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Old 27-04-2011, 10:09
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Anyone else a big fan of eggs? I love them in pretty much any form, but I have a particular fondness for the humble scrambled egg. Either pure and simple with a little salt and loads of pepper on wholemeal toast spread with real butter or with mushroom, bacon or cheese. How do you like yours?

I also love a Spanish omelette, though mine tend to end up going off on a tangent. I like to add mushroom, spinach, cherry toms and a wee sprinkle of cheese.
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Old 27-04-2011, 10:11
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I like eggs in all forms, but poached is the preferred method for me.
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Old 27-04-2011, 10:25
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I love eggs.

Poached egg on toast
Scrambled egg on toast, either with smoked salmon and black pepper or with grilled tomatoes and mushrooms
Boiled egg and soldiers
Fried egg sandwich

I can never decide how to eat fried eggs though. I tend to do it the way my granddad did - cut all around the yolk, eat all the white first, and then eat the yolk whole. But I feel like I'm missing the joy of dipping bread/sausages/etc in my egg. I need some double-yolked eggs!
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Old 28-04-2011, 07:46
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Love them. In all forms and you can bake with them too. Brilliant. And great for kids they are the quickest and easiest tea ever.
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Old 28-04-2011, 08:30
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Poached eggs on a muffin with a slice of ham under the egg
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Old 28-04-2011, 10:25
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Try Old Cotswold Legbar Eggs

Pale blue shells, and the most vivid yellow /orange yolks. Well worth a few pence extra. 1.95 for 6 in Sainsbury/Asda

best eggs by far, imo
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Old 28-04-2011, 11:47
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Poached eggs on a muffin with a slice of ham under the egg
Then add the hollandaise
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Old 28-04-2011, 12:06
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I love eggs too, but im not very good at cooking them. I can do fried eggs and scrambled, and very well. But I cant do poached or an omelette (im not even sure how to spell omelette !!).

Luckily, my husband is a whiz at these, so i leave those up to him.
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Old 28-04-2011, 12:29
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I'm not really a fan of eggs in their whole form. Happy to have them in batter, cakes, sauces etc. but not really a fan of poached and definately not boiled or for salad/sandwiches.

Sometimes though I do get a craving for a fried egg on a sarnie or a fry up and sometimes even scrambled.
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Old 28-04-2011, 14:23
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I love eggs too, but im not very good at cooking them. I can do fried eggs and scrambled, and very well. But I cant do poached or an omelette (im not even sure how to spell omelette !!).

Luckily, my husband is a whiz at these, so i leave those up to him.
I only cook my omelettes on one side in the pan - then finish the top side off under the grill. My brother taught me that trick and it kinda fluffs up nicely - and I like omelettes cooked through so tis perfick for me.

I love the idea of the OP to put spinach, cheese and even cherry toms in (although I don't like cooked tomatoes much, so would probably just serve the toms uncooked to accompany it)

I tend to only ever make one type of omelette - mushroom!

I make my scrambled eggs in a glass jug in the micro - saves me having an eggy saucepan to tackle after.

I use a big knob of butter, a splash of milk - and a rather generous sprinkling of garlic salt. As long as you don't overdo them they come out all fluffy and lovely - timing is everything with the micro - sometimes 30 seconds too much and they're a goner - too rubbery!
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Old 28-04-2011, 14:50
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I like a good spinnach and feta omlette.
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Old 28-04-2011, 15:10
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I had a goose egg the other day. Yummy
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Old 28-04-2011, 15:43
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I love eggs, but ugh, I'm absolutely horrendous at making hard-boiled ones. I always think they're ready, then I de-shell and it splurges all over my hand in a yucky yolky mess. Does anyone have any tips? How long are you meant to boil them for? I just can't get it right!
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Old 28-04-2011, 15:56
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I Love Eggs I'm Pretty Much Addicted to Them, Poached,Scrambled and Fried i like them crispy round the edge ...

I hard boil my eggs by putting them into a pan fill with cold water bring to boil then switch off and time for 10 mins depending what size the egg is.
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Old 28-04-2011, 16:00
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I enjoy cooking, and like to treat my girlfriend with lots of meals that take hours of painstaking prep to make.... she told me the thing she likes best for me to make her, poached eggs on toast!
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Old 28-04-2011, 16:06
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Scrambled duck eggs are my fav, made with fresh finely cut garlic stalks and grated strong cheddar cheese, no salt required.
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Old 28-04-2011, 16:09
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.... she told me the thing she likes best for me to make her, poached eggs on toast!
I think she trying to tell you something else.....



I just kidding...
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Old 28-04-2011, 16:22
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I love eggs, but ugh, I'm absolutely horrendous at making hard-boiled ones. I always think they're ready, then I de-shell and it splurges all over my hand in a yucky yolky mess. Does anyone have any tips? How long are you meant to boil them for? I just can't get it right!
Always had that problem myself but since using one of these I have managed to have poached or boiled egg on toast with none of the mistakes I used to make
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Old 28-04-2011, 16:26
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Always had that problem myself but since using one of these I have managed to have poached or boiled egg on toast with none of the mistakes I used to make
A toaster with an egg attachment? Suddenly those JML adverts all make sense! Why isn't this in my life!?
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Old 28-04-2011, 16:42
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I love eggs, but ugh, I'm absolutely horrendous at making hard-boiled ones. I always think they're ready, then I de-shell and it splurges all over my hand in a yucky yolky mess. Does anyone have any tips? How long are you meant to boil them for? I just can't get it right!
http://www.deliaonline.com/how-to-co...il-an-egg.html

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I can never do runny it always has that awful clear runny uncooked gunk where as I can do hard I forget I'm cooking them or start doing something and then think its been 5 mins when in fact its been 10 oops
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Old 29-04-2011, 01:20
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Anyone else a big fan of eggs? I love them in pretty much any form, but I have a particular fondness for the humble scrambled egg. Either pure and simple with a little salt and loads of pepper on wholemeal toast spread with real butter or with mushroom, bacon or cheese. How do you like yours?

I also love a Spanish omelette, though mine tend to end up going off on a tangent. I like to add mushroom, spinach, cherry toms and a wee sprinkle of cheese.
Yep, love them. Love the arse off them.

I'd eat them every day, happily. And they are a superfood, make no mistake. When I was ill and couldn't eat anything but eggs for a year, they kept me surprisingly healthy. I ended up only slightly deficient in a number of vitamins and minerals but was generally in good shape.

I shall be watching the Royal Wedding (even though I'm Irish and shouldn't care ) whilst eating a breakfast omelette tomorrow.

I think boiled might be my favourite form but honestly I'm not fussy.
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Old 29-04-2011, 02:25
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I am rather ambivalent about eating something that has emerged from a chicken's bum
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Old 05-05-2011, 22:56
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Scrambled eggs with double cream - beautiful. Eggs are amazing. My friend eats duck eggs although I dunno, I can't bring myself to eat one.
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Old 05-05-2011, 23:56
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Scrambled eggs with double cream - beautiful. Eggs are amazing. My friend eats duck eggs although I dunno, I can't bring myself to eat one.
Eggs are fabulous. Love all variations although scrambled or poached or omelettes are my favourites. Love eggs benedict.

Then there are the cakes, yorkshire puddings, pancakes, souffles.

I love making far east style spicy noodle soup with whatever chopped up green veg I have, some fesh coriander and then an egg whisked through. Quick and delicious.

Made fried rice this evening with an egg stirred through - they are so incredibly versatile. The best fast food there is.
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Old 10-05-2011, 14:17
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Always had that problem myself but since using one of these I have managed to have poached or boiled egg on toast with none of the mistakes I used to make
I dont understand how I could have missed this on amazon - roll on payday this should greatly improve my mornings before work
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