I've never tried using water, but, yes, I do agree, using milk, does make the eggs fluffier.
-----Original Message----- From: Cookinginthedark [mailto:cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org] On Behalf Of Jan via Cookinginthedark Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2020 9:23 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Jan <zarf2...@verizon.net> Subject: Re: [CnD] Milk Or Water I think the milk gives eggs more flavor, especially in scrambled eggs than water does. -----Original Message----- From: Cookinginthedark [mailto:cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org] On Behalf Of Lisa Belville via Cookinginthedark Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2020 9:17 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Lisa Belville Subject: Re: [CnD] Milk Or Water That is interesting. I haven't noticed a taste difference between milk and water, but the eggs do seem fluffier. On 8/12/2020 8:00 PM, Jan via Cookinginthedark wrote: > Interesting. I use milk in the microwave too. I think it tastes better than > using water. I tend to use milk in scrambled eggs and water in omelets. I > don't know exactly why. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cookinginthedark [mailto:cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org] On > Behalf Of Lisa Belville via Cookinginthedark > Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2020 2:31 PM > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > Cc: Lisa Belville > Subject: [CnD] for Ron, Scrambling Eggs In The Microwave > > Hi, Ron. > > > I do scrambled eggs and omelets in the microwave all of the time. > > > You've actually got a good start because a scrambled egg is just an egg > cracked and beaten with a fork. So, you would just poke the yoke a few > times as you usually do, then use a quick back and forth motion to whisk the > yoke and white around in the mug until the yoke and white are thoroughly > combined. Then add a teaspoon or so of water to the mix and give it a > gentle stir. I don't know why, but eggs in the microwave taste better with > water. Someone told me that a long time ago and I didn't believe it, I was > always a milk person, but for the microwave, it seems to work better than > milk and makes the eggs fluffier.. > > > I have my favorite egg cooker. . . A silicone omelet maker I got at Target > last year. It's designed to be used either opened or closed, and it does a > great job with just scrambled eggs or omelets. > > > It's a single piece of silicone that folds in half. To start you crack eggs > and whisk them as if making scrambled eggs and pour them into the maker when > it's unfolded and laid out flat. Cook for about a minute or a minute and 20 > seconds, depending on the number of eggs and the wattage of your microwave. > Then remove the maker from the microwave and add your omelet ingredients, > bacon, cheese, sausage, veggies. . Whatever you want. Then carefully fold > the silicone in half. There are raised pieces at one end that line up with > wholes in the other side of the maker, so it fits perfectly and isn't hard > to line up. > > > Pop it back in the microwave and cook for another 45 seconds to a minute. > > > If you just want to scramble a few eggs, you can just pull the maker out > after a minute or so and stir things gently with a fork, then pop it back in > for thirty seconds or so. This would also be when you could add cheese if > you like scrambled eggs with cheese. > > > The downside to this omelet maker is that it's small, only three or so eggs > will work well. The first time I made a three egg omelet I put in a bunch > of cheese and bacon and it was a bit runny. I cooked it for a few seconds > longer, and it was cooked all right, but there was some egg juice in the > microwave. The finished omelet was good, though. > > > I believe the Blind Mice Mall sells a silicone omelet maker. If not, > they're about $10 or so at Wall Mart, Target, even Amazon. > > > You could also try silicone muffin pans, even the larger sized muffin > pans would work. Silicone is nonstick and very easy to clean. If you > clean it right and take care of it it will last and not take on smells > of cooked items. > > > Hope this helps some. > > > Lisa > > > On 8/11/2020 9:58 PM, Ron Kolesar via Cookinginthedark wrote: >> Here's my recipe for homemade egg muffins. >> 1. I take a coffee mug per egg. >> That keeps the mess down and easy to clean up. >> We all need to remember rehab 101, you make the mess, you clean it up. >> SMILES. >> Make sure you spray a little cooking spray in the mugs first. >> Then crack your egg into each mug. >> 2. With a fork, stir up your egg and make sure you poke the egg >> mixture with the fork so that the egg doesn't explode in the microwave >> oven. >> 3. I always cover my egg cups with the microwave cover to also keep >> the mess down. >> The best tip I can share with you to make fried eggs in the microwave >> is to have the microwave on half power for two minutes. >> Each microwave is slightly different. >> But for a reference, my Panasonic microwave oven has 1,400 watts of >> power. >> So, at half power, that would be 700 watts. >> But I might play with that even more, even though I have a perfect >> power setting for fried eggs only. >> Would love advice on doing eggs sunny side up/over easy to sop up the >> yoke with my toast and or biscuits. >> And also would love some advice on doing scrambled eggs as well. >> But place your eggs in the microwave oven for two minutes on half power. >> Place what you would want on your sandwich in a toaster oven, if you >> have one. >> I love my talking toaster oven. >> But I know not everyone can afford this oven. >> I usually have a sausage patty on my sandwich. >> I place the patty in the toaster oven for ten minutes at 350 on the >> bake feature. >> I also throw in a frozen hash brown in with my sausage patty and let >> both cook for ten minutes at 350. >> I then build my breakfast sandwich and might throw in a slice of >> cheese while building the sandwich. >> I take a English muffin out for my bread. >> I build the sandwich and then place it back into the toaster oven and >> switch from bake to toast and with the hash brown patty still in the >> oven, I cook everything on the toast feature for five minutes. >> That gives this breakfast a total cooking time of fifteen minutes. >> Fast and hot. >> With a tall ice cold glass of chocolate milk in the morning. >> That is my breakfast. SMILES. >> Now my question is this. >> Has anyone had good luck at doing eggs sunny side up/over easy in the >> microwave and or doing omelets or scrambled eggs in the microwave? >> The only style of eggs I have down is fried eggs for my breakfast >> sandwiches. >> When I try scrambled eggs or omelets, they still come out runny. >> I might try scrambled eggs, Sunnyside up and or over easy and omelets >> at full power for sixty seconds, to see if that works out better. >> So, would appreciate the help and advice for cooking time in the >> microwave and at which power setting as well. >> My power setting goes down by tens. >> So, 90 percent power, 80 percent power, and so on. >> So, to all, enjoy. >> This blind flight simmer can't wait until next Tuesday the 18th, when >> Microsoft will release the new Microsoft Flight simulator 2020 program >> for we Blind flight simmers to stress test out and to enjoy. >> This rich playboy flight simmer pilot only flies the Dassault Falcon >> 7X and hopes to get his hands on the successor the DF8X for private >> flights. >> Ron Ham Radio Station KR3DOG >> In the good old days of Morse code Shorthand, 73's AKA Best Regards >> and or Best Whishes,From >> Ron Kolesar >> Volunteer Certified Licensed Emergency Communications Station >> And >> Volunteer Certified Licensed Ham Radio Station >> With the Call Sign of KR3DOG >> _______________________________________________ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
