My eggs taste boring

[UncleWai]

put some baked beans on it.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: dullard
To make anything taste good, you have three options.

1) Add fats/oils.
2) Add sugars/sweeteners.
3) Add spices.

Clearly, for eggs, you probably are already doing #1. But like others above have said, try adding bacon fat. It'll really kick it up a notch. For eggs, I can't stand the idea of #2, but many people do like jelly or sweet ketchup.

I perfer #3. Plus for all foods, #3 is the healthiest option and still tastes great. Too bad people are needlessly terrified of #3. If your eggs taste better with a little salt/pepper but it isn't enough flavor, then add more of them! Or add them in a form with more flavor (fresh ground pepper and Kosher salt). Or like everyone says, add heat. Try any spice on the spice isle, you'll probably like most of them on most foods. Go wild and have fun. Try onion powder, garlic powder. Try whatever comes to mind.

My favorite egg:
Cook bacon. Cook egg in bacon fat. Throw egg/bacon onto something (bread, croisant, roll, whatever you have available). Add cheese. Basically I'm doing #1 (fat from bacon, fat from bacon greece, fat from cheese).

Interesting approach. Tomorrow I'll go for bacon fat, Kosher salt, and fresh ground pepper and see how it goes. I added a ton of salt and pepper today and it didn't help that much.

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: Platypus

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: Platypus
hot sauce, and not vinegar (tabasco).

Get yourself some good hot sauce and add just a touch, makes them perfect. I eat two 'over easy' eggs every morning this way

Any recommendations? I'm eating them with bagettes today, makes a whole different meal

Yeah, someone mentioned 'Mikes Insanity' it's actually 'Dave's Insanity Sauce' but you don't want to put that on your eggs

See if you can find 'El Yucateca' (the red one) it's a great sauce that's hot but doesn't take over the flavor of your food like tabasco or cholula tends to do. Just hot enough

I like really flavorful foods. Hot sauce doesn't really bother me no matter how hot it gets, I just want stuff with good flavor.

Yeah I'm the same way. That's why I stay away from Dave's Insanity.. it's past that threshold of flavor where it's just hot and takes over everything. That one sauce I recommended is really good with everything, I use it on so many things

 

[Flyback]

I throw a good bit of oregano on my egg whites.

 

[Platypus]

http://www.mexgrocer.com/3104.html

That's the one.

They have a few, the chile habanero is the best. The green one is excellent as a marinade for meats.

 

[JS80]

KETCHUP

 

[rivan]

Noone liked my Slinger :brokenheart:

 

[fatpat268]

I usually just cook my eggs with bacon bits

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: Platypus

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: Platypus

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: Platypus
hot sauce, and not vinegar (tabasco).

Get yourself some good hot sauce and add just a touch, makes them perfect. I eat two 'over easy' eggs every morning this way

Any recommendations? I'm eating them with bagettes today, makes a whole different meal

Yeah, someone mentioned 'Mikes Insanity' it's actually 'Dave's Insanity Sauce' but you don't want to put that on your eggs

See if you can find 'El Yucateca' (the red one) it's a great sauce that's hot but doesn't take over the flavor of your food like tabasco or cholula tends to do. Just hot enough

I like really flavorful foods. Hot sauce doesn't really bother me no matter how hot it gets, I just want stuff with good flavor.

Yeah I'm the same way. That's why I stay away from Dave's Insanity.. it's past that threshold of flavor where it's just hot and takes over everything. That one sauce I recommended is really good with everything, I use it on so many things

I'll give it a try. What's the best way to add it - melt it like butter on the pan, or put it on top of the eggs themselves?

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: Kaido
I'll give it a try. What's the best way to add it - melt it like butter on the pan, or put it on top of the eggs themselves?

I haven't used Dave's Insanity, but if it is as hot as it sounds, you probably do NOT want to put it in a hot pan. I've made that mistake before. The chemical that creates the heat is volitile. It'll get into the air and into your lungs. You'll cough for hours if you don't have proper ventilation. That was my second worst cooking mistake. Right behind forgetting to wash my hands before going to the bathroom after handling hot peppers.

You can add hot foods to a hot pan (typical chineese foods in America do this all the time). But you have to be careful and have ventilation.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: dullard

Originally posted by: Kaido
I'll give it a try. What's the best way to add it - melt it like butter on the pan, or put it on top of the eggs themselves?

I haven't used Dave's Insanity, but if it is as hot as it sounds, you probably do NOT want to put it in a hot pan. I've made that mistake before. The chemical that creates the heat is volitile. It'll get into the air and into your lungs. You'll cough for hours if you don't have proper ventilation. That was my second worst cooking mistake. Right behind forgetting to wash my hands before going to the bathroom after handling hot peppers.

:Q

 

[Kaido]

Is Sea Salt any good? I'm looking at pepper mills on Amazon and they have some that come packaged with a salt grinder.

 

[loup garou]

I like sriracha hot sauce on my fried/scrambled eggs. The garlic gives it that extra kick. Yucateca is good stuff as well, I like the green one personally.

My favorite way to have eggs is poached. Then I use them to either do eggs benedict, or my speciality that has no name: it goes from bottom up: english muffin/slice of smoked salmon (or nova)/poached egg/sauteed spinach/hollandaise. Also a good addition is leftover spinach artichoke dip if you've got it. Eggs Sardou is fantastic as well, but I won't even attempt to make it as good as Antoine's does.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: rivan
Noone liked my Slinger :brokenheart:

I added it to my "to do" list of foods I'm not a big fan of chili though, I've only found one or two kinds that I really like.

 

[KoolAidKid]

Try a variety of spices. I typically make two varieties of scrambled eggs:
1) Chives, onion powder, garlic powder, habanero powder, paprika, salt, black pepper, hot sauce, crushed red pepper
2) Spicy curry powder and salt

If I have more time I add sauteed veggies.

I do not understand why most diet books don't stress the use of spices. They are an easy and natural way to make your food taste great without adding a lot of fat/sugar.

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: Platypus
http://www.mexgrocer.com/3104.html

That's the one.

They have a few, the chile habanero is the best. The green one is excellent as a marinade for meats.

I am all out of hot sauce so I think I'll try some of this El Yucateco red sauce.

 

[chr6]

ham cheese and hot sauce

 

[gsellis]

Salsa is a good flavor booster. Also try Jamaica Me Crazy from the spice section. link on Amazon for a visual

 

[Kaido]

a picture says a thousand words

 

[Skotty]

Eat something else perhaps?

 

[40Hands]

Originally posted by: Cheesemoo

Originally posted by: isekii
GO WITH MIKE'S INSANITY

that stuff is no joke......

On a side note my cousin rubbed his eyes after tasting it.... He swole up so quick...
my eyes are watering thinking about it....

It's Dave's Insanity

I have the Ultimate Insanity Sauce which is rated Insane ++
Few drops in a pot of chili and you're good to go!

 

[gsellis]

Originally posted by: 40Hands
It's Dave's Insanity

I have the Total Insanity Sauce which is rated Insane ++
Few drops in a pot of chili and you're good to go!

And you know when you go later too.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: naldo
steak

wrong forum, you have to post about steak in the "STEAK ONLY" forum

 

[IGBT]

Originally posted by: OSx86
Tabasco

..........:thumbsup:

 

[40Hands]

Originally posted by: gsellis

Originally posted by: 40Hands
It's Dave's Insanity

I have the Total Insanity Sauce which is rated Insane ++
Few drops in a pot of chili and you're good to go!

And you know when you go later too.

Actually not really... The only stuff that gives me the "ring of fire" is a lot of crushed red pepper or extra hot cayenne pepper.