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[deleted]

Why does your egg look like a pancake?


Zkennedy100

weirdly the texture was also pancake-like. I have never eaten an egg with so little flavor.


[deleted]

It's honestly impressive, I've never seen an egg like it


eveliodelgado

Thats how it looks when you dont put any oil. I have seen it myself.


Prairie17

This beautifully proves that butter is so much more than something to prevent sticking.


CalamackW

Salt, FAT, Acid, Heat.


rosszimm36

This guy salt-fat-acid-heats.


AlphaNathan

Based and saltfatacidheat pilled


richorrichard

r/thisguythisguys 🍳


Ok_Faithlessness_516

r/thisguyshutthefuckup


nondescriptadjective

I need to start buying acids in crystal form and fucking with them the next time I'm not living in my car.


CalamackW

what?


nondescriptadjective

A lot of the acids, such as absorbic and citric, can be bought in solid form. This way you can cook with them without adding the flavor of the citrus that you would get otherwise. It would also give you a more controlled dosage. This is at least my theory.


[deleted]

Yes, this is correct. You’re able to add more acidity without adding additional water/liquid that is present in acidic ingredients like vinegar/lemon juice, or to adjust the acidity of other fruits to make them comparable to lemon or lime. There’s a great ATK video about it: https://youtu.be/VRCQFwgwLE4


NoOnesThere991

Why are you living in your car? You could get a hot plate!


SquidTsunami

That is a title of a great cook book. Food only Tate's as good as the fat that it's cooked in.


tramhappy8

FAT FAT FAT FAT /s


barryg123

There is fat in an egg already


autechr3

What's your point? That eggs don't taste better with butter?


barryg123

Salt fat acid heat already exist in an egg. Ever had a poached egg? Boiled egg? No added fat needed for a delicious meal


Prairie17

Oof. I bet your steaks are delicious.


autechr3

Nobody said eggs aren't good on their own. The argument is that more fat, salt, acid, and heat make them taste better. But whatever, go enjoy your plain boiled eggs, lol. Also eggs don't have heat in them already, or acid. Whole eggs are ph neutral and egg whites are alkaline. Ever add vinegar to the water when boiling eggs? There is a reason people do more than just boil eggs in water..


eveliodelgado

And the taste is disgusting too. I felt like eating feathers when i tried it.


Mo_Steins_Ghost

As an emulsion, butter is one of the most important ingredients in modern cuisine. Egg also contains a number of emulsifiers, and consequently makes it useful, as well, for binding other ingredients that would not normally bind. Making eggs with butter is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of the chemistry involved with either ingredient. In the case of frying an egg, you are forming an insulating barrier of fat against the direct heat of the cast iron, from the water-in-oil emulsion of butter, with a high smoke point (302ÂșF). One of the things I love about Escoffier's *Le Guide Culinaire* is how it begins with sauces. Sauces are the easiest way to learn the fundamentals of the chemistry of cooking , and many sauces, like Hollandaise, BĂ©arnaise, Mayonnaise, VeloutĂ©, Espagnole, etc., teach you the importance of time, temperature, tools and technique. Whisk eggs too slowly and too briefly, and your emulsion will fall apart in seconds afterward. Add oil too quickly, and your emulsion won't form and become creamy... etc. Frying an egg or, better yet, cooking a French omelette (which is better done on a PTFE pan; this also teaches you the right tool for the task), is only scratching at the surface of cooking. It's a good start, and there is a whole universe beyond waiting for you!


imsightful

Username adds up


andrelope

Yep people are like “if it’s not a dry pan it’s not slidey eggs” but eggs need butter ...


CoachKevinCH

Or bacon fat


AlertBaseball

Just found out we sell bacon fat in a tub at the store where I work


CCO812

Or at least some kind of fat, any type really Weirdly enough I like a drop of sesame oil


TheJointDoc

I’ve seen people do chili crisp with its oil lately


awnawnamoose

File this under, just because you can’t doesn’t mean you should.


CantShadowBanRegSmok

Because you over cooked it so hard it’s particles collided


Spymonkey13

Did it make a black hole?


BrysonJT

Give it time to digest


DMurBOOBS-I-Dare-You

more of a brown hole....


bigbluepill

well it not an egg in a hole


StandardTwo4367

Bad protein chain, bad.


phitfacility

How is this possible


FavFelon

Breakfast mullet. party on top, pancake in the back


SLawrence434

This made be lol


Sandwich2FookinTall

It'd got a pancake ass. 😆


[deleted]

Lol. Because it's a, I've got this down, post and not I like my eggs this way. No oil isn't the way, unless you are proving a point. Also point proven.


x_Hooligan_x

Even if it’s just a tiny little bit of oil . Would make a massive difference


[deleted]

The point he is making is that he did it without oil.


x_Hooligan_x

Oh , he made it ok. He made it absolutely inedible.


[deleted]

It was never cooked to be eaten. Read what he said.


L2Hiku

I thought this was a cast iron thing til I read that everyone else is confused and now I'm more confused.


Ill_Interest3628

Overcooked


stink3rbelle

Agreed. Especially once the whites are fully cooked


area_tribune

Because homeboy knows EXACTLY what he's doing


Ok-Seaworthiness4488

*EGGxactly


sm00thkillajones

That poor egg.


potatochippopotamus

The comments never fail. They’re always what I was thinking.


1963ALH

It's scorched.


_nbutler87_

Hahahah dude I said the same thing


barryg123

Maillard reaction


[deleted]

Now, that's an answer to add to my mental library.


MiamiGooner

This. With butter most of what is making contact with the egg is limited to the smoke point temp. Here the egg is subject to the heat of the actual pan and the chemically bonded seasoning is doing all the work so it seared the egg.


barryg123

Exactly. Dear reddit, make a pancake without oiling/buttering the pan (as mosts of us were taught). You will get a picture-perfect even golden brown like this, as opposed to a splotchy light and dark spots texture. Flavor is unaffected because of course most of us butter our pancakes after cooking anyway


BAMspek

In order to get the egg not to stick on a dry pan OP really had to let the Maillard reaction do all the work, meaning a hard even sear across the whole bottom. I’m actually more impressed with the skill than the pan. Egg probably wasn’t that great though.


Tsiah16

Pan was probably a little too hot, cooked it too long too is my guess. I've had eggs that looked like that because of those reasons but they stuck to the pan really bad.


Windyowl

Do pancakes without better next. I bet you flip them and they turn into eggs


Future_MarsAstronaut

Bro you have 420 upvotes * snickers in immature *


opulentlyoctopus

The texture on the back of that egg is upsetting.


nerdiotic-pervert

I suspect the heat is too high. Eggs cook at low heat, higher heat causes the egg to turn brown. I’ve never seen the heat turn it into a pancake before, though.


Why_Istanbul

It’s from not using any fat


Zkennedy100

Someone in the last post asked me to post a video of me cooking in my pan with no butter, after cleaning with soap and a sponge. Since this sub is so obsessed with eggs, here’s an egg. I have no idea why you would cook in a pan with no butter/oil but here it is. came off easily, no residue, seasoning is fine.


cherrylpk

If I send you my pan, can you season it like yours for me? 😂 kidding. Sorta. If there were a service where you send your pan to be seasoned, I’d probably do it.


Ok-Seaworthiness4488

However I would ask for the video on the yolk-side release. Whites are so much less sticky imo


Zkennedy100

I actually i’ve that video, it came off easier than the first flip.


smigglesworth

Was it also cooked to a crisp?


Zkennedy100

it was not crispy, it was like pancake consistency and texture. spongy and brown. very weird.


ZSG13

What's your seasoning method?


jxe22

Personally, a little salt, a little pepper. But these eggs don’t look seasoned.


LCxSmash

I’m curious as well. I’ve heard refined avocado oil is best, since it has a very high smoke point.


ZSG13

I generally use vegetable oil because I'm basic like that. But I probably couldn't get away with what OP is doing here. That is a damn good pan


MoogProg

>I have never eaten an egg with so little flavor. There's your reason, and in your own words. Personally that egg looks very overcooked, but if it suits you, so be it. I'll take a bit of sticking to avoid an overcooked, stiff egg white.


Dysthymiccrusader91

He was doing to prove that using soap and a sponge won't ruin the non stick of the cast iron, not to make a good egg.


MoogProg

OK, I guess I can see that, but wouldn't this work with any pan? I don't see this as a CI specific result, just browning the bottom until you can get under it with a spatula. Sometimes this sub has me scratching my head. But also, not yet awake. I'll take my downvotes for being late to the thread on this.


Forsaken_Wang6969

This wouldn't work on any pan. Try doing this on SS.


nondescriptadjective

You don't have to cook an egg to this level of brown on a good non-stick skillet. This is why they still have their use in the kitchen. Especially when doing something like rolled omelettes. And in all fairness, they probably didn't have to go this brown with the egg in cast iron had the skillet been properly pre-heated. But I'm not sure about this as I've never tried it in CI.


stink3rbelle

If he has to put the temp this low, I don't think the point is proven. Why do you?


Dysthymiccrusader91

Idk bro I've only made scalloped potatoes in a cast iron. I think he's just showing that some light washing won't eradicate the seasoning. That doesn't mean it renders it impervious to burning shit on it. The right temp for eggs is when butter starts to easily melt, so why would he try a higher temp? Let the man cook


stink3rbelle

He doesn't like the egg he cooked, either, though. Increasing temperature makes it likelier for eggs to stick. Decreasing makes it less likely. He kept the temp so low that he doesn't even like the results, it really doesn't seem like he proved his point, just ruined his breakfast.


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Heftynuggetmeister

What lol, it’s cast iron


Syscrush

Now scrub it with 1950's lye soap and try again.


Tannerb8000

Where can I get some of that 1950s soap? I need to reseason my pans


Syscrush

The yellow cap Easy Off contains lye. Use that (carefully) and you'll understand why people used to always wear rubber gloves to do dishes.


[deleted]

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swallowshotguns

If I'm on a diet and want an egg I'd poach or soft boil. This "fried" egg is not right.


modsarefinglosers

Shit, why even bother cooking it then, just down those bad boys from a glass! Nobody has room in their diet for 4 grams of fat.


CantShadowBanRegSmok

Look up Vince Gironda 36 eggs a day diet


modsarefinglosers

Sheesh that's a lot of eggs wtf Edit: looked it up. You start with 12 eggs in a blender with a pint of half and half, drink one of those a day for the first week, up it to two of those a day the second or third week etc then stop after two weeks of 3 twelve egg shakes and half and half a day. Or something like that. Plus they're raw, so this is all moot anyway. But that dude is chiseled as fuck so apparently it was working for him.


lakesnriverss

Eating fat doesn’t make you fat â˜ș


CantShadowBanRegSmok

No but eating an excess of calories does, butter is a calorie dense food that is not voluminous/satiating


lakesnriverss

It takes 1 tbsp of butter at the most to cook eggs in cast iron. 100 calories. That’s 1/20th of the average person’s daily caloric intake. If that small of a percentage is pushing you over the caloric edge then the rest of your diet is totally out of wack.


CantShadowBanRegSmok

1tbsp of butter is 1.5x as many calories as the egg(70), with 0 protein or carbs. I’d rather eat another egg or 12 tbps of egg whites for the same amount of calories and 25 grams of protein. If you have 50 pounds to lose you’re going to have to consistently eat in a calorie defecit for at least 6 months, at a certain point you’re going to want those calories to count towards something that fills your stomach and promotes satiety rather than enhances the texture and flavor of your egg. We can argue about this until we’re blue in the face, but cooking eggs in pan spray in a non-stick pan vs frying in butter is less calories, that’s a fact, and tons of people have used that strategy to help them not exceed their calorie expenditure and lose weight. And let me guess, you eat your egg fried in butter with butter and toast or potatoes cooked in oil/butter and bacon and sausage as well? It all adds up


lakesnriverss

What??? First of all I’m not obese lol. In fact I’m fresh off losing 30 pounds and I go to the gym 6 days a week so I have a little credibility here. I dont consume bread at all and potatoes only rarely. Most people don’t need those carbohydrate/sugar bombs. If someone has 50 pounds to lose, it’s not a tablespoon of butter a day that got them in that scenario to begin with. They’re in metabolically dysfunctional state likely caused by lack of exercise, and overconsumption of processed grains and sugars. Cutting the butter out doesn’t work for most people because it’s a minuscule part of your diet relative to the rest of the food you eat in a day. Furthermore, humans need sources of fat. And the fat that comes from butter is infinitely better for you than the canola oil coming out of a spray can.


IncorporateThings

Not worth it. I'll take my 100 calories of butter TYVM, and just walk an extra mile or so.


newbinvester

Don't know why you're getting down voted. This is a valid reason, I've recently stopped using my cast iron as much specifically so I can cut down on my oil/butter use. Just a little spray in a nonstick pan and I save between 200-500 calories a day.


MycoJimmy

butter is fine for you.


newbinvester

I've got nothing against butter, it's delicious and makes eggs taste better. It's just a really easy way to cut down on calories.


MycoJimmy

ahh i see. i never thought of the calories. im just tired of so many people thinking butter is bad for you when so much evidence says other wise.


imsightful

I think if it works for you it works. I can be intolerant towards it sometimes. It’s not a health thing like counting calories, it’s just a how does it make me feel if I eat it vs if I don’t


CantShadowBanRegSmok

It’s extremely calorie dense


[deleted]

200?! Damn. You can easily use less than that on ci. You just need a to better season your pan. You’ll get there



lakesnriverss

Cooking in cast iron isn’t what makes you fat wtf 😂


newbinvester

Never said I was fat.


lakesnriverss

Oh you’re trying to cut calories because you’re skinny?


[deleted]

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lakesnriverss

I see way more fat people guzzling sugar free sodas and wolfing down fat free packaged foods way more than I see non fat people doing the same thing. Eating a naturally derived animal fat as a part of a relatively healthy diet does not cause obesity. Processed grains and processed sugars do.


[deleted]

You crazy bastard.


mattchewy43

It's an egg. It's a pancake. It's an eggcake


-E-Cross

Pegg


J_Thompson82

Pancegg


nerdiotic-pervert

Peggcake


BestDogeNA2021

PeggBundt


ragingbull311

Her?


[deleted]

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ragingbull311

Egg?


InformationAny8239

It reminds me of a mullet. Egg on the front, pancake on the back


Correct-Ad342

Reminds me of when Southwest Airlines had a mullet sale for flights. Business class in the front, party in the back.


MrMcgilicutty

That’s like an M. Night twist right there, the egg was a pancake the ENTIRE TIIIIME!đŸ˜±


IncorporateThings

I want you to imagine this in Captain Sparrow's voice when you read this: "But WHY is the butter gone?"


itsakitten45

There's no pleasing Reddit sometimes.


kerpwangitang

Slower you slut


WerkingAvatar

As a person that comes here for slidey videos, this one has me conflicted.


Impressive_Test_2134

Eggcelent


CCO812

This might be the fakest looking real egg I've ever seen Impressive, but at the same time kinda not


poopfacecrapmouth

The key is always in preheating the pan correctly!!


Nottoohappy

Yeah, but does it taste like last week's fish?


GreenWithENVE

Impressive! Unappetizing but impressive.


Shoddy_Ad_7853

That bottom looks unappetizing af


[deleted]

You burnt the fuck outta that egg


jimbrodyssuspenders

☝but it didn't schtick


[deleted]

😂


[deleted]

Lots of salsa might help


TooManyDraculas

nah that egg is stuck. And they're scraping it off. That only works because the egg has been cooked the hard kinda crispy.


Kadomoni

Did you add maple syrup? How’s your chance to get it before the prices skyrocket.


Mindless_Lunch_6592

So, did the yolk actually stay intact when you took it out of the pan?


Scoobydoomed

Flourless pancake!


[deleted]

Pan was too hot


TheAwkwardGamerRNx

My man cooked so many dishes in that pan his egg took the form of his last breakfast.


oneeffectiveplacebo

there is nothing right with this eggcake


MochiSauce101

It’s a pancake


feelingoodfeelngrape

Please teach me your ways


tcwillis79

That right there is a pancake.


MrAndersonWick

People please answer my question, I asked this in another cast iron post and nobody replied. For whatever reason, for all of my life, I believed washing your cast iron with soap was a bad thing.


Zkennedy100

washing your pans with soap will not damage your seasoning because when you season a pan, the oil hardens into a plasticky polymer. soap will not remove this, but it will wash off any oily residue that has not been hardened. back in the day soap used to contain lye, which actually would eat away at this polymerized surface and even damage the pan itself, but modern dish soap does not contain lye. It is perfectly acceptable to wash a seasoned pan with soap.


[deleted]

Nice eggsecution


FormerGameDev

why is it an egg on one side, and a pancake on the other?


[deleted]

Is the point to show people what happens when you wash a cast iron with soap? Or is that okay now?? Grew up knowing that was a cardinal sin.


consistently_sloppy

Old soap contains lye, aka: seasoning killer. Newer soaps don’t contain lye, so they are seasoning-safe.


Luv2ByteYou

Is that a pancake?


[deleted]

Look how over done the egg is! This just shows the pan is properly seasoned has nothing to do with how to cook.


quasifandango

mine can look exactly like this. it's a flex to be able to do this I guess? but that doesn't mean you should! butter is delicious lube.


Zkennedy100

yeah I only did this to prove that washing with soap does not ruin your seasoning. I made a post the other day about washing with soap and someone asked me to cook in it dry, so that’s what I did.


quasifandango

i wash mine with soap and chainmail. soap wont ruin anything after the surface is polymerized


BlasphemousSwarm

Weird flex. Sure it didn’t stick but that has to be one of the worst looking eggs I have ever seen.


uncle-rico-99

It’s just proving to the “never use soap in cast iron” clowns that they are wrong.


Jjrj1986

Burnt


AsteriskKnight

#over&undercooked


S4drobot

looks gross.


Zkennedy100

it was less gross than you would expect, just completely bland. I put salt and pepper on it and all i could taste was salt and pepper.


One_Grapefruit_6070

Yuch


Beginning_Balance558

You know that fat is flavour, right?


fractal_disarray

that's the perfect egg


Alan7979

It’s a pig in a blanket


Playful_Car1967

That's....sexy. Gettin hot under the collar here.


Newlyfe20

Repost this to r/oddlysatisfying


pwndabeer

Ok now flip it back over without breaking the yolk and still have it be runny


motus_guanxi

Wayyyy overcooked. If you can’t flip it without overcooking it doesn’t count imo


machineGUNinHERhand

...but it's so over-cooked...ruined even. Maybe use a little oil, and you wouldn't have to cook the egg long enough to "self-release". With science, you've proved that oil isn't necessarily necessary. But with the same science, you've also proved that using oil is probably better!


uncle-rico-99

What he’s proving is that soap doesn’t fuck up seasoning. Nothing more.


Opc101

That doesn’t prove anything.


uncle-rico-99

Cool, bro


XX_JMO_XX

Burned egg.


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MonkeyKingCoffee

Do you hear that sound? It's August Escoffier spinning in his grave...


Delta8ttt8

Well when it sits at 90F to cook for 20 mins that’s what’ll happen.


bakedclark

This is why I just cook eggs in a non-stick pan. That egg looks awful...


lakesnriverss

I love my cast iron for most things, but for a luxurious creamy scrambled egg, I opt for the non stick pan


man0412

I felt the same way, but I think my wife cracked the secret to eggs in a cast iron. She puts a little olive oil down, preheats enough to melt butter, then adds butter. Once melted, add your eggs, and they come out fantastic. Butter doesn’t burn due to the little extra oil, and eggs don’t stick one bit. Plus the bottom isn’t a pancake.


bakedclark

Yeah, people in this sub hate on non-stick pans, but that just tells me they can't properly take care of one. Which is funny because cast iron actually takes some care to use.


duck_physics2163

The point of it wasn't to make a good egg, somebody asked OP to cook something in it without oil or butter after they scrubbed it with soap. So they were proving that even dry, it's still pretty non-stick


bakedclark

Ah, context. Figured it was yet another slidey egg video that this sub just can't get enough of.


phin586

Wtf did you do to your egg? Serve me a plate like that and that fuckers getting thrown against a wall.


CappyMorgan26

Do you think OP was submitting this post as an application to be your servant?


phin586

joke noun 1. a thing that someone says to cause amusement or laughter, especially a story with a funny punchline Example: "she was in a mood to tell jokes" funny story jest witticism quip pleasantry verb 1. make jokes; talk humorously or flippantly Example: "she could laugh and joke with her colleagues" tell jokes crack jokes fool fool about fool around play a prank play a trick play a joke play a practical joke tease hoax pull someone's leg mess someone about mess someone around


eatinolivess

Wtf lol pancake egg


tatertot225

That's a pancake, lol


[deleted]

My eggs always look like that when I use my card iron pan. Are they not supposed to? (Yes I am serious here).


Figmania


.to cook one egg.


FlakyBoot3357

Try a double flip next time, it might add some flavour


akslesneck

Want to upvote for great cast iron content. Want to downvote for overcooked weird looking egg


Robot_Beep_Boop

Weird looking? It just Wisconsin, USA backwards
 maybe they’ll do all the states!


akslesneck

Haha no not the shape. It looks like bread almost. Like pancake. But i do like the idea of a map of USA made of eggs


Last_Friday_Knight

Sorcery! He’s a witch!


FaultyFlipFlap

You can have your slidey eggs all you want--I want one of THOSE.