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Questions about eggs and egg based foods, or egg substitutions in recipes.

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vegan meringue substitute without aquafaba for cake

I'm trying to make a cake that requires a meringue mixed into the cake, but without the egg. Unfortunately I'm allergic to chickpeas, so I can't use the standard aquafaba substitute. I usually ...
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Black inside of egg shell

After cracking an egg open, I saw that the inside of the shell is grey/black. It looks like it has been burned. Is this mold?
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How can you cook a Spaghetti Carbonara sous-vide?

I'm looking to make my first sous-vide Spaghetti Carbonara. My thinking is that it would be impossible to cook everything in the same pouch together as the dried pasta would not rehydrate. The current ...
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Creme Brulee, Kilner jars and Sous Vide - heat up fast or slow?

I normally use bags for my Sous Vide recipes but I have invested in some genuine Kilner jars to make Creme Brulee. America's Test Kitchen places the custard in sealed jars in the hot 180F (83C) bath. ...
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White ring around inside of hard boiled egg yolk?

I hard boiled this egg the other day and when I sliced it open today to eat it I noticed there’s a white ring around the inside of the yolk. What is this? Is it still safe to eat?
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Substitution for egg YOLK in cake recipe?

I'm making a cake for a person with an egg allergy. I typically just use Bob Red Mill egg replacer, but the baking powder in the replacer causes the cake to come out flat and overly tender. This is ...
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How far in advance can I prepare Zabaglione before cooking sous-vide?

I an going to make a Zabaglione desert (egg yolks, sugar and Limoncello). This will be cooked sous-vide at 74C for 20 minutes and the pouch agitated occasionally during the cooking time. Can I stick ...
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Veganizing a Kringle recipe

I am attempting to veganize a Kringle for an upcoming event. Below is the original recipe I am referencing, and I am stumped as to how to replace the egg in the dough portion. I have never seen a ...
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How would you recommend further improving this "the eggs take longer than the pizza" solution?

Based on the incredible answers and discussion here Resolve a "the eggs take longer than the pizza" issue? After a few experiments it does seem to be the case that incredibly eggs for 4 ...
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Resolve a "the eggs take longer than the pizza" issue?

I often cook a typical frozen pizza like this in a typical mini-oven like this I go with a nominal 420° indicated on the small over for 13 minutes. ("12-14 mins" suggested on the packaging....
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What is the best practice for cleaning eggs when some in the carton have broken?

Carrying eggs home after purchase some of your eggs break and spill onto the rest. You take them all out carefully but don’t want to store them with exposed white/yolk on the shells lest they get very ...
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What is the effect of washing unbroken eggs?

I recall reading or watching something at one point that I apparently found credible enough to bother mentally filing away that suggested that if one washes off an invisibly thin outer layer of ...
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How to fix pancakey cookies after substituting yogurt for eggs?

I made a cardamom cookie batter using this recipe but using cardamom instead of lemon. I had no eggs, so I tried substituting Greek yogurt (non-fat, since that’s what I had). First batch I made have ...
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Why do we add mustard to egg mix when making Schnitzel?

So far I got, The flour gives somethigng that egg can stick too The egg wash layer acts as something which the bread crumbs stick too But, why mix in the mustard to the egg? Couldn't the egg wash ...
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Add butter cubes into sugar and egg mixture. Can food processor cream the butter in this situation?

I accidentally added butter cubes into egg & sugar mixture and it turned out grainy and unable to incorporate.I was trying to salvage the cookie dough by adding all of the mixture into food ...
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Can I rescue unwhippable cocoa-meringue?

I had a bunch of egg whites leftover so I thought I'd make meringues. And for fun I thought I'd throw in some cocoa powder. This is a Swiss meringue recipe where I warmed the whites, cocoa, and sugar ...
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Is it ok to eat an egg that was laid by a hen on the floor of the coop instead of the nesting box?

I read somewhere when I first got chickens that you should discard any eggs not laid in the nesting box. I have always thrown those away but got to thinking that people that have free range chickens, ...
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Sponge cake: how the proportions of the ingredients change the result

The common recipe (at least in Italy) for sponge cake is: total weight of eggs (yolks + whites) = X sugar = flour = 2/3 X I'm aware that the ratio of the ingredients affect the final result. For ...
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Why would a cake mix call for the same number of whole eggs or just whites?

I have a Betty Crocker white box cake mix and the box says to use either three egg whites or three whole eggs. This doesn't make sense to me: if I used whole eggs wouldn't I use less, more like one ...
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How to sous vide eggs in their shells without cracking

I recently tried pasteurising eggs at 57C for 90 minutes, gently adding them directly to the water with a silicone spoon. When finished, I discovered three out of the six had cracked. Ideally, I want ...
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Are hard boiled eggs safe to eat after hours out of the fridge? [duplicate]

I left hard boiled eggs in cold water over night are they still good to eat? The have the egg odor to them
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Do other cultures' foods have anything like ramen eggs?

One of my favourite parts of making ramen is ajitsuke tamago – a soft-boiled egg marinated in soy sauce, mirin, and sake. Marinating a boiled egg to impart flavour seems like a simple idea, but I'm ...
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Why does making a pasta require more yolks than whites?

I have looked up numerous pasta recipes and all of them suggest adding a certain number of whole eggs and a certain number of additional egg yolks. I am just curious why we need only yolks? How would ...
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How safe is it to have raw cracked eggs uncovered in the fridge?

At my work we crack maybe 400 to 500 eggs as prep in the morning into little cups and put them in the walk-in fridge. I’ve noticed after some hours if I make myself some eggs to eat later in the day I ...
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Vegan substitutes for eggs in baking [duplicate]

What can I use instead of eggs for baking, ie, I need very close vegan alternatives.
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Figuring out Spanish/Basque savory flan

I'm trying to recreate a dish I had in the Orio restaurant in Valencia, Spain. For lunch, Orio serves a vast buffet of Basque-style open sandwiches (pinchos), including our favorite, which was topped ...
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Can aquafaba be used in place of flax egg as a binding agent?

I'm interested in following a recipe for lentil wellington. The recipe uses "flax egg", a mixture of ground flax and water, as a binding agent for the lentil and vegetable loaf. My ...
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How do I tell when my over medium eggs are done?

I can make an egg over easy, but somehow I can't get over medium. I've tried different methods like lower heat, longer time and high heat, shorter time. At best I end up with a yolk that's overcooked ...
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What is the purpose of adding egg when flouring and deep frying chicken?

Many recipes (e.g. orange chicken) call for the chicken to be coated in flour, the beaten egg (whole, whole with a dash of milk or just the whites), coated again with flour and then deep fried. The ...
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What Would This Sauerkraut Dish Be Called?

I have a receipe I've been making for a while. I expect that it's "some kind of... or some variation of... " but have no idea what that might be. Ingredients Thick Cut Bacon (100g?). I've ...
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Why do the whipped egg white and syrup for my sorbet not combine?

For some fruit sorbet recipes, eg lemon sorbet, the recipe has three fundamental components: a syrup (maybe cooked with lemon zest etc) the juice of your fruit whipped egg whites It is simple: ...
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Do duck eggs require extra safety precautions?

The answer to a recent question on the Law Stack Exchange ("Is it illegal to sell duck eggs in Austria?") establishes that fresh duck eggs are (or were) illegal to sell in Austria without a ...
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Do foamed eggs whites thicken liquid in a batter?

Do foamed eggs whites, folded into a batter including some liquid, contribute to the thickening of that liquid? A class of English 'puddings' are those derived from 'lemon surprise pudding'. In these ...
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Some duck egg yolks orange while others are yellow: does that reflect the egg quality?

I have noticed that some duck egg yolks orange while others are yellow. Does that reflect the egg quality? E.g. will dishes made with a dark yolk taste better than the ones with light yolk, or vice ...
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Can you steam eggs with other food? Is this healthy? [duplicate]

I cooked eggs on top of potatoes and I was wondering if this was a wrong thing to do. Edit: it isn't duplicate, it is about steaming not boiling.
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Blue spots in omelette?

My sister made me an omelette earlier, and when I dug into it I noticed several blue spots inside it, resembling mold or dye. It tasted perfectly fine, but just looked odd. She assured me that they ...
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What does adding 1 extra egg to quick bread do?

Question: What does adding an extra egg to quick bread batter do? Do I need to add any additional leavening when I do this? Can I add 2 extra eggs and have it rise / bake properly? I make a lot of ...
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Why do some egg products smell like spit and how can I prevent this from happening?

There's a certain gross smell I notice with certain egg products that smells kinda like spit and kinda like a wet dog, very different from the smell of rotten or overcooked eggs. People I've asked ...
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Once unwashed eggs have been refrigerated, must they remain so?

Other questions on this site have addressed the fact that unwashed eggs do not need refrigeration because they are protected by a "cuticle". Washing removes the cuticle, and therefore ...
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What's the difference between omelette/frittata/quiche?

What is the culinary difference between these dishes? It seems to me that they are all egg dishes that are cooked with some fillings in them (onion/tomato/ham/cheese etc). Is quiche just a frittata in ...
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Beating eggs for brownie

This brownie recipe (from this book) calls for eggs, beaten. I'm not entirely familiar with US recipes. What does it mean that the eggs have to be beaten? Is it sufficient to do this lightly with a ...
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What is the brown wormlike stuff on the outer edges inside my boiled egg?

I almost ate the whole egg before noticing this gross thing I have never seen before. I feel stomach upset in near future!?
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Is this safe to eat? (Egg) [duplicate]

5 organic medium egg yolks + 80g organic cow butter. Stirred on LOWEST heat. First its very liquid, then it thickens as you can see here https://emalm.com/?v=Fn4vm If I continue stirring, I get tired, ...
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how many grams of butter can be absorbed by 5 egg yolks?

my 5 egg yolks absorbed 75grams of butter today. finished product felt like it can absorb more fat. what's the maximum it can absorb? anyone else experimented?
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How should I store spare royal icing?

After making a gingerbread house yesterday, we have some leftover royal icing (I only made 1 egg's worth, but it was still too much). How should this be stored for a few days? While dried royal icing ...
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How best to crack an egg?

I know how to crack an egg, but is there empirical evidence as to the best way to crack an egg? With best I'm referring to a method of cracking eggs that has the lowest chance of egg shells ending up ...
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How can I thicken egg yolks for a sauce? [closed]

I'm thinking about making a sauce for burgers. Requirements are the following: Tastes of concentrated egg yolk - for me perfection is the taste of yolk in a fried egg For seasoning salt and pepper ...
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Struggling to make vegetarian souffle pancakes with whey protein

So,I have been trying to use whey protein 80 percent concentration to make a souffle pancake. I want to replace the egg whites with whey protein concentrate. I tried but the mixture won't whip,my ...
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Egg Yolk Sub for Vegan Potato Gnocchi

Attempts at potato gnocchi Piedmont style -no egg- has yielded rubber bullets or baby mush. Tips from this site may help (ie old potato,freshly baked and riced) with a vegan version but their ...
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How do I keep hard-boiled eggs from turning green near the yolk? [duplicate]

How do I keep them from turning green yolk? Is it possible?
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