Breakfast

[joe552]

I only eat breakfast when I'm on holiday and as mentioned elsewhere, my favourite is scrambled eggs with crispy bacon, and maybe mushrooms.

I don't bother doing scrambled eggs at home, 'cos it seems to take an age to clean the pot/pan. Is there a better way? In other words, what's your recipe for good scrambled eggs?

[bkkguy]

I am always surprised that the use of a nob of butter as a lubricant to avoid various difficulties is not more widely discussed - but then I have clogged arteries so I just use a non-stick pan these days

bkkguy

[cdnmatt]

You get the best by adding a little milk, and sour cream / creme fresh. While cooking, take them off the heat a few times, then put them back on the heat. Gives you a creamier result, whiche tastes much better. While cooking, just take them off the head for 20 seconds, then back on the heat for 20 seconds, and contunie until fully cooked.

Oh, but you do have to make a pan dirty. Come on, not exactly difficult to clean a pan.

[bobsaigon2]

I am always surprised that the use of a nob of butter as a lubricant to avoid various difficulties is not more widely discussed - but then I have clogged arteries so I just use a non-stick pan these days bkkguy

Perhaps bkkguy has in mind Marlon Brando's most (in)famous use of that dairy product?

I use a non-stick pan, with some butter or margarine or cooking oil when making scrambled eggs. Washing up takes but a few moments.

Or, if you're doing bacon as well, cooking the eggs in the bacon fat will certainly keep them from sticking to the pan.

Someone on the internet suggested adding a small splash of Worcestershire sauce when beating the eggs. Might be worth a try.

And cooking eggs on low heat is recommended.

The American celebrity chef, Anthony Bourdaine, never adds milk or cream to his scrambled eggs, but surely that's a matter of individual taste.

[cdnmatt]

Gordon Ramsay puts creme fresh in his scrambled eggs.

[joe552]

Thanks for your ideas guys. bob, I won't be doing a Marlon, you'll be relieved to know

[bkkguy]

bob, I won't be doing a Marlon, you'll be relieved to know

it takes two to Tango and I am usually doing breakfast for one so this not usually an issue for me either

but if I were going to pick a breakfast/brunch egg dish not worth doing at home it would be eggs Benedict - while it is not that difficult to have some semi-decent English muffins to hand in Bangkok these days, the perfect poached eggs and Hollandaise sauce involves more effort than I care to invest in either singularly or with a Tango partner!

Gordon Ramsay puts creme fresh in his scrambled eggs.

I always put milk in mine but creme fresh sounds more like a feminine hygiene product than something Gordon Ramsay would be putting in his scrambled eggs but I am sure his expletive-ridden reply would not survive the moderation rules here!

but speaking of crème fraîche, which I assume we were, the fact that the first ingredient listed for making your own crème fraîche at home is usually crème fraîche is why in Bangkok I am usually more inclined to just give up and use sour cream!

bkkguy

[arsenal]

Milk should not be put into scrambled eggs. Double cream, butter, salt and freshly ground pepper..

[joe552]

Do you cook your scrambled eggs in a frying pan or a saucepan?

[FarangRuMak]

Milk should not be put into scrambled eggs. Double cream, butter, salt and freshly ground pepper..

Lek, who's anything but, stayed over last night.
I had no double cream for the scramled eggs this morning.
I didn't miss it because Lek stayed over last night.