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Posted: 1/7/2006 8:03:45 PM | | NO no...it's not as bad as people think. Yolks don't kill...everything else does. YEs, I'm sure that if you eat hollandaise sauce (primarily yolks and eggs) everyday then yes, perhaps, you'll have a few heart problems. But, there are way more things that are WAY worse for you to eat...like the english muffin and the ham in your eggs benedict of HELL. Stop ordering eggs benedict...your breakfast cook will appreciate your decision. | |
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Posted: 1/7/2006 8:21:51 PM | ^^honestly, i do not eat out and order that dish very often. i prefer to cook at home. i am actually on a true health-kick and i have not had EB in a very long time! in any event, you are probably right about the eggs and what it does to you. i just try to cut back everywhere i can.  | |
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Posted: 5/14/2008 1:38:25 PM | I have been a breakfast cook at a very popular breakfast restaurant in Victoria and have eaten my fair share of eggs benny. The last few times I have had it at a certain breakfast restaurant, the eggs have been hit and miss.
They told me they poach their eggs to medium. I told her that after poaching over a million eggs, the eggs were overdone. The yolks only had a small amount of runnyness.
I got some more eggs that had runny yolks.
After going there again and asking that my eggs be medium, the whites came runny. Again I was told that these were medium poached eggs. Again my eggs were replaced.
I know that I like my poached (and "over medium"- fried) eggs with solid whites and runny yolks but can't find a definitive answer on what is a soft, medium or hard poached egg. I have even written to the Martha Stewart site and their answer was elusive at best.
I have also cooked at a steakhouse and there is even more variation of what is medium etc. I like a rare-medium rare steak. Eggs are the same in my book.
What is your take? | |
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Posted: 5/15/2008 3:09:04 AM | | Gots to be poached to perfection especially when you're paying for the premium "bene" adventure. A cook who is afraid to overcook the yolk may leave the white undercooked because he thinks the massive amounts of holladaise will disguise the fact that the egg's not properly cooked. | |
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Posted: 5/16/2008 7:52:15 AM | | Golddigger...I suppose you can demand perfection if you've never sent out an under or overcooked egg in the process of cooking over a million of them...But I would hope you (especially you) would be very reasonable if served an overcooked egg. It's simply not a good idea to serve an undercooked one..and to err on the side of caution isn't a tragedy of consequence. It just means you won't have a bellyache that keeps you from enjoying the rest of your day. Maybe a suggestion to the cook is in order...but accepting the fact that they weren't quite up to standard will buy you a bit of graciousness from a harried waitress or maitre'd..... | |
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Posted: 5/16/2008 11:34:11 AM | Pupdaddy, I have no problem asking for the waitress to come over and show her the problem eggs. Very politely. I didn't just come out and say "this is crap, I know, I used to........."
And believe me, I don't want anyone at a restaurant pi$$ed off at me for sending something back. (yes kitchens can be cruel to problem customers)
On the second visit I explained what had happened the time before and asked for medium eggs, runny yolks and set whites. When the eggs came the second time (wrong), the manager/owner came over and proceeded to tell me that I was wrong and that I did not need to ask for anything specific to be done to order medium eggs.
I guess what bothered me the most was the first waitress almost not wanting to take the eggs back and the second time being told that I was wrong about how a medium egg should be (even though I had outlined in detail what I wanted).
I do vote with my feet when I go out to eat and have even thought of making a series of pictures of how I want my eggs to be done. I could laminate them and hand them to the waitress when I order. LOL | |
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