primitives discuss dining on eggs

[Chris_]

 

[Chris_]

I like my eggs runny... fried, boiled, scrambled.  It's all the same.

[J P Sousa]

So it's your birthday ?

This thread is making me so hungry.

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[Ballygrl]

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.

[Ballygrl]

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.

[Ralph Wiggum]

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.

[franksolich]

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.

[Ballygrl]

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.

[FlippyDoo]

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[franksolich]

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.

[ChuckJ]

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.

[franksolich]

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.

[Chris_]

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.

[Ralph Wiggum]

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

[Big Dog]

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.

[GOBUCKS]

The only egg dish I've seen that looked unpalatable was when Stallone drank all those raw eggs in the first "Rocky".

[Jasonw560]

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.

[franksolich]

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.

[obumazombie]

Johnny Cash and egg sucking dog....

Beautiful segue.

[Ballygrl]

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.

[Delmar]

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.