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@IHN you used to beautiful, man. What happened to you?
Nothing happened to me, it's you lot who've been taken in by Big Egg and their insidious pro-poach agenda.
There are three forms of acceptable egg
1) Fried
2) Boiled (hard or soft, depending on application)
3) Chopped up in a cup
All else is bullshit.
All eggs are equal.
Poached eggs are more equal.
3) Chopped up in a cup
I have no words.
3) Chopped up in a cup
Only acceptable if you’re 4 years old and it’s a Bob the Builder cup, surely?
It would appear that your state of arrested development when it comes to eggs explains your resistance to proper grown-up poached ones. The more mature connoisseurs egg of choice
- cheesey pasta
- tomato pasta
- soup
- lentil stew
The more mature connoisseurs poncey knobber who likes watery crap eggs egg of choice
FTFY
And an actual connoisseur would know the proper use of the possessive apostrophe.
Don't be surprised if you wake up one morning with a decapitated quiche on your pillow.....
To be honest, the widespread acceptance of quiche in the late 80s was where it all started to go wrong
Having a go at quiche now? How can anything not be improved by the addition of cheese and bacon?!
That’s the ramblings of a madman!
That’s the ramblings of a madman!
Clearly an egg-separatist.
Eggstremist. I was going to say egg seperatist too but then I thought, ah meringue?
Fair point. Meringue is no yoke.
@IHN you used to beautiful, man. What happened to you?
Nothing happened to me, it's you lot who've been taken in by Big Egg and their insidious pro-poach agenda.
There are three forms of acceptable egg
3) Chopped up in a cup
All else is bullshit.
I hope you de-shell them first, you're not supposed to eat that bit.
Meringue is no yoke yolk
And you can yourself an egg lover
(FWIW, I forgot about meringues, I'm more than happy to confirm that they are a thoroughly acceptable form of egg)
Meringue is no yoke yolk
"Twas a pun on joke (obviously) hence the spelling. I suppose I shouldn't have.
Just checking in to see where @IHN stands on egg mayonnaise? I was just going to make some to have on a butty with some nice ham, but I don’t want to incur the wrath of the eggmeister general
Just checking in to see where @IHN stands on egg mayonnaise? I was just going to make some to have on a butty with some nice ham, but I don’t want to incur the wrath of the eggmeister general
Absolutely lovely, based, as it is, on boiled eggs. I make mine with a bit of salad cream in the mix.
Absolutely lovely, based, as it is, on boiled eggs. I make mine with a bit of salad cream in the mix.
Erm, you make mayonnaise with raw egg yolks.
I think you and I both know that Binners is getting his mayonnaise from a jar, not making it from scratch.
And no, I've nothing against mayonnaise as I've nothing against 'things made using eggs'(*), just certain ways of preparing an egg as a thing to eat in and of itself.
(* I'll even grant that quiche can, sometimes, be okay)
I think you and I both know that Binners is getting his mayonnaise from a jar, not making it from scratch.
Doesn't matter. Jar mayonnaise isn't made from boiled eggs, either.
Jar mayonnaise isn't made from boiled eggs, either.
On that we can agree my friend; mayonnaise, either fresh, spooned from a jar or squeezed from a bottle, is most definitely not made from boiled eggs
However, mon amis des oeufs, an egg mayonnaise sandwich, which is BinnyBinBins was having, is.
However, mon amis des oeufs, an egg mayonnaise sandwich, which is BinnyBinBins was having, is.
Ah I see.
The egg mayonnaise and ham butty was lovely. Ham carved off a joint cooked yesterday. I am in agreement with @IHN about egg mayo being greatly enhanced with the addition of salad cream though, but then so many things are. Mayo and salad cream both have to be Heinz though. Condiments are the one area where the supermarket own brand just won't cut it
I just invented the cauliflower cheese toastie. Thank me later.
Couple of things from over the years.
Pie sandwich - when we moved away from range stew. Good cheap Booker Steak and Kidney pie in between two slices of white with brown/red sauce.
*Chefs kiss
See also pasta sandwich. Usually fusilli pasta, with a tomato and meatball dressing.
Or the cheapest Asian chicken noodles, boiled almost dry and also stuck in between some bread.
I don't like boiled eggs
Merry Christmas, one and all
Yesterday's lunch was cheese & onion crisps* between two slices of hot, buttered toast. Blimmin' crunchy loveliness.
*McCoy's ridged.
Made a big batch of home made cottage pie last week. After freezing some and attacking the rest of it over a couple of days (including the occasional cold spoonful when passing the fridge) there was only a small portion left. Not quite enough for a meal. Unless...? 🤔
I nuked it in the microwave and spread it over a couple of thick slices of hot buttered toast. Nom nom!
I'm standing next to @IHN on the poached egg front - absolutely awful!
If I'm out and ordering food and it comes with a poached egg, I ask for a fried egg instead...it is a supremely superior way to serve (fried) an egg!
Poached is just a way to make a watery egg even more watery... absolutely awful.
For the first time in my life, I feel seen
For the first time in my life, I feel seen
In binocular vision too!
all credibility is gone
I had none to lose hun....
I love that IHN is still struggling to accept he's been out voted on his own thread, as being so so wrong toward poached eggs.
I'm happy to sandwich anything, any leftovers.. lasagne, chinese, indian takeaways even pizza. So IHN goes and tops it with "I just invented the cauliflower cheese toastie. Thank me later." Jesus man what wrong with you?
The only good caulifower is in piccalilli, as there not enough cheese in the world to make it taste acceptable
PS: Mayo and salad cream, you've saved the money that Kewpie mayo costs.
I love that IHN is still struggling to accept he's been out voted on his own thread
Eh? This ain't my thread.
as being so so wrong toward poached eggs.
One of us is wrong, and it ain't me bucko
The only good caulifower is in piccalilli, as there not enough cheese in the world to make it taste acceptable
What culinary credibility you may have had has now definitely disappeared, my brassica-bashing friend. Cauliflower cheese is excellent.
I will agree with you about the goodness of piccalilli though, it would be an excellent accompaniment to a cauliflower cheese toastie
Poached is just a way to make a watery egg even more watery
And another one confirms they've never had a perfect poached egg.
Nom nom!
..and with two small words, all credibility is gone.
To further destroy any remaining shreds of it, even my small batch, artisan, poncey, speciality coffee is letting me down!
Cauliflower cheese is excellent.
Dissing the brain-cheese should result in trial by combat, but the perpetrator only gets a spatula.
Nom nom!
..and with two small words, all credibility is gone.
To further destroy any remaining shreds of it, even my small batch, artisan, poncey, speciality coffee is letting me down!
Store in a cool dry place?
Brazil, Columbia Rwanda?
They're having you on, there, son.
Warbies toastie ... Toasted and buttered and cut up into squares.
Pack of hotdogs with flavour not the weird chicken frankfurter things. Chopped up into lumps in a pan. Tin of decent baked beans emptied on top and the whole lot heated until the sausages are hot and the beans are cooked (ie not still runny).
Tobasco lobbed in.
Pile the toast, pile the beans and saus
Grate the cheese, retire to sofa with fork and a mug of tea.
It's magic combinations of ingredients isn't it. The ones we go back to regularly are:
- Avodado on Toast, poached eggs, mango chutney.
- Kimcheese (Cheese and kimchi) toasted sandwich
- Tinned corned beef(*) toasted sandwich with Branston pickle
*Tinned corned beef is disgusting in untoasted sandwiches.
It's magic combinations of ingredients isn't it. The ones we go back to regularly are:
- Avodado on Toast, poached eggs, mango chutney.
- Kimcheese (Cheese and kimchi) toasted sandwich
- Tinned corned beef(*) toasted sandwich with Branston pickle
*Tinned corned beef is disgusting in untoasted sandwiches.
If you can taste the corned beef over the horseraddish and English Mustard its user error
"Kimcheese" - genius.
Cauliflower cheese toastie with a nice mango chutney. Mmmm