Breakfast Foods and Coffee Thread

[Gary7]

Elephant females, being mammals, produce shell-less ova and a fertilised ovum is gestated internally. On the other hand, elephant birds laid huge eggs, which are now as rare as hen's teeth given that the elephant bird is long extinct.

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David Attenborough is one of my heroes. Terrific man. I love his enthusiasm for the qualities, intricacies, and fascinations of nature.

 

[Gary7]

Here's an egg sandwich I made recently:

 

[Kor]

It looks great, Gary7. Is that whole wheat bread, or does it have other grains too?

Kor

 

[Gary7]

It looks great, Gary7. Is that whole wheat bread, or does it have other grains too?

Kor

Thanks, Kor. Yes, that bread is something rather special. It's Trader Joe's Sprouted Multigrain bread.

IMHO, absolutely the best bread for the price ($3.49 in some locations, $4.49 in others like mine). It's low glycemic, moderately low in carbohydrates, very little sugar and no saturated fat or cholesterol. Salt is 170g, which I'd prefer to be more like 100g... but overall, in my years of searching for the best "daily bread," this is my choice. Taste and texture is excellent. If Trader Joe's discontinues it, I may have a nervous breakdown.

 

[Gary7]

In my experience, the real key to French toast is the bread. Just basic good quality eggs well blended with a little milk is all you need, plus some cinnamon and butter. No fancy recipe. But that bread? It'll make or break your French toast. You want good thickness, like 1/2" to 2/3". I haven't had good success with multi-grain... white always seems to be the best for making French toast.

Next most important thing is cooking it. Nice flat pan is usually best, and I prefer to use a little butter for resistance to sticking. Hands down, a good quality ceramic coated pan will help give you excellent results. Teflon is OK. You can of course go the old cast iron route, but it's a little tricky to work with.

 

[Catarina]

over easy or deviled but I seldom eat eggs. Though that sandwich ^....looks great.

 

[Catarina]

Bailey's Irish Creme in mine...haha kidding. Though now that sounds good.
I drink mine black or occasionally a half-and-half.

 

[Refuge]

Poached eggs on salad is great... they are also awesome on sauteed Swiss chard with grated sharp cheddar and black pepper.

Poached egg on salad... I thought 'Frasier' tossed salad and scramble egg was just a song.

Fried egg on chips - yep. Or nesting the egg in chips. Or fried egg in a hole of fried bread with chips.

Oh God I really like fried bread thinking about it. OR making a square of fish fingers and frying the egg in that square.

 

[Refuge]

Here's an egg sandwich I made recently:

That looks so fine! However have you thought of putting a fried egg in it instead? The yolk would spill and ooze all over the place and be heavenly.

 

[Amaris]

I can eat eggs in just about any style, but I prefer them with salt and pepper, over easy, so that I can sop up the excess yolk with a piece of buttered toast.

 

[PlainSimpleJoel]

Whenever I have eggs for breakfast - generally would be scrambled.

 

[Gary7]

That looks so fine! However have you thought of putting a fried egg in it instead? The yolk would spill and ooze all over the place and be heavenly.

Thanks! Yes, I've actually had it that way too. My preference is to use soft boiled eggs. The ones in the photo are a little more done, but typically the yolk would still be gooey--enough to enjoy the flavor (much better than when yolk is fully cooked) but not so flowing that it would be messy.

 

[Santaman]

https://www.tortugarumcakes.com/coffees/flavored-coffee.html

Rum flavoured coffee.. and cake.. that website is AWESOME!

 

[cosmic mouse]

Poached egg on salad... I thought 'Frasier' tossed salad and scramble egg was just a song.

Fried egg on chips - yep. Or nesting the egg in chips. Or fried egg in a hole of fried bread with chips.

Oh God I really like fried bread thinking about it. OR making a square of fish fingers and frying the egg in that square.

All of that stuff sounds fantastic... the fish fingers (I assume those are like fried fish sticks?) in particular is an interesting idea. I'd eat it with hot sauce, mayonnaise and pickles.

 

[cosmic mouse]

ugh. Sometimes my 16 oz coffee cup isn't even enough... Mondays.

 

[Santaman]

A good start of the day.. and yeah.. Mondays..

 

[Gary7]

I just tried Trader Joe's French Brioche bread. PERFECT for French toast.

 

[UncleRogi]

In my experience, the real key to French toast is the bread. Just basic good quality eggs well blended with a little milk is all you need, plus some cinnamon and butter. No fancy recipe. But that bread? It'll make or break your French toast. You want good thickness, like 1/2" to 2/3". I haven't had good success with multi-grain... white always seems to be the best for making French toast.

Next most important thing is cooking it. Nice flat pan is usually best, and I prefer to use a little butter for resistance to sticking. Hands down, a good quality ceramic coated pan will help give you excellent results. Teflon is OK. You can of course go the old cast iron route, but it's a little tricky to work with.

Thanks a lot, kind Sir. Do you think medium heat or high?

 

[1001001]

You should probably just buy a breakfast cookbook at this point.

 

[UncleRogi]

You should probably just buy a breakfast cookbook at the point.

But such good suggestions come about asking the Folk...