You put the lime in the coconut

[afuna]

I meant to do scrambled eggs, as zarhooie suggested, but then I got a craving and a container of vinegar in my hands, and the next thing I knew, I was making poached eggs and toast.

(I also have orange juice, but I mooched that off someone else's labor. Mmm orange juice).


Verdict: poaching eggs is less scary than frying them*. Less hot stuff flying around. It turned out surprisingly well, too. But then I did have someone guiding me through the process. It was perhaps a bit too soft, so I shall have to leave it on longer next time (but I was impatient! And hungry! Also see: ravenous)

So today, I:

• turned on the stove (it made a whoosh sound, and then flames. I did not realize the stove makes a whoosh sound. Why did I not realize this? And it turns out that at some point since I last looked, we got a new stove, one that no longer needs the clicker to start the flame. That makes me happy because trying to coordinate the turning of the knob with the clicking of the clicker looked complicated. And this now just looks simple. Like, the difference between manual and automatic transmission. HUGE.)
  
  
• boiled water (...I'll leave it at that. Hush, don't laugh :-))
  
  
• cracked an egg over heat (I have cracked eggs before, but always over a bowl, and always to hand over to somebody else. This is different! )
  
  
• cracked an egg over something and managed not to get eggshells in it (I have maybe done this once before. or twice. Usually I have to get out the fork and dig.
  
  PS. I'm still not sure how to crack eggs properly. Hit it with a spoon, tried to break it apart. Got eggy stuff on my hands D: Tomorrow I'm trying scrambled eggs though. More eggs, more practice. Hopefully eggshell free as well?)
  
  
• oh, and popped a piece of toast into the toaster oven. It involves time, and ingredients, and heat. It totally counts.
  

* Note that I have never actually tried to fry an egg

Comments

[zarhooie]

Yay! I am so proud of you!

How to crack an egg: This video is pretty good, actually. I usually crack it on the edge of a bowl, but then again, I have perfected the one-handed cracking technique so it's not that big of a deal for me either way. I has the egg-fu. I recommend cracking into a separate bowl. Not only does it help with the eggshell issue, it allows you to check the eggs for blood/spoilage before you add them into your recipe.

When you "fry" an egg, you're actually not frying like you fry chicken (not that you've fried chicken...). There's not a lot of oil and it doesn't tend to splatter. If it does, ur doin it rong.

Overall, yay! So proud!

[azurelunatic]

Hold egg in hand like a mouse. Locate corner. Strike egg firmly against corner, with just enough pressure to shatter the shell but not the membrane under the shell. (Practice with a bowl is good.) Best practices involve cracking into a bowl isolated, in case an egg is Not Good, but this is largely ignored in practice.

[marcelle42]

It's easier to crack an egg against something flat, like a counter, than against and edge, like the edge of a bowl. That's because when you crack against the edge of a bowl, the edge goes into the egg, bringing with it the eggshells, and making it more likely to have eggshells in it when you "pour out" the egg.

I actually think poached eggs are *much* harder than fried, but that could be because my grandma taught me to fry eggs when I was little. Also, I don't like poached eggs, so it all works out.

[helens78]

It's always fun seeing someone learning how to cook! (Also fun because I am in that zone myself, and thus pick up tips.) I am relieved I am not the only one whose egg-cracking technique involves a separate bowl, not for best practices, but because otherwise you've gotta pick shell out of your cookie dough. :) But I'm going to have to look up zarhooie's video!

Re: You put the lime in the coconut

[piranha]

awesome.

the thing with cracking eggs on rims is that it simply takes practice (and therefore a fair number of cracked eggs) to get the motion just right. because it depends on the type of rim, the material, and on the thickness of the egg shell just how much force one needs to apply so the egg breaks well, but no egg shell breaks off to mix with the inside.

don't worry, you will get it. we all started out this way.

[nova]

I think the first time I fried an egg, there was water in the pan when I put in oil (and I put in too much) so it splashed when I added the egg and I totally jumped back. The time after that, I put everything into the pan before heating it which was also bad. Eventually I figured it out. I think you're doing much better than I did though! And +1 to the above about how different rims affect egg-cracking. That also takes practice and you figure it out on whatever surface you're cracking against.

[delight]

Now I keep singing that song under my breath! And crave eggs.

At least now I know what to eat for lunch!

[afuna]

It's the scary crackling noise that scares me, which makes it difficult for me to even get *near* the pan, which makes it difficult to cook.

But my pleasant experience with the omelette today makes me just a bit less scared of frying stuff now \o/

[afuna]

Ack, how bad is it to put everything into the pan before heating? I was told to heat it up before putting the food in, but I have not yet figured out why!

[afuna]

Eggs, eggs, wondrous eggs!

Ahem.

[afuna]

<3333 thank you so much for the video and reassurance! I got something kinda with oil in a pan, and it didn't splatter. I am slightly less nervous now about that!

[zarhooie]

Is everything else going ok?

[nova]

Me either. Let me know when you do :p

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