EGGKNOWLEDGE

All About Eggs

Gently Does It

You should never pour raw eggs or egg yolks into any hot mixture. If you need to add them, add them gradually for the best results. Adding the eggs to quickly will cause the eggs to curdle.

Eggstistics

In 2008 American's consumed over 6.8 million dozen eggs and another 2.1 million dozen were used in products, especially baked goods. These figures amount to about 229 eggs per person annually consumed either as prepared eggs or in other products.

Miscellaneous Egg Facts

1. Egg Whites contain more than 1/2 the protein of the egg and only 25 percent of the calories.

2. When frying an egg try dusting in a very small amount of flour to prevent splattering.

3. White or Brown Eggs are exactly the same in nutritional value and calories. So its not true that brown eggs are more healthy.

4. For the best scrambled eggs you need to cook them slowly over a medium-low heat starting them in a cool pan.

5. Your eggs will fry and cook much better if you remove them from the refrigerator and allow them to come up to room temperature before you cook them.

6. The fresher the eggs the easier it will be to poach them. Try keeping a aluminum ladle around to poach your eggs in. Spray it with pam and dip it into the boiling water to poach your eggs and keep them together.

All You Ever Wanted To Know About Eggs And Then Some

The Egg is still one of the best and most complete sources of protein, regardless of the negative publicity it has received. Most of the publicity revolves around cholesterol and the high levels found in the egg yolk.

New major recent studies have shown that consuming egg yolks do not appreciably elevate blood cholesterol levels. One of these studies shows that lecithin found naturally in eggs may help the body clear the cholesterol from the body.

The Lifetime Of A Egg

The refrigerator shelf life of an egg is approximately 2-4 weeks depending on storage methods. Always store eggs in a closed container or the original container they came in for the longer life and to prevent the eggs from absorbing refrigerator odors. If they are stored with the large end up they will last longer and the yolk will stay centered.

Heart Shaped Eggs

To serve the family something differnt try cooking fried eggs in cookie cutters in differnt shapes. Just place the cookie cutter into the pan and break the egg into the cookie cutter. Be sure to spray the cookie cutters with Pam to make it easier to remove the eggs. Your family or friends will wonder how you did that when they are served the eggs in a unique shape.

Mixing It Up

When preparing scrambled eggs allow 3 eggs per person. Most people will tend to eat more eggs when they are scrambled. If other ingredients are added such as cheese or vegetables then 2 eggs per person should be sufficient.

Perfect Poached Egg

Hard Boiled Facts

You can prevent boiled eggs from cracking by rubbing a cut lemon on the shell before cooking. Boiled eggs should be cooled at room temperature before refrigerating them in a open bowl. To make the eggs easier to peel, just add a small amount of salt to the water to toughen the shell, then rinse immediatly in cold water.

Another trick is to add a teaspoon of white vinegar to the water the eggs are being boiled in. this will prevent cracking. The vinegar tends to soften the shell allowing more expansion. However they may not be as easy to peel. To remove the shell from a hard boiled egg, roll it around on the counter with gentle preasure. The shell should slip right off.

Always cool a hard boiled egg before you attempt to slice it. It will slice easier and won't fall apart. Hard boiled eggs will last in the refrigerator for a week.

Eggs will clean off utensils much easier with cold water. Hot water causes the eggs to harden to the utensil you are trying to clean.