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EITN - A Laboratory Investigation of Breakfast Preparation Methods
Posted on 11/16/13 at 10:11 am
Posted on 11/16/13 at 10:11 am
It's Saturday morning and old scientists are doing what they love to do.
Watch Sponge Bob?
No...well maybe. Actually they are in the kitchen lab studying that old breakfast favorite of grandkids and adult age foodies - The egg in the nest (EITN), toad in a hole, bird in a box, canary in a cage or whatever you call this breakfast dish.
With the assistance of FDB and the wonders of the internet, let's take a look at what's going on in MD's food lab/kitchen. Specifically, a side by side comparison of the egg in the nest / toad in the hole and the egg or toad on a shingle.
The materials of this study
two eggs, two slices of wheat berry bread, butter, salt & pepper, bacon, for cleansing the pallet between bites, a flipper and
a suitable skillet
We'll do the egg in a nest first. Preheat the skillet to medium low heat - hot enough to toast bread, but not so hot as to burn it or so hot it quickly cooks the yolk of a fried egg. Take a slice of bread and carefully make a hole for the toad.
Do you toast the bread you remove? I do.
We'll set it aside for later.
Now, let's get that egg into the nest.
Nest into skillet and butter in the hole. I like to lift mine up and let the butter coat the underside of the slice. Some will butter the bread before placing it butter down in the skillet and that's fine if you do it that way.
I have no opinion worth sharing regarding those who want margarine instead of butter.
Next, I'll crack an egg and drop it into the hole. Once again, I like to lift the edge of the bread and let a little of the egg migrate under the edge of the bread. Doing that seems to hold everything together.
As the egg begins to do what an egg does on a hot pan, I prep the top side with (Duh) butter.
Then flip the toasted bread and finish the dish.
Now we'll plate the egg in the nest and work on our toad on a shingle.
Start with a slice of wheatberry bread with a little butter.
Into the preheated skillet
and eventually butter the other side and flip it. (I like both sides toasted).
We'll set the completed toast aside and work on the egg/toad, which we'll cook (easy over) in butter.
Now for the photo evidence of side by side plating, also known on FDB as food porn.
A properly cooked dish leaves the yolks runny.
Time to acquire functional data for my study. Egg in nest first.
Want a taste? Sure...
Toad on a board.
So which is better?
I have no idea, but I love the research process.
Watch Sponge Bob?
No...well maybe. Actually they are in the kitchen lab studying that old breakfast favorite of grandkids and adult age foodies - The egg in the nest (EITN), toad in a hole, bird in a box, canary in a cage or whatever you call this breakfast dish.
With the assistance of FDB and the wonders of the internet, let's take a look at what's going on in MD's food lab/kitchen. Specifically, a side by side comparison of the egg in the nest / toad in the hole and the egg or toad on a shingle.
The materials of this study
two eggs, two slices of wheat berry bread, butter, salt & pepper, bacon, for cleansing the pallet between bites, a flipper and
a suitable skillet
We'll do the egg in a nest first. Preheat the skillet to medium low heat - hot enough to toast bread, but not so hot as to burn it or so hot it quickly cooks the yolk of a fried egg. Take a slice of bread and carefully make a hole for the toad.
Do you toast the bread you remove? I do.
We'll set it aside for later.
Now, let's get that egg into the nest.
Nest into skillet and butter in the hole. I like to lift mine up and let the butter coat the underside of the slice. Some will butter the bread before placing it butter down in the skillet and that's fine if you do it that way.
I have no opinion worth sharing regarding those who want margarine instead of butter.
Next, I'll crack an egg and drop it into the hole. Once again, I like to lift the edge of the bread and let a little of the egg migrate under the edge of the bread. Doing that seems to hold everything together.
As the egg begins to do what an egg does on a hot pan, I prep the top side with (Duh) butter.
Then flip the toasted bread and finish the dish.
Now we'll plate the egg in the nest and work on our toad on a shingle.
Start with a slice of wheatberry bread with a little butter.
Into the preheated skillet
and eventually butter the other side and flip it. (I like both sides toasted).
We'll set the completed toast aside and work on the egg/toad, which we'll cook (easy over) in butter.
Now for the photo evidence of side by side plating, also known on FDB as food porn.
A properly cooked dish leaves the yolks runny.
Time to acquire functional data for my study. Egg in nest first.
Want a taste? Sure...
Toad on a board.
So which is better?
I have no idea, but I love the research process.
This post was edited on 11/16/13 at 11:10 am
Posted on 11/16/13 at 11:20 am to MeridianDog
Sorry for the initial post. Hit enter too soon.
Posted on 11/16/13 at 11:22 am to MeridianDog
That's some good looking toast
Posted on 11/16/13 at 11:26 am to LSU-MNCBABY
You really are money when it comes to bread and toast. Nice looking eggs.
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Posted on 11/16/13 at 12:03 pm to MeridianDog
Nobel Prize worthy, no doubt.
Posted on 11/16/13 at 12:06 pm to MeridianDog
How did you cook the bacon?
Posted on 11/16/13 at 12:24 pm to Pectus
quote:
How did you cook the bacon?
Good old microwave. On a bacon cooking platter. cooks bacon. Saves grease for later use.
It is what microwaves were invented to do - cook bacon, heat-up cold coffee, rejuvenate cold honey buns and pop popcorn with radar waves.
I have a friend who was a radar officer on a base in the Aleutian Islands back in the 1970s. One day a Russian trawler with 200 antenna sticking up from every surface they could mount one pulled up a couple of miles off shore and all but dropped anchor. It sat there for a day and when he had his fill, he had his guys drop the radar transmitters down to where they were pointed directly at the ship. Then he had them dial up the power as high as it would go. After about ten minutes, the ship cranked up and drove away. Likely with fried (heavily damaged) receivers. Good truthful cold war story.
Radar (microwaves) does an excellent job cooking bacon.
This post was edited on 11/16/13 at 12:33 pm
Posted on 11/16/13 at 2:57 pm to MeridianDog
Which do you prefer?
What kind of camera do you use?
MD, you make my td experience a better one.
What kind of camera do you use?
MD, you make my td experience a better one.
Posted on 11/16/13 at 3:19 pm to MeridianDog
Mom used to use the small plastic (blue?) clear (beveled?) cup from the oatmeal canniater to make the hole. She'd turn it upside down and twist. Really efficient.
Posted on 11/16/13 at 3:35 pm to emboslice
quote:
emboslice
I don't often eat an egg in the nest, too many calories. Eating two of them is a disaster for my diet. This morning was special because tonight MSU plays Alabama and we die at the hand of UberLord of Darkness Saban.
I have no preference one way or the other. Both were good. I skipped lunch so I may get back on track by bedtime and maybe I'll be good tomorrow.
The camera is a Cannon Rebel XS that actually belongs to the wife, who uses it for her painting
Thanks for the compliment. I enjoy your posts, too. FDB is a good place when we don't take things too seriously.
Posted on 11/16/13 at 3:38 pm to Sir Drinksalot
My mom used a small OJ glass, remember the old ones with oranges on the side of them?
Posted on 11/16/13 at 3:43 pm to Sir Drinksalot
quote:
Mom used to use the small plastic (blue?) clear (beveled?) cup from the oatmeal canniater to make the hole. She'd turn it upside down and twist. Really efficient
My mom is a great cook, but I do not think I have ever seen her make an egg in the nest. A cousin taught us how to make them and I think My brother and both sisters make them still. Just never saw Mom make one. She is 86 now and biscuit, sausage and scrambled eggs is her thing. It is the smell you wake up to in the morning at her house.
Posted on 11/16/13 at 5:35 pm to MeridianDog
This is actually a pretty awesome thread, well done! They both look so good in your pics, nice job with those, that I don't think I could choose just one so my answer is I choose both!
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