Fried eggs

damo

Quick question - eggs fried in olive oil.....bad part of diet?

g'em

Quick answer - No

damo

Good answer!

so....how do you like your eggs?

Dragan

damo wrote:

Good answer!

so....how do you like your eggs?

Made by Cadburys and filled with sugary goodness.

g'em

Dragan wrote:

Made by Cadburys and filled with sugary goodness.

Pfft Butlers eggs ftw!!!

Or usually scrambled with a sprinkling of cheese and almond oil every morning at 8am

Canis Lupus

Actually this was a question I was hoping to get an answer for, G'em is saying no tho which surprises me.

Using non stick pan and using the barest dot of olive still bad compared to mental image of fried egg which is buckets of fat? I mean, I can't see how that can be bad for me unless eggs are bad to begin with? Are eggs bad for you?

EDIT: Sorry for lots of questions

Pherekydes

Four ostrich eggs deep fried in a kilo of butter. The Breakfast (lunch, dinner, tea and supper) of champions.

Seriously, though, there is no such thing as bad food, only bad diets. Everything in moderation and all that.

g'em

Eggs are wonderful, don't be afraid to eat one or two a day. They *are* high in cholesterol, but it's good cholesterol and they have a compound in them that helps lower bad cholesterol. Olive oil (not extra virgin though, just use plain stuff for cooking, the heating denatures the extra virgin too much, use instead for salads and dressing) is packed with lots of good fats so don't be afraid of it either.

Using cheap, crappy quality vegetable oils isn't a good idea though.

Canis Lupus

Ah kay. I don't do it all the time but sometimes a fried egg on toast is a nice breakfast as a change from porridge. I suppose theres no way a packet of sausages can be healthy tho Maybe someday.

g'em

sausages have a lot of stuff added to them though, they're processed. Eggs are wholefoods

Canis Lupus

g'em wrote:

Eggs are wholefoods

1 pig

1 rather big sausage skin.

1 even bigger frying pan.

Lots of patience.

Healthy sausage.

I'm onto a winner here I think.

the_syco

How about a sasuage on a George Foreman thing? Poke the sasuage with a fork when it's cooking, and all the crap will leak out. Is that still not a healthy sasuage?

g'em

the_syco wrote:

How about a sasuage on a George Foreman thing? Poke the sasuage with a fork when it's cooking, and all the crap will leak out. Is that still not a healthy sasuage?

it'll be a lower fat sausage! Just check the ingredients lists on the packet of the sausages, they vary wildly. Some have only 60% pork (goodness only knows what the rest is), others are 90-95% and have very little salt and sugar added. Just read the label and ask yourself are the ingredients all things you don't mind eating?


And lol @ Canis Lupis and the wholepig sausage

damo

See thats why i never understood why people use george foreman grills - i mean what use is a sausage without all the crap inside?? the crap is what make sausages so damn good

iascanmore

My brother in law works in one of the largest sausage making factories in the country ie they supply ALL the supermarkets. You'd never go near a sausage if you heard him talk for a few minutes. The 60% "pork" is in fact pigskin ground down.

Get to know your local butcher, ask him what goes into his sausages, you'll be far better off in the long run...

Canis Lupus

Well it's the fat that goes, not the other crap and when it comes to sausages they can leak a scary amount of fat.

hardtrainer

Simple answer, if you use a nonstick pan and use 1 tablespoon of quality oil, then go for it. Eggs are a wonderfood and anyone who tells you otherwise is a fool.

(Don't worry about your extra virgin versus other olive oil, the muck you get from the big brands in ireland really isn't the top notch first press stuff that you'd be concerned with wasting by using it for frying.)

cavanmaniac

g'em wrote:

Pfft Butlers eggs ftw!!!

Or usually scrambled with a sprinkling of cheese and almond oil every morning at 8am

**Bing!**

Almond oil on scrambled eggs, I'm having that for breakfast tomorrow. I've had the almond oil for ages and occasionally use it on salads but I like the sound of it on eggs.

Ta:)

Imposter

Pumpkin seed oil on an omelette is lovely too. Not too much mind.

Hanley

iascanmore wrote:

My brother in law works in one of the largest sausage making factories in the country ie they supply ALL the supermarkets. You'd never go near a sausage if you heard him talk for a few minutes. The 60% "pork" is in fact pigskin ground down.

Get to know your local butcher, ask him what goes into his sausages, you'll be far better off in the long run...

Ignorance IS bliss!!

brianon

Keeping with questions on eggs...

Every mornig I have porridge at 8am (or weetabix if short on time).
At 11:15 (work break) I have scrambled egg (done in microwave). 3 eggs minus 1 yoke just with pepper....is that too much egg ?

rubadub

Pork chops cost around the same price as "premium" sausages. I liquidise a few pork chops stick in herbs & bread crumbs, trim off as much fat as I want and then make them into sausage shapes or sausage burgers. At least you know what the meat looked like going in, and you control the fat content.

I do the same with round & rib steak, pick a big slab that the fat is easily cut off- liquidise and make burgers, it is too ground for mince recipies but makes good meatballs for italian/tomato recipies- and ends up way cheaper than "lean mince" which is usually 5-10% fat anyways.

For eggs or any fried stuff you can get these "magic sheets" in supermarkets, I think they are silicone, they are black and totally non stick, they last a good while too before getting tiny holes, still usable. No oil is needed at all, nothing sticks to them.

Also for eggs without oil just make french (wholemeal) toast on a nonstick pan, magic sheet is better but it usually wont stick to a decent non stick pan.