The Food Thread

[DJ]

In here Korea, people eat fried / boiled / scrambled eggs the most.
Also we eat egg soup, which is made from boiling egg(of course),water,vegetables.
And frying the egg, we always add some frying oil to pan before frying the egg.
Especially I like fried eggs. They serves good meal when I don't really have
something tasty to eat, and not that hard to cook.

How about you guys? how do you cook, and what's your favorite?

EDIT : This thread is now just a food thread. Talk about what you eat,
Like to eat, or like to cook.. . . Everything.

 

[Tindy]

Sounds like Korea and America are mostly(?) the same -- fried eggs, boiled eggs, scrambled eggs.

A really good question would be 1) What do you put *in* your eggs, or 2) When is an egg "cooked"?

I remember my Swedish friends loved eating soft-boiled eggs....that is, they would stick an egg in boiling water for all of a minute, so that the white would solidify, and eat the soupy yolk. To me, that's just... it's not done. It's raw. And yet I do the same thing with my fried eggs - cooked white, nearly raw yolk. Though I prefer "over-easy" - flip the fried egg over once before serving, so that the thin layer covering the yolk also cooks.

My ex, on the other hand, claimed that if you didn't cook the yolk until it was completely solid, you would die of poisoning or some such.

Here in Japan, while people certainly love their fried eggs and omelettes, it's much more common to find egg rolls. You add soy sauce, cooking alcohol, and sugar to (one/a few) eggs, mix, and cook in a special square pan. As it starts to solidify, you very carefully roll it up into a log, and then slice to serve. Raw egg yolks are also a common (and delicious!) addition to rice or beef bowls.

In my hometown of Western Pennsylvania (US), a great local snack is pickled eggs. You hard-boil some eggs and shell them, then pickle them in a mixture of vinegar, sugar, black pepper, and pickled beets. Leave them for about 3 days until they turn a delightful shade of magenta, and then chow down!

 

[DJ]

Sounds like Korea and America are mostly(?) the same -- fried eggs, boiled eggs, scrambled eggs.

A really good question would be 1) What do you put *in* your eggs, or 2) When is an egg "cooked"?

I remember my Swedish friends loved eating soft-boiled eggs....that is, they would stick an egg in boiling water for all of a minute, so that the white would solidify, and eat the soupy yolk. To me, that's just... it's not done. It's raw. And yet I do the same thing with my fried eggs - cooked white, nearly raw yolk. Though I prefer "over-easy" - flip the fried egg over once before serving, so that the thin layer covering the yolk also cooks.

My ex, on the other hand, claimed that if you didn't cook the yolk until it was completely solid, you would die of poisoning or some such.

Here in Japan, while people certainly love their fried eggs and omelettes, it's much more common to find egg rolls. You add soy sauce, cooking alcohol, and sugar to (one/a few) eggs, mix, and cook in a special square pan. As it starts to solidify, you very carefully roll it up into a log, and then slice to serve. Raw egg yolks are also a common (and delicious!) addition to rice or beef bowls.

In my hometown of Western Pennsylvania (US), a great local snack is pickled eggs. You hard-boil some eggs and shell them, then pickle them in a mixture of vinegar, sugar, black pepper, and pickled beets. Leave them for about 3 days until they turn a delightful shade of magenta, and then chow down!

Pickled eggs.....That's quite Interesting. I wonder how it would taste.

Well, When we make fried eggs - cooking depends on person who cooks/or situation.
If someone want to make it as a side dish for some rice, Most of the time people would fully get
all yolks cooked enough to eat. And when cracking the egg into the pan, I tear the yellow yolk so
white and yellow can be cooked at the same time. It does not look beautiful, But no one really cares about that.
I dunno what people do to the yolk whether to tear it or not.

And usually... when making some scrambled eggs we add some vegetables.
Most of the time Leeks, Onions, and Some sesame oil are added. (Also salt to make it little bit salty.)
Maybe I should call it "Egg Dumpling" or "Korean Scrambled Eggs"
because it's little bit different from just a scrambled eggs.

 

[bluehazed]

I make easy over, scrambled, and occasionally hard boiled. I think there's a limited way you can prepare eggs, to be honest, so people usually go with what tastes good

 

[Daxis]

fried eggs are easy, although for some reason I just can't do it the way my mom/sis can. Sometimes, they make this thing where they mix and whirl up the egg before frying it, and it'll be a thin layer of eggs that has some extra flavor. I do it, the bottom gets fried. I suck at frying it because I'd want the yolk a
*little* bit fried, but then I'd overfry the white.

Although that might be my unfamiliarity with the pans/utensils. Overall, there are several ways my parents have done eggs, including some french way I can't remember the name of (type of omelette or something). Strangely, we've never actually had omellete.

 

[Toams]

including some french way I can't remember

omelette du fromage

 

[coreball]

Boil 'em, scramble 'em, drop them in a soup.

I love to toast a slice of my homemade wheat bread, smother it in avocado, and top with eggs scrambled in diced spinach and sambal oelek. Maybe throw some cheese on top if you are feeling crazy. That is my favorite breakfast.

 

[Tindy]

Coreball, that sounds really amazingly delicious. What's sambal oelek?

 

[coreball]

Coreball, that sounds really amazingly delicious. What's sambal oelek?

It is a ground chili paste, so it provides a decent amount of heat.

 

[Mega Flare]

i cook my eggs over easy... like you flip them and what not. ALSO TINDERS!

 

[Juan J. Sánchez]

In Costa Rica we cook hard-boiled eggs ("huevos duros"), scrambled eggs ("huevos revueltos / pateados"), or fried eggs ("huevos fritos"). Also very common, is to through the hard-boiled eggs into a soup of black beans and rice, which we call "sopa negra", literally translated into black soup. It's delicious.

 

[DJ]

In Costa Rica we cook hard-boiled eggs ("huevos duros"), scrambled eggs ("huevos revueltos / pateados"), or fried eggs ("huevos fritos"). Also very common, is to through the hard-boiled eggs into a soup of black beans and rice, which we call "sopa negra", literally translated into black soup. It's delicious.

Hard boiled eggs....
Also In Korea we eat them. There are several ways to eat them.

Most of the time we eat hard boiled eggs with little salt as snack.

And when we make Bibimbap we add it on top.
Also It could be the raw egg or fried egg.

And also when we order Jajangmyeon from Chinese Restaurant, sometimes we have hard boiled eggs there.

 

[Juan J. Sánchez]

º-That all seems delicious. Too bad there aren't that many Korean places in town. Where I plan to move, Minnesota, there's plenty more Korean restaurants.

 

[coreball]

º-That all seems delicious. Too bad there aren't that many Korean places in town. Where I plan to move, Minnesota, there's plenty more Korean restaurants.

As a self appointed representative of the entire state of Minnesota, we welcome you with open arms. And, uh... eggs.

 

[Misery]

I just crack eggs, throw them in a pan and hope for the best
It usually goes quite well

 

[coyotecraft]

I tried eating an egg raw not to long ago. I was too chicken to just suck it out of the shell so I put it in a glass first and slowly sipped the white. Didn't taste like egg, more like salty fluid or something. I guess the flavor comes from cooking it, maybe it was a bad egg?
So then I put the glass in the microwave and while the white part was puffing out it hopped out of the glass and made a runny mess. Never had that happen when I scrambled eggs in a bowl, so seeing it jump clear out of a glass surprised me.

Normally I make omelets or quick scrambled in the microwave. Hard boil around Easter if we dye eggs.
Deviled Eggs for family reunions, I hate'em but my sister loves them.

 

[Venetia]

you regularly make them in the microwave?? in my experience that only fills the house with sulphury stinks and covers the inside of the microwave with egg splatters.

I eat eggs all kinds of ways ... Most often, I'd say I consume eggs that I stir into ramen.
:d

and LOOOOOVVVVEEEEE devilled eggs. but so many people make em wrong. you gotta add brown or spicy mustard, finely diced onions and/or pickles, miracle whip or caesar dressing, and top with paprika. :d :d :d

 

[Ellie]

Fried. But not like American fried where the whole thing is white (what even do you DO?) Usually as part of a Full English Breakfast, although can be subbed for scrambled eggs.

Boiled. In water, or more commonly, in the microwave. Hard boiled with salads, soft boiled with soldiers (strips of toast to dunk in).

Poached. (Sort of uh... idk, you drop the egg out of it's shell into boiling water and boil it)

Scrambled.

Or, omelettes, frittatas, and quiches, are common: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritata

A frittata is just like an omelette with tons of shit thrown in (usually rice here).

 

[Jason]

stuff

Basically everything here, eggs are so fucking tasty I eat them a lot!

I sometimes make my "special" egg mayo... basically I add bacon and baked beans into the mix... it's really cool, and looks a funky orangey pink colour (Not sure why pink...), but slap it between two slices of bread with some cheese, grill it or put it in a toasty maker (I LOVE toasties!) and oh my god it's just HEAVENLY!

 

[bacon]

I usually find that mushroom, spinach, tomato, and a little cheese make a good omelette

Microwave eggs are gross x:

I hate runny center eggs i think they are gross and i just cant get past it. I dont mind it a little runny but raw yolk is gross x:
I also hate how 95% of the population (least what I am aware of) cook hard boiled eggs because they either make softboiled eggs or overcook them (hardboiled eggs arent supposed to have green or grey yolk x

I put love in my hard boiled eggs~

Anyways I prefer hard boiled eggs because there is so much you can do afterwards with them
My personally favorite is getting a small pan and putting about a tablespoon of soysauce with the hardboiled egg. The soy cooks onto the layer of the egg and it is delicious idc how weird it is
Or like soaking eggs in tea is actually pretty good as well you can make them all ornate and shit
Deviled eggs are really good but ven already said it. You need to use deli mustard and add bits of pickle~~~~~~
I also think miracle whip is gross

Ive also made really good scrambled eggs the key to good scrambled eggs is to put that shit on low and watch over it as it gently cooks
it takes a while but
the texture is so much better and if you add herbs it makes that shit awesome
awe yeah herbs Bl