Goodness gracious, there are plenty of eggs in my fridge, and I’ve got plenty of ideas about fixing them. Carole’s timing couldn’t be better with this topic! Here are ten of my favorite ways to prepare eggs:
1. Cheesy eggs. These are simply scrambled eggs with a smidge of cheese tossed in.
2. Poached eggs (scroll down for Mark Bittman’s method). A tale: When I was newly separated from my first husband, I had a lot of anxiety about my finances and my food. I worked like crazy to make sure I could pay my mortgage and other bills, but the food anxiety was less simple to resolve. My ex had been in charge of cooking; my skills were limited. I didn’t have much of an appetite for a long time, either. One of the few foods that made me feel more in control and pleased with my life was a poached egg. Eggs aren’t expensive, and a neophyte can feel fancy poaching an egg. And even a woman with little desire to eat will find it hard to resist that clever little egg she has made.
3. Omelet. Julia Child style.
4. Hard boiled eggs. I rarely make them, but with a dash of salt and a grind of pepper, these make a satisfying snack.
5. Deviled eggs. Before yesterday, I had never made deviled eggs. I like them low on mayo with relish. I’m eager to try them with mustard, too.
6. Quiche. Leek is my favorite. What’s yours?
7. Egg and cheese on a roll. Before I became a vegetarian, it was bacon, egg, and cheese on a roll. You have to say it all as one word for proper effect. This is a New York deli standard. It’s not the same unless you’re in Westchester or NYC. Sorry, Long Island…my experience is that you don’t get this right. This is the cure for all evils, from hangover to broken heart. I promise you.
8. Over hard and broken. It’s the proper way to fix an egg for egg and cheese on a roll, but I also like them this way on their own.
9. Egg white and spinach omelet. This is especially good if the spinach has been sauteed in olive oil and garlic.
10. Huevos rancheros. These are best when eaten in New Mexico. Really.
How about you? How do you prefer your eggs?
I can’t believe I left huevos rancheros off my list! It must be because NO ONE around here makes them well. I had them with Margene in Salt Lake City and they were amazing and all other versions pale in comparison.
I could eat eggs every single day and be happy. My favorite is a sandwich with any hearty bread, toasted, lots of dijon mustard, bacon, lettuce and two eggs over easy. My favorite New Mexican egg dish is carne adovada with eggs over easy on the side, red chile and fresh flour tortillas.
Egg sandwiches are serious business in my family. The dime-store frying pan which my grandmother uses for egg sandwiches (toasted white bread and relish) will be passed down to my father.
Also, there is a rumor about proper versions of both huevos rancheros and southwestern breakfast burritos being served in Crown Heights. I have yet to scope out the restaurants, but they are on my list.
Sunny side up or over easy is by far my favorite basic way to eat eggs. Especially if the pan was buttered and the whites a tinged with a bit of brown and crunchy on the edge! Yum!
I like my eggs VERY well-cooked. but I’ve recently started to wish I liked them poached. just so I could enjoy all those yummy looking eggs benedict dishes!
Bacon, egg and cheese sandwiches. Pure heaven!
I love eggs, any which way, you just can’t go wrong. Just wanted to share one of my recipes. It came from the very first cookbook I bought for myself when I was in 6th grade, “The Nancy Drew Cookbook”. I always called it Eggs In A Nest.
http://www.mrbreakfast.com/superdisplay.asp?recipeid=2485