are invisible like spirit guides, you can leave them on the counter without the counter looking cluttered. You will also like the fact that we have developed a means to take ectoplasm and spirit chicken shit and compress it into a sturdy flat crate for the spirit eggs. That's right, a completely organic crate that is invisible just like the spirit eggs. For something this great I know you would expect to pay $2 to $3 per egg, but Blackie and I are willing to part with the organic spirit wonders for only $12 per dozen or $20 per 24.
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I don't like looking at fat on cooked meat or pork.
You can however get away with that frailty, because you're a femme.
Me, on the other hand, I get laughed at and ridiculed, being a fully-grown adult male, and my face turns sheet-white at the merest whiff.
That's why at cook-outs, I invariably sit upwind of the grill.
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You can however get away with that frailty, because you're a femme.
Me, on the other hand, I get laughed at and ridiculed, being a fully-grown adult male, and my face turns sheet-white at the merest whiff.
That's why at cook-outs, I invariably sit upwind of the grill.
You're not completely alone frank. The smell doesn't bother me, but I don't want fat on my meat. My dad, on the other hand loves it, you give him a piece of meat, and he'll eat everything but the bone.
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My dad, on the other hand loves it, you give him a piece of meat, and he'll eat everything but the bone.
When I was wandering around the socialist paradises of the workers and peasants, it used to (silently) gross me out, seeing people chewing pure meat fat as if chewing-gum or something.
My theory is, given their diets under the socialists, they didn't get enough fats, and this was one way of remedying the situation. Of course, everybody, including franksolich, needs some minimal amount of fat (I dunno for sure, but I suspect I get mine other ways).
Your father was probably pretty thin (at least until old age), and grew up during the Depression, so I can see that.
I've been reading about life in the British sector of occupied Germany, 1945-1949, and the BIG issue there was fats; the rations of fats back home were already pretty skimpy, and they had to share it with their Germans.
I'm not however sure what "fats" encompasses in that sense.
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No, that's a screen-shot from the tv show Breaking Bad.
The manager at the auto parts store down the street from my house is a dead ringer for Walter White.
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The manager at the auto parts store down the street from my house is a dead ringer for Walter White.
http://www.people.com/people/mobile/article/0,,20621832,00.html (http://www.people.com/people/mobile/article/0,,20621832,00.html)
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When I was wandering around the socialist paradises of the workers and peasants, it used to (silently) gross me out, seeing people chewing pure meat fat as if chewing-gum or something.
My theory is, given their diets under the socialists, they didn't get enough fats, and this was one way of remedying the situation. Of course, everybody, including franksolich, needs some minimal amount of fat (I dunno for sure, but I suspect I get mine other ways).
Your father was probably pretty thin (at least until old age), and grew up during the Depression, so I can see that.
I've been reading about life in the British sector of occupied Germany, 1945-1949, and the BIG issue there was fats; the rations of fats back home were already pretty skimpy, and they had to share it with their Germans.
I'm not however sure what "fats" encompasses in that sense.
frank,
You probably get your dietary fat from dairy: Whole milk, sour cream, ice cream, butter.
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The only egg dish I've seen that looked unpalatable was when Stallone drank all those raw eggs in the first "Rocky".
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Eggs don't like me.
As for fat, when I am ritually sacrificing part of a cow or pig to God in thanks that he made these animals to feed my family, the best smell (to me) is that steak or chop with the fat grilling away.
But Frank, if you and I ever broke bread together, I wouldn't make you privvy to any of that. Respect for guests and fellow man.
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frank,
You probably get your dietary fat from dairy: Whole milk, sour cream, ice cream, butter.
I always suspected that was the case, but never bothered looking it up, or asking about it.
And yep, franksolich is the dairy farmer's best friend.....and financier.
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Johnny Cash and egg sucking dog.... :-)
Beautiful segue.
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You can however get away with that frailty, because you're a femme.
Me, on the other hand, I get laughed at and ridiculed, being a fully-grown adult male, and my face turns sheet-white at the merest whiff.
That's why at cook-outs, I invariably sit upwind of the grill.
We have very similar tastes in food and we have a lot of the same quirks, we also both hate fish.
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A fried egg sandwich topped with ketchup with all the runnyness cooked out of the yolks is my favorite egg dish. I don't like dippy yolks.