Hating eggs is something I am attempting to overcome.
It is one of those things that people cannot comprehend someone not liking at all. Poached, fried, scrabbled, soldiers, soft boiled.. just no.
I find breakfast near impossible to fathom as I don’t eat cereal, yoghurt, Salmon and rarely do establishments have breakfast dishes minus egg. I love to go out for meals, I love doing brunch I love the whole casual Sunday, bed hair, coffee, paper, community of it all. I generally order french toast, pancakes or waffles – which always delicious, it’s too much sugar for such a relaxed and calm atmosphere of it.
So I have commenced my endeavour to make eggs less nausea inducing and eggscrutiating.
I started off with a scrabbled egg, salt, pepper and a sprinkle of parmesan. This seriously had me gagging and I think I almost shed a tear when i placed a fork near my mouth. No egg made it to my mouth that day.
Lesson 1 – failure
I then commenced incorporating more eggs to dishes that I liked. I love savoury cheesecake which is essentially cream cheese, assorted pre-cooked vegies, fetta, cream, s/p and an egg. So i started adding more eggs, and not one to beat around the bush I started with an additional 5 eggs. It was so eggy, very quiche-like and others loved it but I wasn’t a fan. I did manage to egg through a slice though I was not keen for breakfast the next day and I think i ended up just eating bacon and sausages. Not egg-sactly my aim.
Lesson 2 – somewhat of an accomplishment
I love throwing things together – scrabbled eggs. Surely with lots of smoked ham, kale, tomato, cream and cheese these eggs with yeild something of a taste sensation. I think i may have underseasoned it as it was seriously too eggy. I briefly considered that the cream was too little (although the texture was pretty spectacular) so I think it was just the egg.
I think i ate a chocolate brownie as a reward and to wash it down
Lesson 3 – failure
I wasn’t prepared to give up on the scrambled eggs though. I attempted this a second time, eggschanging one of the whole eggs for an egg yolk. On this occassion I had assistance with my seasoning and fresh herbs were added and it was on a bed of bacon. This was actually pretty amazing – i am not sure whether it was the yolk or the seasoning or the herbs or the bacon … or my hangover. but it was good.
Lesson 4 – success.
I was so overwhelmed by my success with the eggs that I revisted my quiche-come-cheesecake this time, only using 3 eggs. I also had assistance with the herbs and seasoning. I had to stop myself from eating the whole thing. I must digress that this was very cheesecakey and rich so completely less eggy.
Lesson 5 – success.
Not sure I am ready to accept the challenge of breakfast in a dining establishment quite yet. However my eggsperiment is continuing.
This morning I made scrambled eggs
Unfortunately after i took this photo I realised the cream was not so good, I had to substitute for milk and as a non-milk drinker the only milk was some hi-lo watered down crap
It turned out okay… it was edible.
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April 5, 2011 at 1:28 pm
chris @ bonviveur
Congrats Meggy on taking your first steps to overcoming egg-phobia. Sounds like you’re doing well.
Might I suggest French toast for your next egg-celent adventure? They are one of my favourite breakfast foods and so easy to make 🙂
April 5, 2011 at 1:53 pm
megandel
Ironically i adore frenchtoast! I have never gone to the effort of making it, but smothered in bacon and maple syrup one would find french toast hard to resist 😀
PS thanks for the first comment!
April 5, 2011 at 1:52 pm
Sachi
I feel ya sister…I hate eggs and all breakfast food. It’s a constant struggle.
April 5, 2011 at 1:54 pm
megandel
I dont get how people LOVE eggs – the mind boggles
April 5, 2011 at 9:45 pm
Mike Z
I do not like green eggs and ham! I do not like them Sam I Am.
My kid absolutely loves hard boiled egg & mayonnaise sandwiches, so we go through a lot in this house 🙂
April 5, 2011 at 9:56 pm
Bec
Have you tried egg whites in cocktails? Can be quite delicious and adds good body.
And how are you with meringues?
April 6, 2011 at 6:17 am
megandel
i haven’t, but i do love cocktails!
I am not a fan of meringues
April 6, 2011 at 7:04 am
Jesse
Even I’m okay with egg whites in cocktails. As long as it doesn’t dominate
April 6, 2011 at 7:32 am
Mike Z
Whoops! I posted a comment as a reply. Am I banned?
April 6, 2011 at 8:12 am
Matt
Oh lord… This blog is going to be hard going. Egg haters who aren’t vegetarians baffle the hell out of me. Eggs are like the most perfect food. Wrapped in their own packaging and able to be cooked in so many ways… They’re the foundation of pastry / pasta / and everything else good in world (not to be melodramatic).
I also contend that any burger can be raised to delicious and dirty new levels simply by adding a fried egg to it.
I have nothing really useful to add though in terms of how to make yourself like them. I guess slowly changing the egg to other ingredient ration of scrambled and other dishes might help… but I’m really looking forward to your poached egg post now 🙂
Good luck.
April 6, 2011 at 8:38 am
megandel
Fried and Poached.. i fear i may never reach such heights!
I think i will have better luck trying duck egg brulee or custard
April 7, 2011 at 1:13 pm
Red
For me it is all textural. I like eggs, but I don’t like them done easy so the yolk spills itself all over the plate; or when boiled the whites are all googy and spermy and vile! I am not at all attracted to trying poached eggs because of their soft nature and because people are fond of throwing sauces all over them that remind me of custard.
The best eggs for me are – eggs in fried rice, scrambled eggs (well-cooked) on blueberry bagels (salt + sugar sensation), and a fried egg + bacon + basil in a tortilla wrap grilled. Mmm… A simple fried egg in an untoasted sesame white bread roll is also like some kind of egg-burger heaven.
My final comment is I never put milk in my scrambles. I always cook eggs in butter and season them – because that’s where they come to life.
My first and final question is – did you have a bag egg experience as a kid?
April 7, 2011 at 1:33 pm
megandel
❤
I thought the cream and/or milk muted the eggy flavour.
I thought you might appreciate my food fussiness
I don't think i had a bad egg experience (mince = yes, potatos = yes, tuna= yes) but not egg..