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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsOne must go---fried eggs, poached eggs, scrambled eggs/omellet , or hard boiled eggs, My pick to go for me is
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is poached You may have a different choice

a kennedy
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debm55
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hlthe2b
(109,829 posts)
(ok, scrambled if I can't have an omelet, but cook the eggs, please, without making them runny OR rubbery)...

debm55
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surfered
(6,814 posts)debm55
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surfered
(6,814 posts)So, thank you.
debm55
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PoindexterOglethorpe
(27,858 posts)I like them all.
debm55
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PoindexterOglethorpe
(27,858 posts)Guess I'm not like others here.
debm55
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Tadpole Raisin
(1,789 posts)so they have to stay.
debm55
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stopdiggin
(13,741 posts)electric_blue68
(21,475 posts)or rarely just the scooper.
We brought my mom's deviled egg holder! 👍😄
EYESORE 9001
(28,269 posts)I wont miss them at all. I heard random references to poached eggs on TV shows in the 60s, and even though most of the adults knew what they were, nobody proclaimed any great affection for them. The general consensus seemed to be that poached eggs were effete or pretentious and bland to boot. I ate navy chow for a few years and only once were they mentioned - when an officer got poached eggs specially prepared for him due to nursing a peptic ulcer. In retrospect, Ive seldom seen poached eggs on a menu, and if I find myself in a place equipped to prepare poached eggs without delay or hiccup, chances are that Ill surely opt for something more tasty than poached eggs. I fear for the future of a dish that was considered an anachronism some 60 years ago.
debm55
(44,590 posts)snotty texture and look of the eggs. I have never eaten Eggs Benedict. I included them as some people might like them
Xavier Breath
(5,615 posts)I'll go further and say I don't think I've ever seen one cooked or consumed. It's kind of like having a slice of cheddar on a piece of apple pie: I've heard it mentioned in old movies but it's not something I'd like to try.
So, bye bye poached.
EYESORE 9001
(28,269 posts)I was underwhelmed.
Sneederbunk
(16,175 posts)Different Drummer
(9,083 posts)That and the fact that I once got violently ill for several days once after eating a poached egg. Never again!
debm55
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Poached is the BEST ever
debm55
(44,590 posts)poached eggs. but please pick an egg you don't like. Welcome to DU
ZDU
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stopdiggin
(13,741 posts)both in the preparation, and the hoity-toity perfectionists that practice it)
second up - - the 'soft-boiled egg'. No, just NO ! And please just get over yourself !
debm55
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Squeaky41
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justaprogressive
(3,746 posts)AND hardboiled
debm55
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LoisB
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LoisB
(10,504 posts)2naSalit
(96,889 posts)As long as the whites are fully cooked. My mom used to make them and put them on toast, I never make them myself... I hardly ever cook eggs for myself. I'll make an entire breakfast sometimes only without the eggs. They're not my favorite food.
debm55
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Celerity
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Southwest Avocado Toast with Hard Boiled Eggs 🤎
https://www.greatdayfarms.com/great-day-farms-blog/quick-southwest-avacado-toast-hard-boiled-egg


2naSalit
(96,889 posts)Not poached, can't deal with runny yolks and avocado in the same dish. Maybe the hard boiled thing but, eggs aren't my favorite thing to eat.
catbyte
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debm55
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Freddie
(9,845 posts)Any preparation where the yolk is still runny. We Pennsylvania Dutch call this dippy eggs - dip your buttered toast in the runny yolk. Watched my mom eat this for breakfast growing up. Yuck.
debm55
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TommieMommy
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NotASurfer
(2,343 posts)Sometimes the eggs are the only option or I know how much trouble somebody went to in order to put breakfast out and I'm too dang polite for my own good. Same thing here applies to egg salad and deviled eggs
I've had to develop a strategy to get past taste/texture issues - put enough hot sauce on the eggs to make them taste like hot sauce. Pain masks any textures that I don't like
Guess I'm saying, eggs as the star of the dish aren't my favorite things. Disguised in cake or cookies...different story
If it's just one of the list, hard boiled are done for. Have to cook them first, and they always crack no matter what temp the water, and I have to peel them, and they always crack &@##%!!# shell always sticks, and I don't like them to begin with. Leaving hard boiled eggs to the pros who like 'em!
debm55
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beemerphill
(557 posts)No Contest
debm55
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ProfessorGAC
(72,747 posts)Poached is my favorite style, so that has to stay.
If I can't have poached, then scrambled; preferably as an omelette.
debm55
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Phoenix61
(18,356 posts)Nothing like Eggs Benedict for Sunday Brunch.
debm55
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Phoenix61
(18,356 posts)debm55
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Siwsan
(27,548 posts)Not a second of hesitation is tossing that one out.
debm55
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DFW
(58,031 posts)But I never get or ask for poached. I usually only splurge at my favorite hotel in Sprout City whose breakfast buffet has a great omelet bar. Mushrooms, artichoke hearts, diced tomatoes and chives, adding Swiss and Cheddar cheeses at the end. After one of those, Im egged out for several days.
debm55
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Shermann
(8,929 posts)...right into my lunch box! Eggs on the go.
debm55
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Shermann
(8,929 posts)To make them a bit more decadent, you can spread a bit of mayo on. Duke's mayo of course!
debm55
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arkielib
(397 posts)Poached eggs can go!
debm55
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wendyb-NC
(4,264 posts)I don't care for either of them.
debm55
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dhol82
(9,543 posts)Also, only like my scrambled very soft - the way the French make them.
When I made scrambled eggs for me and my husband, mine were done in short order while his stayed in the pan for several minutes longer and made a large lumpy volume.
Whatever. He also only ate his steaks like hockey pucks.
debm55
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Ilikepurple
(226 posts)I just like all the others a little better.
debm55
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Luciferous
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TexasBushwhacker
(20,891 posts)electric_blue68
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MayReasonRule
(3,360 posts)I make 'Jammy Eggs' by lowering eggs on a slotted spoon into a large pot of already boiling water.
I cook them for 7 1/2 Minutes
I remove them with a slotted spoon immediately plunging them into a large previously prepared bowl of ice and water.
I cool them for 3 minutes.
Then... It's time to peel 'em and eat 'em up yum!!
Wife and daughter prefer theirs cooked for 10 1/12 minutes... then they dig 'em too!
Here's to eatin' well, sleepin' well and stayin' well!
debm55
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Bristlecone
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Permanut
(7,097 posts)My dog won't even eat one of those.
debm55
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love_katz
(3,061 posts)I hate them fried.
debm55
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kozar
(3,083 posts)No eggs must go!
Koz
debm55
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sakabatou
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beaglelover
(4,265 posts)deviled eggs, so I'll go with poached eggs.
debm55
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WTF? simmered eggs? no bacon grease? yuck, how bland. you can keep the plain hard boiled too, or at least the yolks. can eat the white or as deviled but hard boiled yolks make me gag.
debm55
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ailsagirl
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wnylib
(25,259 posts)But, I might eat the yolk from the boiled egg since it is the whites that I'm allergic to.
Fortunately, the allergy only affects me if the dish is all eggs or primarily eggs. I can eat foods that have one or two eggs diluted in the rest of the dish, like cake, cookies, meatballs, etc. But no angel food cakes, pies with meringue, omelets, or scrambled or fried eggs.
Before the egg allergy developed, my favorite was deviled eggs.
debm55
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womanofthehills
(9,769 posts)Now I can have some white with yokes. I have less reaction with my own chicken eggs.
My easy way to get protein - raw egg yokes in smoothies and yogurt. However, I will only do this with my own chicken eggs that are freshly laid.
debm55
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wnylib
(25,259 posts)but it's not for me. Also, now that people can get bird flu from animals, I would make sure that an egg was well cooked before eating it, if I did eat eggs. Cooking kills the virus.
womanofthehills
(9,769 posts)Pay a little more for eggs so you are not getting poor quality eggs from chickens who are living on top of each other and never leave the cage or see sunlight. These chickens get GMO grains with pesticide and many have antibiotics in their food. Great to buy eggs from local people or keep a few chickens. I have 4 chickens & a roo with lots of super healthy eggs.
" If the carton says certified humane it means the birds were raised in a manner that meets certification requirements of Humane Farm Animal Care. Laying hens must be uncaged and have access to perches, nest boxes and dust-bathing areas. Flock density is limited but birds are not required to have access to the outdoors. Beak trimming is allowed; debeaking is not. Starvation to induce molting is not permitted.
Many pay a lot more for certified organic eggs. This means the birds must be fed organic, vegetarian feed and cannot be dosed with antibiotics. Birds cannot be caged. However, birds may be debeaked and starved to induce molting. The amount of outdoor access to the birds is not clearly defined and on many organic farms, birds may have access only to a small concrete yard."
https://certifiedhumane.org/humane-egg
debm55
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SWBTATTReg
(25,274 posts)go. And the funny thing is about eggs, I do love them (especially scrambled eggs). Go figure. I guess we all go through a phase or something in life, or at least I am. I guess I need to fix all of my eggs in the refridge and then just stockpile it in the fridge.
debm55
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orangecrush
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orangecrush
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Aristus
(69,985 posts)My grandmother, with her thick Alabama accent, called them porched aigs.
debm55
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