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You Should Make the Tiny Frozen Fried Eggs Reddit Hates
It is always fun to watch the internet get angry about food. I’m pretty good at spotting outrage-inducing dishes (before the outrage even begins), and one thing I know with utter certainty is that most people do not appreciate whimsy. Case in point: These tiny fried eggs, which are causing quite a stir on Reddit.…
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You Can Scramble Eggs in a Pot of Simmering Water
A wise man once said, “Eggs are nature’s cooking school in a shell, a pathway to teaching yourself everything you need to know to become a passable home cook.” With this one (cheap, ubiquitous) food, you can learn at least five different cooking methods (fry, poach, boil, scramble, bake), and get familiar with fats, seasonings,…
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How Learning to Make Eggs Taught Me to Cook
When I decided to teach myself how to cook, I wasn’t hoping to create elaborate, show-stopping meals. I just wanted to be able to take a look at what was in the fridge and be able to whip something together like a functional human adult. But since I had no kitchen experience at all, making…
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Actually, You Don’t Need to ‘Shock’ Hard-Boiled Eggs in Ice Water
Common kitchen wisdom dictates that hard-boiled eggs must be “shocked” in an ice bath to stop the cooking process and make them easier to peel, but only half of this is true, and the other half can be easily mitigated, meaning you can leave the ice in the freezer.