My wife cannot cook scrambled eggs

beneteau

She always over cooks them. Dry and resembles little rubber balls. Won't even stay on your fork and have no taste. She always compliments me on my scrambled eggs

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yeah, I agree they are good and I usually cook the scrambled eggs; but this morning, she did. Already cooking them before I got the biscuits in the oven. Have tried to tell her how to cook them----has done absolutely no good.

GuvamintCheese

can she skrog?

dav1965

My wife and i like over easy eggs and i have to make them she cooks them to death.

fordsix

i think she's telling you, you cook the meals in this house[:0]

beneteau

quote:Originally posted by fordsix
i think she's telling you, you cook the meals in this house[:0]


Being retired, I do cook most of them

Ray B

I recall the scrambled eggs we were served at Camp Pendleton; They'd mix up a bunch of eggs, pour them onto the greiddle, stir abit. Then when they were looking just about right, they'd take another pitcher of beaten eggs, pour them onto the nicely done eggs, stir them up and serve- guess it was their way of cooking eggs in a faster time, but I found it best just to skip the eggs instead of that raw mixture[xx(]

KEVD18

if theyre done in the pan, they'll be over done on the plate. if she doesnt get that, then theres no helping her.

jimdeere

quote:Originally posted by dav1965
My wife and i like over easy eggs and i have to make them she cooks them to death.

+1. I am the designated egg cooker around here. (That and making sweet tea are the few times I'm allowed to cook.)

A J Christ

I'm the egg fryer in this family. Wife can't fry eggs if her life depended on it. Everything else, she does great.

bigoutside

quote:Originally posted by KEVD18
if theyre done in the pan, they'll be over done on the plate. if she doesnt get that, then theres no helping her.


dammit.
hate it when kev's right.

he's right.

get her to play around with the difference between milk and water in the scramble. And then maybe chunks of cream cheese. Get her to envision the end result.

Good luck.

fishkiller41

"carry-over" cooking...[;)]

oldrider

Just tell her, beneteau, about 10 times. That's what I did!


and now, if I want some scrambled eggs, I'm the one cookin' 'em.

poppalee

After Camp Pendleton, I would not eat eggs for 10 years. I believe we were fed powdered eggs.

dg101win

The ones I had during Desert Shield/Storm were just about every color under the sun. Also you needed a straw not a fork to eat them.

slumlord44

Can't remember tha last time I was ever able to tell my wife how to do anything. She is always right and I am always wrong. Every time I try to convince her I am right, I get in trouble.

partisan

quote:Originally posted by KEVD18
if theyre done in the pan, they'll be over done on the plate. if she doesnt get that, then theres no helping her.


+1

fkdenton

my wife cant make french toast or grilled cheese to save her life. My mom taught me to make those at 10 years old and from then on I was able to cook for myself.[:D]

tapwater

..Guess it takes that magic touch. We both tend to over cook scrambled eggs. I'm a lot better than her at "over medium". Hers often have a hard yolk. Mine are still thick liquid, but no "snot" in the whites.
..I don't know how the restaurant cooks turn out perfect eggs with a full dining room. After all, 30 seconds can make a huge difference.

Old-Colts

My wife likes overcooked scrambled eggs and I like them soft scrambled. So, when we are having scrambled eggs, I watch until the eggs are the way I like and she takes out my portion and puts it on my plate; then proceeds to brown hers! [:D]

MudderChuck

I have to sneak in the kitchen to cook anything edible. My wife has been ruining the same old food in the same old way for over 35 years.

I've been thinking of taking four of her vulcanized pancakes, her rock hard eggs, overcooked vegetables, a couple of straws for axles and making a replica honey wagon out of it.

dcs shooters

quote:Originally posted by A J Christ
I'm the egg fryer in this family. Wife can't fry eggs if her life depended on it. Everything else, she does great.



Same here [^] My ex could never cook them over easy for me.

pwillie

I like to beat the eggs in a bowl,and add a pinch of baking powder,along with a dash of canned cream,and cook over a med-low fire....as the eggs rise they become fluffy,as I turn them once..perfect everytime...[;)]

kimi

quote:Originally posted by Old-Colts
My wife likes overcooked scrambled eggs and I like them soft scrambled. So, when we are having scrambled eggs, I watch until the eggs are the way I like and she takes out my portion and puts it on my plate; then proceeds to brown hers! [:D]


That makes perfectly good sense to me. My mother who grew up on the farm would always scramble in a little milk before adding the eggs to the skillet. I like them soft or hard, but I don't want to see any part of the eggs that are not cooked.