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Could that be down to your friends' skill at cooking eggs vs. your own?

by Kerrick 5y ago

tastyfreeze 5y ago
Pretty hard to screw up scrambled eggs.
- kadoban 5y ago
  It's really not. Most scrambled eggs are overcooked, and what you use for oil (or butter) and anything you add (eg milk) has a large effect. Not to mention seasoning correctly.
- the_af 5y ago
  To be honest, I would also pay attention to the experience. Were you predisposed towards liking your friend's eggs? Were you having a great time? Those things matter -- haven't you ever found yourself enjoying your food because of the mood or your companions? I think in order to make the comparison fairer, you should do a blind tasting of the two kinds of eggs at your home, in the same sitting, and under the same conditions as much as possible. Overkill? Maybe, but also warranted, given that there are experiments out there asserting people cannot really tell the difference.
  - tastyfreeze 5y ago
    Ok, fair enough. Human perception is subject to all kinds of bias. My perception is that store bought eggs are vastly inferior to home grown. Whether that is just perception or truth matters little to me. Store bought eggs are older, have the protective mucus coating removed, are washed with chemicals and come from chickens inundated with medication and fed the cheapest feed possible. If you think that none of those things affect flavor or texture I dont know what to say. A fair comparison would compare home grown with non-premium eggs that most people are eating and are cost comparable. The test must also not be funded by an egg producer or supporter of big egg, if you grant calling egg factories as such.
    - the_af 5y ago
      I don't know if those things actually affect taste. Maybe they do. But do they? There's a bunch of benefits to eating home grown eggs (or free range eggs): the hens are treated better, and you won't get all those nasty chemicals.

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Could that be down to your friends' skill at cooking eggs vs. your own?

by Kerrick 5y ago

Could that be down to your friends' skill at cooking eggs vs. your own?

tastyfreeze 5y ago
Pretty hard to screw up scrambled eggs.
- kadoban 5y ago
  It's really not. Most scrambled eggs are overcooked, and what you use for oil (or butter) and anything you add (eg milk) has a large effect. Not to mention seasoning correctly.
- the_af 5y ago
  To be honest, I would also pay attention to the experience. Were you predisposed towards liking your friend's eggs? Were you having a great time? Those things matter -- haven't you ever found yourself enjoying your food because of the mood or your companions? I think in order to make the comparison fairer, you should do a blind tasting of the two kinds of eggs at your home, in the same sitting, and under the same conditions as much as possible. Overkill? Maybe, but also warranted, given that there are experiments out there asserting people cannot really tell the difference.
  - tastyfreeze 5y ago
    Ok, fair enough. Human perception is subject to all kinds of bias. My perception is that store bought eggs are vastly inferior to home grown. Whether that is just perception or truth matters little to me. Store bought eggs are older, have the protective mucus coating removed, are washed with chemicals and come from chickens inundated with medication and fed the cheapest feed possible. If you think that none of those things affect flavor or texture I dont know what to say. A fair comparison would compare home grown with non-premium eggs that most people are eating and are cost comparable. The test must also not be funded by an egg producer or supporter of big egg, if you grant calling egg factories as such.
    - the_af 5y ago
      I don't know if those things actually affect taste. Maybe they do. But do they? There's a bunch of benefits to eating home grown eggs (or free range eggs): the hens are treated better, and you won't get all those nasty chemicals.