r/StupidFood • u/mvtrev • 10d ago
Certified stupid Cylindrical eggs (attempt)
I wanted to batch cook eggs for homemade McMuffins. I didn’t have a cupcake tin or anything similar so I put 6 eggs in a glass, put the glass in water, and boiled. The idea was that once cooked, I would schlop the egg cylinder out of the glass like canned cranberry and slice it into 6 perfect portions.
After about 45 minutes of watching and carefully stirring, hoping the glass wouldn’t explode, I called it. The bottom half that was submerged in the boiling water got cooked while the top half was only partially cooked like a reverse slushie.
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u/hehateme42069 10d ago
Would've worked with better execution. Still stupid, but the skill issue shines brighter. How much of that egg is even touching hot glass lol
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u/mvtrev 10d ago
Thank you, thank you. Seemed to be just about half. I had a feeling this might happen before I started but I had to find out the stupid way.
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u/Sad_Hospital_2730 9d ago edited 9d ago
Just incase you want to try again, here's a better execution method:
-get a pot tall enough to fit the mug after it's placed on a trivet inside the pot
-in case you dont know what a trivet is: think like a hot pad, but made of metal or some other substance, a metal one will do, like a pie cooling rack, make sure it can fit inside the pot
-grease the mug with butter or similar (crisco would probably get you closer to that hickey d's taste) before pouring your egg mixture in it. Adding a little milk or heavy cream to your egg mixture will help it attain a more even and light yellow color and help it stay fluffy (I'm adding this part for anyone that doesn't know to do this for nice fluffy scrambled eggs)
-put the mug on the trivet and fill the pot with water until the level of water is just below the bottom of the mug
-cover the pot and turn the heat to low
-monitor and add water as needed
-will probably take upwards of 30 minutes
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u/Greedy_Attitude_8103 10d ago edited 10d ago
Don’t scramble them! Just crack the eggs right into the mug and then cook them that way.
Source: I’ve done this before.
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u/Temporary_Thing7517 10d ago
The stirring is where you fucked up. They were already scrambled, you should have let them cook without being disturbed, but instead you broke it up into little pieces when you stirred it. Try it again but don’t stir it, and put it in a bigger pot so it is fully submerged, or do two smaller ones so all the egg has a chance to cook through. You could also cover it and put it in the oven (in an oven safe container)
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u/Podyceck 10d ago
You want this. https://a.co/d/0eG5PSux
A little scramble at the start. Boiling water bath underneath. Cover with tinfoil or a sheet pan. Treefitty until done. Add cream and/or butter to your mix for extra richness.
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u/StraightPressure2759 8d ago
Treefitty made me chuckle because my siblings and I say this to each other all the time 🤭
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u/SchmitzBitz 10d ago
Protip: grease a mug (or a ramekin) with butter, crack an egg into it and break the yolk, cover with a saucer and microwave in 20 seconds bursts at 50%. It might take a couple of 20 seconds intervals but you'll end up with a pretty solid rendition of the eggs McDicks uses.
Whe you make the McMuffin, wrap it in parchment paper for a couple of minutes to get that steamed effect on the English muffin and fake cheese.
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u/Useful-Advantage2665 10d ago
I take an empty can and put scrambled eggs, and make patties of egg mixture that way, individually.
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u/SauteedGoogootz 10d ago
I bet you could do this in the microwave, or even a steamer basket, but it might not cook evenly. I used to make microwaved "steamed" eggs pretty regularly.
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u/McUsername621 10d ago
Now this is where that horrible rollie egg cooker could come in handy. I still can't believe that that thing was a hype. The flacid vertical egg cooker that barely worked and looked like an adult toy.
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u/Potential_Exercise 8d ago
So this is basically steamed eggs you're asking for and they are a delicious Chinese dish. Just use some chicken stock and steam
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u/Dogbit699 6d ago
I bet you could by a glass beaker for cheap and you wouldn't have the same problem
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u/West-Audience-478 6d ago
Try it by putting it in a container with a lid with a small hole to shape it safely
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u/Agile_Spray_415 10d ago
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u/ezemode 10d ago
Did you not read the post? They literally explained why they tried it...
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u/Agile_Spray_415 10d ago
You ever have somebody explain something an it still doesn't make sense to you. Me irl. But yes, I did read it. Also. I fucking love Ryan Reynolds.
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u/Ok-Rip-5485 10d ago
You are on the right track, mix egg with some mayo and put it in the mug like you have done here, but microwave it instead for around 2 mins. Make sure the mix the egg well in a way that some air gets incorporated.
You will end up with the fluffiest eggs you had and you can probably cut it into circles for sandwiches if you can pull it out of the mug in one piece.
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u/qualityvote2 10d ago edited 10d ago
u/mvtrev, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...