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Prepare Eggs
How to Prepare Eggs
There are many, many ways to prepare eggs, such as: over easy eggs, sunnyside up eggs, hard eggs, scrambled eggs, poached eggs, hard boiled eggs, soft boiled eggs, deviled eggs, eggs benedict, egg omelet, creamed eggs, eggs Florentine, shirred eggs, and pickled eggs.
When you want to fry eggs, put a small amount of butter or margarine in a skillet (the size will depend upon how many eggs you are going to fry). When the butter or margarine is beginning to get hot, put the eggs into the pan. Sprinkle with salt and pepper if you want. Add ½ teaspoon of water per egg when the whites of the eggs are starting to set and cover the skillet. Depending upon how you want the eggs cooked, you can cook them either two minutes for soft eggs, or four minutes for hard eggs. When you are cooking “over easy” eggs, turn the eggs over with a spatula and cook briefly until yolk is set.
For hard-boiled or soft-boiled eggs, place eggs in a saucepan and add water to cover eggs. Set over high heat and bring water to a boil. Turn the heat down so that the water is just simmering and cover the pan. If you want soft-boiled eggs, boil for approximately four to six minutes. And for hard-boiled eggs, boil for approximately fifteen to twenty minutes. Remove from heat and pour off water. If you want soft-boiled eggs, put them in cold water just until you are able to handle them. Then for hard-boiled eggs, leave in cold water for several minutes. If you want them cooled quickly, use ice cubes in the water.
When you want scrambled eggs, take between four and six eggs and mix in one-fourth to one-third cup milk and salt and pepper. Use a whip to mix the eggs and milk. Then pour egg mixture into a warmed skillet that has about two tablespoons of butter or margarine in it. When the eggs begin to cook on the bottom and around the edges, use your spatula to lift and turn the eggs so uncooked portion runs underneath. Continue cooking over medium heat around four minutes until the eggs are cooked, but still moist and glossy. Many ingredients can be added to the uncooked mixture, such as herbs, cheese, onion, peppers, mushrooms, etc.
Another method of cooking eggs is called “baked eggs” or “shirred eggs.” For each baked egg you use one custard cup. Break egg into a custard cup, add salt and pepper, and one teaspoon of light milk or cream. The custard cups should then be put in a baking dish and into a 325 degree oven. One inch of hot water is then poured into the baking dish. Bake for 20 min. If you like you can add a slice of shredded cheese after 15 min. and continue baking five to ten minutes more.
Scrambled eggs can also be cooked in a microwave quite successfully. Use the same mixture you would for cooking them in a skillet, but put them into a nonmetal bowl. Put some butter or margarine into the bowl and cook on high power for about 30 seconds. Then add the egg mixture and continue cooking, covered, for three to three and one-half minutes. The eggs should be just a little softer than when you cook them in a skillet on the stove. You want to stir the eggs several times during cooking. After you take them out of the microwave, let sit covered for a few minutes, stir and serve.
